HARLAN P. KELSEY, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 
RHODODENDRONS AND OTHER BROADLEAF EVERGREENS 
AMERICAN RHODODENDRONS 
The American Native Rhododendrons are at last coming into their own. Being 
absolutely hardy as far north as Quebec they assure success where the half-hardy hybrids 
have so often proved a failure. Even where ^'hybrids" are used the dark foliaged American 
species should form the main l>ackground. 
The sizes immediately following the names indicate the hights attained of the 
Trees, Shrubs^ and Plants in a wild state; under cultivation they usually reach and 
often exceed the lesser hight given. 
I{1I01>0I>KM)U(>\ laroliniiinum, CAROLINA 
Khouodendron. 
A new American species. Clear pink. Abso- 
lutely hardy. This is one of our finest intro- 
ductions and fdls a lony-felt want for a hardy 
dwarf Mhododcndron witli flowers free front 
any hint of magenta. It was described and 
named by Alfred Hehdcr, of the Arnold Arbore- 
tum. It is the smallest Allcfjhanian species, 
attaininf4 i» hight of 0 to 8 feel in cultivation. 
Tl^e tliick-set leaves are dark-green, usually 
blunt and narrow, covered with rusty dols 
below, much smnlier tlian either maximum or 
catawbiensc. Klower clusters appear in great- 
est profusion in June, covering the plant with 
a rosc-colorcd mantle. Fine for rocky slopes 
or hillsides, standing exposure unusually well 
and invaluable as a single specimen or for 
massing. 
Each 
10 
,$ 60 
$ 5 00 
9 lo 12 in 
1 00 
8 00 
12 to 18 in 
1 r,o 
14 00 
18 lo 24 in. clumps 
4 00 
39 00 
2 lo 3 It. clumps . . 
. 6 00 
57 00 
catnwbiciisp. Catawb.\ Rhododendron. 
or the Carolina Mountains. The hardiest of 
all rthododendrons. It was this niagnil'icent 
Hhoilodendron thai over a hundred years aKo 
was introduced into Murope, supplying, together 
with Rhododendron maximum, color and 
hardy blood lo the cultivated "hybrids." but 
with a conseciucnl loss of hardiness; and so 
today, for American gar<lcns. where ironclad 
hardiness is es.senlial, we must turn to the true 
original species, foun<l on the loftiest, coldest 
peaks of the southern Allcghanics where it 
attains a hight of 20 lo .iO feet. Considering 
the extreme hardiness, color of flower. cou)|>a<'l 
growth, and remarkable texture of foliage, 
which is a deep, shining green, and far superior 
lo the bcller-known Hhododendron niaxinium, 
we can recommend the true native catawbiensc 
as the finest for general use. withstanding 
exposure and extremes of temperature w-here 
oilier Hhododendrons fail. Unlike Hhododen- 
dron 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 lo the muddy 
purple of the semi-hardy, half-breed im|)orled 
variety), and as sent out by Uoxford-I ligh- 
lands Nursery is always on its own roots. For 
massing lo produce a liroadleaf evergreen 
landscape effccl, there is no plant ctiual lo it in 
the latitude of the northern I'nitcd States and 
Canada, where strictly hardy plants must be 
employed. Hach 10 100 
9 to 12 in. clumps .$1 2;> $12 00 $100 00 
The rare Rhododendron carolinianum 
A beautiful clear pink 
12 lo 18 in. clumps 
18 to 24 in. clumps 
2 lo fl. clumps . . . 
3 to 4 fl. clumps . . . 
4 to fl. clumps . . . 
7.-> 
2 75 
4 00 
(i 00 
9 00 
16 00 
26 00 
38 00 
56 00 
86 00 
150 00 
220 00 
350 00 
540 00 
IS 
(I'ololiu II. /-. li.) 
Rhododendron catawbiense compacta 
New variety introduced by 
Harlan P. KeUey 
