. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . URSERY DEPARTM CONDUCTED BY JOSEPH MEEHAN gagnsaasaaggariigaaa^ ?i»^-?;^l•^--? . - -. ^^s^s^Sr^ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN—Prcsidont. Lloyd C. Stare,Louisiana. Mo.: J. R. Waxahachie. Texas; J. W. Mo lies, Iowa; Secy, Curtis Kye Smith. 19 Congress Boston, An Edging of Rhododendrons (Subject of this ^eeks illustration) The extensive use of the Rhododendron has donemuch to add to th
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . URSERY DEPARTM CONDUCTED BY JOSEPH MEEHAN gagnsaasaaggariigaaa^ ?i»^-?;^l•^--? . - -. ^^s^s^Sr^ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN—Prcsidont. Lloyd C. Stare,Louisiana. Mo.: J. R. Waxahachie. Texas; J. W. Mo lies, Iowa; Secy, Curtis Kye Smith. 19 Congress Boston, An Edging of Rhododendrons (Subject of this ^eeks illustration) The extensive use of the Rhododendron has donemuch to add to the charm of pleasure grounds in recentyears, perhaps more noticeably so in Winter than inSummer. It is when deciduous trees have shed theirfohage for tlie season that evergreen leaves attract us,especially those of the broad-leaved section, so differentis their appearance from those of a coniferous charac-ter. Then in Summer what an excellent edging to a forestgrowth they make, excelling any other hardy evergreenthe writer can think of that could be used for the pur-pose. Lnlike the Winters of most European countries,ours are too severe to permit of the employment of themany broad-leaved evergreens in use there; it is onlyin our Southern States that a greater variety of suchevergreens can be ii^ed. In many large plantings ofRhododendrons it may be ob-served that our native sort, , has been largelyused, chiefly with the object ofproviding a mass of foli
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