. Catalogue of trees, shrubs, evergreens and herbaceous plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 82 CATALOGUE OF TREES, SHRUBS, AND VINES. RHODODENDRON. It is almost superfluous to dwell upon the beauty of this class of plants. All are familiar with their broad, dark-green foliage, anil their great trusses of gorgeous tints, varying from pure white to intense crimson. The main problem is in what way to grow them permanently and satisfactorily. Out of severa
. Catalogue of trees, shrubs, evergreens and herbaceous plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 82 CATALOGUE OF TREES, SHRUBS, AND VINES. RHODODENDRON. It is almost superfluous to dwell upon the beauty of this class of plants. All are familiar with their broad, dark-green foliage, anil their great trusses of gorgeous tints, varying from pure white to intense crimson. The main problem is in what way to grow them permanently and satisfactorily. Out of several hundred varie- ties, there are probably not over thirty to forty which, under the most favorable conditions, are hardy in New England, and for general all-around culture this number must be reduced to about twenty to twenty-five. Quantities are imported from tile continent grafted on the tender pontic Rhododendron, and invariably die out, so that many become discouraged in trying to grow them. It is important and profitable to the buyer to use only tested varieties, and those grown upon hardy stock, even at a little higher cost. In preparing bed for Rhododendrons, locate it, if possible, in a spot partly sheltered from intense heat in summer and from the cut- ting winds of winter. The latter can be artificially met by using evergreen boughs as a winter covering. The red ought to be filled in with old sods, old manure, and sand, and what is better still, with some leaf mold, which helps to form an ideal soil that does not allow the drying of the fine, hair-like roots in summer droughts. More plants are lost from this cause than by winter-killing* Heavy mulching or covering of the beds in sum- mer is an excellent preventative, and in dry weather the beds must be thoroughly soaked. Pinch off all seed pods after flowering, in order to get good buds for next season. Many of the low-growing evergreen shrubs associate most harmoniously with Rhododendrons. Varieties like Leucothce, A
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