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Title: Price list and specialties : season 1901
Identifier: CAT31285098 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Elm City Nursery Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut New Haven Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Elm City Nursery Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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EDGEWOOD, EDGEWOOD JLYENUE, NEW HEVEN, CONN. 11 ^ Barav Uarktics. ^ > â *»inwmjipiwi^ See illustration 07t opposite page. It is a generally accepted fact that Rhododendrons are among the most beautiful and desirable garden materials that we have. The broad, massive, evergreen foliage and the enveloping clouds of exquisite flowers (see illustration) during the season of bloom make them at once most desirable. There is, however, a prevailing idea that Rhododendrons are difficult to grow, but most of us are aware of many stately plants and whole masses of them in apparently perfect health and vigor. All varieties are not hardy any more than all varieties of roses are hardy. It is of the utmost importance to plant only the hardy sorts (see list below). Rhododendrons thrive in almost any soil if weU drained. Where the soil is light and sandy it is advisable to remove it to the depth of at least eighteen inches and for a single plant prepare a place at least two feet in diameter, and where planting in masses remove all the soil from the proposed bed. In place of removed material use a composition of good garden soil and leaf mould free from all fresh manure. Hardy Rhododendrons so treated and not allowed to suffer from drought until they become well estabhshed are very sure to thrive. Rhododendrons succeed best in partial shade and are benefited by a slight covering of evergreen boughs for the first few winters. See note under illustration on opposite page, offered at low prices. *Album Elegans, blush, changing to white. Alexander Dancer, bright rose. Blandyanum, rosy crimson. Charles Dickens, dark scarlet. ^Charactacus, rich purple crimson. *Delicattssimum, white, or rather blush, faintly edged pink. *Everstianui\i, ros)^ lilac. The freest flowering, hardiest and most satisfactory Rhododendron in cultivation. Giganteum, bright rose. Our plants are all in the best of condition and are *These varieties are to be particularly recommended. For prices see page ^ Gloriosu:m, pink. *H. W. Sargent, crimson. H. H. Hunnewell, crimson. King of Purples, distinct in color. â ^Minnie, blush white. â ^Old Port, rich plum color. Perspicuui\i, blush. PiCTUM, Avhite, distinctly spotted. Purpureum Elegans, very fine, purple. â ^RosEUM Elegans, bright rose. *Catawbiense. This is the type and is hard^^ and desirable. very These shrubs are equalh^ effective and in their habit of growth quite similar to the Rhododendron, but most of the species are deciduous. The follow- ing are very desirable garden material and easy to succeed with. Jf^aica Itl0l1i$t from Japan. Bloom quite early and size of bloom rivals the greenhouse sorts. Range of color is from white to dark salmon and red. Our collection includes the leading varieties. 6beitt or Pomica jFlzaleas. Bioom later than the preceding type; flowers of the most intense brilliancy, rivalling the butterfi)^ in their colorings. We have a large assortment of varieties and sizes. IttOUiS X CbinettSiS. Hybrids of recent intro- duction, combining many of the good qualities of the above types. jRIZaICa JftnOCIta* An evergreen species with bright rosy magenta blooms, quite enveloping the plant A very desirable species and ver)^ suitable to plant in the foreground of Rhododendrons. For prices and other varieties see page j.
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A Number of Very Choice Evergreens, see page 18,

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