A Rare and Beautiful Hardy 
Carolina Mountain Shrub 
Stuartia pentagyna 
THIS, the so-called American Camellia, is one of the most beautiful of all North 
American shrubs as well as one of the most rare, and has been much sought 
after for many years, being sparingly offered at times by a very few nursery- 
men in America and Europe. 
Highlands Nursery has disseminated it quite largely, and we beg to announce that 
we now have a splendid stock on hand for the first time in years, which is offered below. 
Stuartia pentagyna is the only American representative of the Tea and Camellia 
family which can be grown in the latitude of New England, and a few very fine clumps 
are now growing in the vicinity of Boston. It is an erect shrub, ten or twelve feet 
high, well foliaged and with large axillary flowers three or four inches across, with 
white creamy petals, deeply crenulated on the margins and resembling those of some 
of the single Camellias. Altogether it is one of the finest of all shrubs for single or 
mass planting and thrives in damp situations as well as in drier garden soil. 
Orders should be placed at once for fall shipments, and stock will be reserved. 
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Prices: 6 to 12 in $1 00 $8 00 $70 00 
1 to 2 ft 1 15 00 130 00 
2 to 3 ft 3 50 3D 00 250 00 
3 to 4 ft 5 00 45 00 
This is an exceptional opportunity for nurserymen to stocK up and for ParK 
and Cemetery officials to secure a supply of this rare and beautiful shrub 
