TEN OAKS NURSERY AND GARDENS 9 
MANHATTAN. Spreading habit to 4 ft. Leaves dark 
green. Flowers 1 to 2 in a head, freely produced, 2% 
inches across, rounded lobes, between amaranth pink 
and Tyrian pink, blotch carries as a stain of Tyrian 
rose on upper lobe. Mid to late May. 1949 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
MARJORIE. Spreading habit to 4 ft. Leaves dark green. 
Flowers 1 to 2 in a head, freely produced, 3 inches 
across with broad, rounded lobes, rose color, with 
blotch on upper lobe like heavy stain of Tyrian rose, 
a faint yellow tone at base of tube. Mid to late May. 
1949 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
MARTHA HITCHCOCK. Bush habit rather broad 
spreading, but probably will reach 4 feet in height. 
Leaves medium green, hairy. Flowers 1 to 3 in head. 
3 inches across, white margined with magenta. Cut 
out all branches sporting to solid magenta. Early to 
mid-May. 1950 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
MARY MARGARET. Spreading habit to 4 ft. 
Leaves dark green. Flowers 1 to 2 in a head, freely 
produced, 3 inches or more across, broad lobes well 
imbricated, rose doree, with very heavy blotch on 
upper lobe made up of small dots of amaranth pur- 
ple over suffused dull purple tone. Whole flower car- 
ries as a dull orange. Mid to late-May. 1949 Release 
2 to 4 inch .50 
MERLIN. Bush broad spreading, densely twigged to 
ground, to 5 feet. Leaves rather narrow, dull me- 
dium green, almost deciduous, with some autumn 
color. Flowers usually 1 to 2 in head, very freely 
produced, 2% to 38 inches across, rosy lavender. 
Early to mid-May. 1949 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
MOONBEAM. Bush habit rather broad spreading, but 
probably not over 5 feet tall. Leaves medium green. 
Flowers 1 to 3 in head, 4 to 5 inches across, white, 
some frilling on margins. Mid-May. 1951 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
MORNING STAR. Very erect to slightly spreading ha- 
bit to 6 ft. Leaves dark green. Flowers 2 to 3 in a 
head, but massed, 2 inches across, good form, rose 
color but with a suggestion of yellow undertone that 
makes color more lively. Mid-April. 1949 Release. 
4 to 6 inch, .90 
NIAGARA. Bush habit very dense and twiggy, but 
probably not over 3 ft. Leaves dark green. Flowers 
1 to 3 in a head, very floriferous, 214 inches across, 
frilled, white with chartreuse blotch, of as fine qual- 
ity as tender Azaleas. Mid-May. 1950 Release. 
2 to 4 inch, .50 
8 to 10 inch 1.75 
Name some substitutes. 
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NIPHETOS. Bush habit tends to be broad spreading, 
but probably not over 5 ft. Leaves dark green. Flow- 
ers 2 to 83 in a head 2% to 3 inches across, white 
with blotch of Neva Green and few stripes of phlox 
purple. Mid to late May. 1950 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
NOCTURNE. Bush habit broad and spreading, but 
ing, but may reach up to 5 ft. in height. Leaves 
medium green. Flowers 1 to 3 in a head, 3 inches 
across, between Rhodamine Purple and Aster Purple, 
blotch Tyrian Rose, tubes scarlet, a very brilliant 
clone. Early to Mid-May. 1950 Release. 
2 to 4 inch, .50 
4 to 6 inch .90 
8 to 10 inch 1.75 
ORISON. Bush habit broad spreading, but probably 
up to 5 ft. in time. Leaves medium green. 
Flowers 1 to 3 in a head 2% inches across, white 
flaked and with a few stripes of magenta. Mid to late 
May. 1949 Release. 
6 to 8 inch, 1.25 
PALADIN. Bush habit broad spreading but may reach 
5 ft. in height. Leaves medium green. Flowers 1 to 3 
in a head, 2% inches across, somewhat ruffled, mal- 
low purple. Mid to late May. 1950 Release. 
2 to 4 inch, .50 
PARADISE. Erect to eventually overarching growth 
to 5 ft. Leaves dark green, glossy, small. Flowers 
2 to 38 in a head, 2 inches across, hose-in- 
hose, rose doree, with wide blotch of Tyrian rose 
dots. Late April, early May. 1949 Release. 
2 to 4 inch, .50 
12 to 15 inch, 3.00 
PETER PAN. Bush wide spreading and over-arching 
to 5 ft. Leaves narrow, glossy, dark green. Flowers 
2 to 4 in a head, freely produced, 142 to 1% inches 
across, somewhat starry, deep rose pink, almost 
white in center, blotch not conspicuous. Late April, 
early May. 1949 Release. 
4 to 6 inch, .90 
PEARL BRADFORD. Broad spreading habit but prob- 
ably not over 2 ft. Leaves dark green, shining. Flow- 
ers 1 to 2 in a head, 3 inches across, very round 
flower. Deep rose pink, dots of blotch very distinct, 
Tyrian rose. Late May, early June. 1949 Release. 
2 to 4 inch,.50 
PINNOCHIO. Very dense twiggy habit with shelf-like 
branches in time, up to 5 ft. Leaves dark green. 
Flowers 1 to 2 in a head, freely produced so as to 
cover foliage, 2 to 2% inches across, size somewhat 
dependent on the number of flowers and moisture, 
white with stripes of Lacquer Red. Cut out any 
branches producing self-red flowers. Early to Mid- 
May. 2 to 4 inch plants only. 1950 Release. 
2 to 4 inch .50 
Azaleas need water in July and August. 
