The flowers of Rhododendron Maximum, which appear in 

 July, are large and handsome, varying from the palest rose, or 

 white, to the deepest pink. They appear in great profusion, last- 

 ing several weeks. An average plant of one of my shipments, 

 recently made to a large estate on Long Island, had iivo hundred 

 blooiis last summer, which was the first season. The very large 

 foliage is a dark glossy green, sometimes tinged with bronze, and 

 even when not in bloom a bed of these plants is very effective. 

 If bordered by the more brilliantly colored Hybrid varieties of 

 the Hardy Named Rhododendrons, the effect both in bloom and 

 foliage is especially striking. 



Rhododendron Maximum are supplied by the carload, graded 

 in size to meet the requirements of the purchaser, from three or 

 four feet up to eight or ten feet in height. TJie plants arc nearly 

 as large in diameter as they are high, and the number in carload 

 is regulated only by the size of plants desired. They are care- 

 fully selected, and lifted with very large balls of earth and 

 skillfully packed in box cars, thus insuring not only full and per- 

 fect foliage, but the avoidance of any injury whatever to the roots. 



No expense or care is spared in selecting and shipping only 

 such plants as have grown iti the open and are well shaped, 

 bushy nearly to the ground, and well set with buds. These 

 plants are incomparably better and far more valuable than the 

 large numbers of cheaply collected, scraggy and mis-shapen plants 

 from the woods, that are sold at lower prices. 



1 have made large shipments of these specimen plants to 

 some of the largest and best-known public grounds and private 

 estates in the country, and in every instance they have been 

 entirely satisfactory and have usually been followed by second 

 and third duplication of orders. 



Prices for these specimen Rhododendrons are noted on the 

 last page. 



" I write to say that the car of Maximum Rhododendron plants is entirely satis- 

 factory. They were delivered on time, were promptly set out and promise well." 

 Ossining, N. Y. B. I. 



