tural Society
| | |by Messrs Cuthbert and
| | |other firms. When planting
| | |these hardy Azaleas, choose
| | |a sheltered position, not
| | |because they are tender,
| | |but to protect the flowers
| | |as much as possible from
| | |cold winds and late frosts.
| | |The majority of them are in
| | |bloom before the time of
| | |frosts has passed, and
| | |sometimes the flowers get
| | |destroyed wholesale. Few
| | |shrubs are more suitable
| | |for planting in woodland or
| | |on the fringe of walks in
| | |single groups, as here the
| | |colours are fully brought
| | |out. A peat soil or a
| | |mixture of loam and peat
| | |will provide quite suitable
| | |material. Mr. Anthony
| | |Waterer writes as follows:
| | |"In a general way all
| | |American plants may be said
| | |to delight in and to
| | |require what is called a
| | |peat soil; it was at one
| | |time believed they would
| | |not grow in any other.
| | |Experience, however, proves
| | |the contrary, and it is now
| | |found that Rhododendrons
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