SKELSEY'S HAIIDY AMERICAN PLANTS 
^0ro}i^n in the Carolina jyfountains at 3800 ^et elel^ation 
\ LANDSCAPE DESIGN and PLANTING 
^ AND THE USE OF HARDY NATIVE PLANTS 
The sueeessful carrying out of any landscape ini|irovenient depeiids to so great an extent upon 
the knowledge, skill and good taste of the one to whom this work is intrusted, that it is supremely 
important to start right, no matter whether the work l)e large or small. 
By the employment of a trained landscape architect expensive experiments may be avoided, and 
successful results insured. This applies to questions both of design and of practical planting. 
With a special force organized for this purpose, we take charge of the proper laying out and 
planting of large and small grounds, extensive estates, parks, cemeteries, and other public or private 
landscape improvements. Particular attention is given to the use of hardy American plants, which 
are unquestionably the basis of all the best permanent plantings in this country and particularly 
where naturalistic effects are desired. If this fact is ignored, the most finished and lasting results 
cannot be secured. Even in formal gardens, where exotics have in the past been nsed almost exclu- 
sively, there are wonderful possibilities, as yet barely realized, for the employment of many native 
plants, and especially our magnificent Rhododendrons, Kalmias and other broad-leaved evergreens. 
These plants are not only absolutely hardy and free from foreign diseases and pests, but show splen- 
did summer and winter effects that can bo produced in no other way. There are, in fact, no foreign 
plants which can possibly take their place. 
We do not, however, by any means confine ourselves to the use of Native Plants only, but where 
advisable introduce the best exotics to produce the desired results for any given problem. 
We are prepared to make professional visits for consultation and advice, to make surveys, plans 
and designs, and to undertake the entire construction, planting and carrying out of landscape work 
of all descriptions. 
Terms and Information given to those interested. 
HARLAN P. KELSEY. Landscape Architect 
Beacon Building. BOSTON. MASS. 
