Rhododendron catawblense. The proper way to mass it with low ferns and 
evergreens for edgings. i-*hotogtaphe<l at Satcm, Mas*. 
50,000 (species) Rhododendron Catawbiense 
FROM 3-INCH PLANTS WITH BALLS. TO 6-FOOT CLUMPS 
This is not the common imported "seedling Cntiiwbiensp" so- 
called, which is a half-hardy hybrid with little true Catawbiense 
blood in it. The true Catawbiense arows only in the high southern 
AlleRheuies and is the finest of all Rhododendrons considering its 
extreme hardiness and remarkable texture of foliage— a deep 
shiny green, far superior to Maximum. 
Qump of Rhododendron calr.iebiensc (true). Showina inelliod of growing bushy 
dumpi with 1 5 to 50 itenu. Pholographed at Salem Branch Nunery 
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