. Descriptive catalogue of trees, shrubs, vines and plants of the Shady Hill Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Massachusetts, Cambridge, Catalogs; Trees, Catalogs; Plants, Catalogs. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 59 Rhododeudrou Ms^s^hmnn — Cmtmued. It gives me great pleasure to announce that I have secured a large supply (^5,000) of fine plants of this grand species which will come to ha n d i n autumn of this year, from nursery rows, in a location very favor- able for their growth. Those gentlemen who realize the importance of this supply of a na- tive plant so valuable and so difficult, hereto-
. Descriptive catalogue of trees, shrubs, vines and plants of the Shady Hill Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Massachusetts, Cambridge, Catalogs; Trees, Catalogs; Plants, Catalogs. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 59 Rhododeudrou Ms^s^hmnn — Cmtmued. It gives me great pleasure to announce that I have secured a large supply (^5,000) of fine plants of this grand species which will come to ha n d i n autumn of this year, from nursery rows, in a location very favor- able for their growth. Those gentlemen who realize the importance of this supply of a na- tive plant so valuable and so difficult, hereto- fore, to get at any price, will do well to send orders very early for whatever quantity they would like for fall of '88 or spring of rhododendron maximum. '89, as this supply will be all booked very early, without a doubt. Each. 10. 100. 1,000. 6 inches S .25 S 9 " " 30 12 50 Hybrids. In planting the hybrid, or high-colored named sorts of Rhododendrons, what we want most, in this latitude at least, is HARDINESS. We Can have all the gorgeous colors, and masses of color that heart can wish for, and all this over such a background of solid green as could not be improved, but such splendid realities are very apt to fade away in one short winter, and, like some other vis- ions, '"leave but a wrack behind.'' I have stood with more than one hopeful planter over the remains of his Rhododendron beds, only to have to tell him that all blossom buds, and half the tops were dead, and I know the pain of it myself. Now. all this was inei'itable for a long time. But it is no longer necessary to plant these doubtful kinds and take your chances. During the past twenty years a great deal has been done in this im- portant matter, to provide for New England planters plants of high colors, which should, at the same time, be perfectly hardy. It has been done in two ways. First, the accumulating experience of thousands has
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