KELSEY'S HARDY AMERICAN RHODODENDRONS 
PRICES ARE AT BOXFORD NURSERY 
RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE, continued 
biense hybrid seedling so freely imported from Europe, which is at best half-hardy, and even when 
branched above is a single stem, showing bareness underneath for years. 
Unlike Rhododendron maximum, it is a very free bloomer, with foliage of a dark, rich, lasting 
green, which never rusts. The trusses are a bright red-purple (in marked contrast to the muddy 
purple of the semi-hardy half-breed imported variety noted above), and as sent out by Highlands 
Nursery is always on its own roots. 
For massing to produce a broad-leaved evergreen landscape effect, there is no plant equal 
to it in the latitude of the northern United States and Canada, where stricty hardy plants must 
be employed. As a rich, finished border to plantations of the commoner Rhododendron 
maximum, the value of Rhododendron catawbiense cannot be over-estimated. 
The clumps offered of this beautiful Rhododendron are perfect and mostly feathered 
from the ground and a mass of buds. It is a much freer bloomer than Rhododendron 
maximum. A compact type from the highest mountains will be sent in sizes up to 
3-foot clumps if desired. 
Each 10 100 Each 10 100 
9 to 12 in $o so $4 oo $3s oo 3 to 4 ft., clumps . .$s 00 $45 00 S425 00 
1 to iK ft., clumps . I 75 17 00 125 00 4 to s ft., clumps . . 8 00 75 00 650 00 
iyi to 2 ft., clumps . 2 50 22 50 200 00 3 to 7 ft., specimens 
2 to 3 ft., clumps ... 3 so 32 50 300 00 $8 to IS 03 
RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM 
The Great American Rosebay 
PERFECTLY HARDY IN THE LATITUDE OF 
QUEBEC 
Rhododendron maximum is without doubt the no- 
blest of American broad-leaved shrubs. It is found growing 
sparingly in New England and New York, more abundantly 
maximum cataw- carolinlanum in the Pennsylvania mountains, but reaching perfection 
ISnv. „f Bk.j "j* j , on 'y in the southern Alleghany Mountains, where it grows 
lypesot Rhododendron leaves show- - ui • ^ *■ ... - 
ing comparative sizes. ln such luxuriance as to form a striking feature in the 
mountain landscape. Its large, waxy white or delicately 
pink flowers appear in large trusses in July, the latest of all the Rhododendrons, greatly enhancing 
its ornamental value as a broad-leaved evergreen for finished landscape effect. 
This, with Rhododendron catawbiense and Kalmia lalifolia, are the three best broad-leaved 
evergreens for large plantations in woodlands, in the border, and on the banks of streams and ponds. 
We have supplied 35 carloads of Rhododendron maximum for a single planting. 
Each 10 100 
oto >f to $0 25 J2 00 $17 so 
40 3 00 25 00 
I'A to 2 ft 7S 6 00 SO 00 
2 to 3 ft 1 00 9 00 80 00 
6 to 12 in., clumps 80 7 00 65 00 
, ,* Each 10 100 
1 to ifi ft., clumps $1 00 $9 00 $80 00 
to 2 ft., clumps 1 75 15 00 125 00 
2 to 3 ft., clumps 2 50 22 so 
3 to 4 ft., clumps 4 00 37 so 
4 to 6 ft., specimens $5 to 10 00 
THE BEST HARDY EXOTIC RHODODENDRONS 
RHODODENDRON arbutifolium wilsoni . 
A hardy, hybrid, dwarf Rhododendron 
of garden origin, probably a cross between 
R. punctatum and R. ferrugineum. Com- 
pact growth, bears a profusion of deep 
rose-colored flowers. Each I0 
I to Wig 2 00 18 00 
i x A to 2 ft 3 oo 
hirsutum. Another similar species from the 
Swiss Alps, but with flowers of lighter shade, 
and the whole plant hairy. Each 10 
12 tQ 'S ln $1 50 $12 50 
ferrugineum. Alpine Rose. Dwarf species 
from the Swiss Alps. Rarely over 2 feet 
high. Very handsome shrub, suitable for 
rockery. Small pink or carmine flowers. 
Each 10 
" to '5 "» $1 50 $12 so 
Rhododendron ferrugineum album. White 
Alpine Rose. Same as preceding, with white 
flowers. . Each 10 
""■Sin $1 75 Sis 00 
myrtifolium. A fine, hardy hybrid between 
R. punctatum and R. hirsutum. This variety 
is very useful for the rockery and the bor- 
ders of the Rhododendron bed. Covered 
with clusters of deep rosv pink flowers. F-ich 
12 to 15 in Ji so 
catawbiense hybrids. Hardiest varieties, 
including the following: Album elegans, 
Anna Parsons, caractacus. catawbiense alba, 
everestianum. General Grant, Mrs. Milner, 
President Lincoln, Parsons' Gloriosa, pur- 
pureum elegans. roseum elegans, and others, 
according to size and selection, $1 to S4 
each. 
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