. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2106. A hybrid form of Garden Rhododendron. are retentive of moisture; (2) plant in masses, at any rate while young, so that they may protect each other and prevent evaporation; (3) give the bed a northern exposure or a situation where the force of the midday Buu is br
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2106. A hybrid form of Garden Rhododendron. are retentive of moisture; (2) plant in masses, at any rate while young, so that they may protect each other and prevent evaporation; (3) give the bed a northern exposure or a situation where the force of the midday Buu is broken; (4) do not plant under or near trees like elm, oak or maple which make undue inroads on the ter and in summer give heavy watering whenever the weather is excessively hot or dry. Soil. —The bed should be prepared by excavating to the desired dimensions and at least three feet deep. The poor material should be discarded, but the good soil can be replaced, adiliug enough peat, etc. (see above) to make good that which was rejected: all should be thoroughly and carefully mixed. Peat, al- though excellent, is not necessary. Yellow loam or hazel loam, if not too sandy, is equally good and is im- proved by additions of humus. To nearly pure peat an admixture of sand is beneficial; the essential point is that all soils for these plants must be fine. The beds should be prepared in autumn and left to settle all win- ter, due allowance being made for shrinking. In spring level off to the grade of the adjacent land and do not leave "rounded ; A bed higher at the center than at the sides perhaps makes a better display of the plants, but it is more likely to dry up and does not catch all the water possible from occasional showers. It is gen- erally conceded that lime soils and manures containing lime, , wood ashes and bone meal, are injurious to Rhododendrons; in limestone regions it is undoubtedly advisable to substitute, for the natural soil, others which are free f
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