. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Trees; Ornamental shrubs; Flowers; Fruit. Rhododendrons. THEIR CULTURE, DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING BEDS AND HETHOD OF PLANTING WITH OTHER RARE SHRUBS. The Rhododendron is one of the most beautiful plants in cultivation, either for planting as a single specimen on the lawn, or in beds. Its heavy, dark green foliage is striking, both in winter
. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Trees; Ornamental shrubs; Flowers; Fruit. Rhododendrons. THEIR CULTURE, DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING BEDS AND HETHOD OF PLANTING WITH OTHER RARE SHRUBS. The Rhododendron is one of the most beautiful plants in cultivation, either for planting as a single specimen on the lawn, or in beds. Its heavy, dark green foliage is striking, both in winter and summer, to say nothing of the great masses of varied colored flowers, which are produced in large trusses on the ends of nearly every branch of the plant. The flowers open during the latter part of April and the early part of May, and, as all the buds do not open at the one time, there is always a profusion of bloom for a period of several weeks. The finest effect is produced by planting in beds ; the number of plants in a bed is immaterial, though, naturally, the larger the bed and the more plants there are in it, the greater will be the display. It is a mistaken idea, that many have, that Rhododendrons are not hardy. Of |5>-s. ^"^"jCr^ ifttiik *WB^"^t:''^ course, like all other trees and plants, some varieties will not stand our climate ; but we have been handling these plants so long that we are thoroughly conversant with those varieties best suited for this country, and on no account would we send anything else but the very best ones. We have frequently been asked whether Rhododendrons need any especial care. They do not, though like everything else they can be made to grow better and give finer bloom if some extra care be given to their cultivation. Rhododendrons have a mass of small, hair-like, fibrous roots ; and it has been found that when the soil is light, and good drainage given them, they do especially well. While they like plenty of water, th
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