. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. A Rhododendron Plantation at Buffalo 5 Yean Old. Rhododendron arboreum, which is not hardy in this country. It is this blood which, im conjunction with that of Rhododendron Catawbiense, gives the great range of beautiful colors which the florists show in their Easter dis- plays. Among the best are the following: Rhododendron album elegans, blush pink, changing to white; Lady Grey Egerton, silvery pink; Caractacus, rich crimson; R. roseum elegans, rosy pur- plish flowers; Boule de Neige, pure white, and Kettledrum, purplish laven- der. Many others m
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. A Rhododendron Plantation at Buffalo 5 Yean Old. Rhododendron arboreum, which is not hardy in this country. It is this blood which, im conjunction with that of Rhododendron Catawbiense, gives the great range of beautiful colors which the florists show in their Easter dis- plays. Among the best are the following: Rhododendron album elegans, blush pink, changing to white; Lady Grey Egerton, silvery pink; Caractacus, rich crimson; R. roseum elegans, rosy pur- plish flowers; Boule de Neige, pure white, and Kettledrum, purplish laven- der. Many others might be added to this list, but we would simply be sailing too close to the danger line and invit- ing disaster. Other Shrubs with Rhododendrons. A number of highly desirable and absolutely hardy plants of the same family could be associated with the rhododendrons in the same plantations. Chief among these is the mountain laurel, or Kalmia latifolia, which is used in England by the thousands and is there considered the most beautiful plant ever imported from America. As it is an evergreen, it is as useful for its winter eflFect as the rhododendron, and its graceful pink flowers, produced in great abundance, place it in the first rank of floral beauties. The native and hybrid Ghent aza- leas, which, although not evergreens, have even a greater range of brilliant colors than the hacdy rhododendrons, can be planted with them to their mu- simple. Immediately after the blos- soms liave faded, it is necessary to pick them off to prevent their going to seed, giving just the same treatment that is accorded to lilac bushes, for when seed is developed there can be no blooms for the following year. It is also well, when planting a new border in the spring, to pick off about one-half of the flower buds, so as to prevent too heavy a drain on the constitution of the plants. Enough buds should be left to give a magnificent display and the following year will well repay for the slight sacrific
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