IMPOKTANT 
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Read Before Ordering, 
My Hardy Stock is shipped direct from Highlands Nursery, in the 
western North CaroHna mountains, from Cranberry, N. C, freight station. 
The freight rate to New York, Boston and Philadelphia is $1.14 per 100 
pounds. Special low express rates. 
I claim superior packing, my export shipments reaching the most remote 
countries in perfect condition. Packing charged for at cost. 
Foreign Remittances should be sent by International Postal Money Order, 
drawn on Boston, Mass., Post Office, or by New York or Boston Exchange. 
An American dollar is equal to a little more than four (4) English shillings, 
four (4) German marks, or (5) francs. 
Claims must be made immediately on receipt of goods. All shipments 
travel at consignee's risk. Shipping begins about September 15 and lasts till 
December, and in spring from March i to May 15. 
Growing Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Kalmias, Hemlocks and plants of this 
class in wholesale quantities will continue to be my specialty. All the lead- 
ing Parks, Cemeteries and Nurseries of America as well as those abroad, have 
been satisfactorily supplied in the past with many hundreds of thousands of 
plants from my Highlands Nursery. 
Correspondence with all Parks, Cemeteries, Nurseries and Botanical Gar- 
dens in America or abroad especially solicited. 
COLLECTED PLANTS 
Nearly all plants offered in this Calalogue are heavy, nursery grown, but can usually 
be supplied in strong collected stock, when desired. 
My facilities are unapproached elsewhere for collecting the best stock at a low cost, 
and an experience of 15 years and well-trained collectors enable me to assure buyers that 
orders for "collected " plants will receive the same attention and care as though I in- 
tended planting the stock myself. As a rule, however, I do not recommend the extensive 
use of collected stock and cannot guarantee it in any instance. 
Rhododendrons, Kalmias, Leuchthoe catesbaei, Galax aphalla, and other broad-leaved 
evergreen shrubs and ground-covering plants are collected by the carload for use in pro- 
ducing immediate effects by massing. This subject requires special correspondence. 
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. 
Plans for planting and otherwise improving Parks, Cemeteries, or other public or 
private grounds carefully prepared, and contracts will be made for superintending entire 
construction and supplying all material. 
The location of HIOHIiANDS NURSERT, at the summit of the Blue Ridge, in western 
North Carolina, 3,800 feet among the clouds, and under the shadow of the great Grandfather 
mountain (the highest peak in the Blue Ridge range) insures long, cool summers and cold 
winters, which are very favorable to the growth of these beautiful native ornamentals, pro- 
ducing a perfectly hardy stock — a most important point with northern planters. The 
thermometer often reaches an extreme of 10° to 15° below zero, and every few years will go 
as low as 20° or more below. 
The Azaleas, Rhododendrons, and most of the ericaceous plants herein offered thrive best 
in rich, peaty soils and partially shaded situations. A good soil can be made by excavating 
2 to 3 feet of the surface, and filling with equal parts of good leaf-mold or other decayed vegeta- 
ble matter and surface loam, with one-tenth or more of sharp sand. Swamp muck or field sod 
may be used. Mulching (spent tan, moss, leaves, hay, etc.), is always useful, and is necessary 
where the ground is very dry. Lime, in large quantities, in any form is very damaging to 
Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and ericaceous plants in general. As a rule, give the plants a deep 
soil, with plenty of well-decaj-ed vegetable food and good drainage, and the result will be satis 
factory. Always give Rhododendrons a northern exposure where possible. 
