CATALOGUE OF THE HIGHLANDS NURSERY, 
II 
RHODODENDRON catawbiense (Purple Rhododendron). Every ^^""^^ 
one knows this popular hardy native Rhododendron. Its glossy dark 
green foliage and masses of lilac purple flowers in great clusters, make 
it an object of admiration in any situation, whether planted singly or 
massed. Of all the many beautiful Rhododendron hybrids that are so 
popular now, there arc but very few which do not owe much of their 
vitality, strength of color and hardiness to the parent stock of calaw- 
biettse. Grows lo to 15 feet high, the blossoms appearing in May or 
early June in the greatest profusion. Fine plants, 6 to 9 in So 25 $1 00 
6 to 12 in 35 I 75 
I to I }^ ft .... 50 2 25 
B. maximum (Rose Bay, Great Laurel). See cut. A magnificent shrub 
or low tree often 30 feet high in our southern mountains. Its large 
white or pink blossoms appear in large trusses in July, the latest of all 
the Rhododendrons, a quality which adds greatly to its value as a Sne 
ornamental. Its dark green broad foliage is the finest of all the species. 
Without doubt the noblest of all our native shrubs, and "absolutely 
hardy from Vermont to Georgia." Strong plants, 6 to 9 in 20 75 
9 to 12 in 30 I 25 
I to ft 50 2 00 
B. punctatum (Small Pink R.). This is the smallest of our native Alle- 
ghanian species. It forms a graceful shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, with 
spreading branches and dark green narrow leaves, covered below with 
rusty dots. The rose-colored flowers are spotted within and appear in 
loose clusters in June. 6 to 12 in 25 i 00 
I to 2 ft 40 
HerliacGous PerGnnlal Plants. 
Those marked -with a (*) are Evergreen. 
Each. Six. 
*ASARUM arifolium (Heart Leaf, Wild Ginger). Thick, heart- 
shaped, mottled evergreen leaves, and pitcher-like flowers, purple 
within $0 15 f o 50 
*CAMPTOSORUS rhizophyllus (Walking-Leaf Fern). A very 
peculiar and interesting plant ; receives its name from its strange habit 
of forming little plants at the tips of its fronds (leaves) which bend 
over, take root, grow, and in their turn form plantlets at the tips of 
their fronds, thus forming a complete carpet of ferns 7/. i -ir* ; / 20 75 
OHIMAPHIL.A maculata (SmrtW^^ i r Uuiiiay ^/Aw^fof rather^^"**^ 
large obloiig leaves cTTHl ground, sending "flji^ scape 4106 ^ 
inches nTgJ<f^l)earing an umb^Po^beautiful white floy)>^sB^eckled with 
green or,!^u>plish dots. Bkfoms through June . 15 50 
CLEMATIS crispa (Crisped Leather Flower). See cut. One of 
Hthe best of the Clematises, producing large, 
CONVALL ARI A majalis (^LHy^ of the Va^ 
inal home is in the Southern Alleghanies 15 50 
CYPRIPBDIUM acaule (Stemless Lady'.s 
flowers. The whole plant very downy . . 25 i 00 
showiest of all north American orchids, and 
ci.icM.^Tis cKisi A. large white flowers, tinged with purple . . 35 i 50 
