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Highlands Nursery 
KAWANA. MITCHELL COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA 
I(JHLANDS NURSERY is located at the summit of the Blue Ridge range of the Appa- 
lachian Mountain system, at an elevation of nearly 4,000 feet, and at the foot of the 
famous Grandfather Mountain, 5,978 feet high, iu a region of grand natural beauties 
and almost Alpine climate. 
Established in 1886, we were the first to systematically introduce to American and 
foreign gardens, and especially the former, the unrivaled wealth of beautiful native 
Rhododendrons, Azaleas and other ornamental plants for which America, and particu- 
larly the Carolina Mountain region, is justly world-famed. We are now in our twenty- 
'''trn °rin«ol°LvaTy """^ ^ l^eginning the first season, with a price-list of four pages 
3.00,; feet Wow." " '° which were offered seventeen species of plants occupying ground space of barely half 
an acre, we have gradually enlarged until now our nursery occupies some one hundred 
acres of land on which are grown nearly six hundred species of hardy native American trees, shrubs, 
bulbs, vines, ferns ami herbaceous flowering plants. Single species are now grown by tens of thousands. 
We feel justly proud of the work we have accomplished in making our Native Plants known and 
used, for while a few years ago they were almost entirely excluded from our American parks, lawns 
and gardens, they are now planted by hundreds of thousands, and appreciated and enjoyed as never 
before. Each year sees them better known, more widely used, and more loved by the refined class, 
to whom natural rather than exotic effects appeal. It seems strange that while the whole world out- 
side the United States was searched and explored to obtain the choicest ornamentals to beautify our 
grounds, our more beautiful and hardy American Plants were almost entirely overlooked, were 
rarely seen in cultivation, and were, in fact, quite unknown to Americans. 
Highlands Nursery has introduc-d many new and heretofore unknown species, and we expect 
to continue along these lines, giving to American gardens the finest of our wojiderful Wild Flowers. 
HOW TO ORDER 
Use enclosed Order Sheet when possible, and in writing always give your full address and 
plain shipping directions; otherwise we use best judgment, hut assume no responsibiliiy . 
Terms are cash with order from all unknown correspondents, or satisfactory reference. 
Remittances. Remit by Bank Draft, P. O. Order, Express Money Order, or Registered Letter at 
my risk. Foreign remittances by Post Office Money Order on Boston, Mass., office, or by Bank Draft 
on New York or Boston. 
Shipping Season is usually from October 1 to December 1, and from March 15 to May 15 for 
most nursery stock. Many bulbs cau be sent in August and September, and Evergreens, large Rhodo- 
dendrons and Kalmias in August and early September. Shipments from Highlands Nursery are 
made from Pineola, N. C, freight station and from Salem Branch, Salem, Mass. 
Packing is carefully done for shipment to any part of the world, but our responsibility ceases on 
delivery of packages to the forwarding companies in good condition, and any loss or damage should be 
collected from delivering company. We are glad to aid iu this when promptly notified. No charge is 
made for packing when order is selected from this Catalog and accompanied with remittance. 
Errors. We are glad to rectify any error in filling order if complaint is entered on receipt of 
goods. After 10 days no claim can be entertained. 
Guarantee. All trees and plants are guaranteed true to name and in good condition on leaving 
our nurseries. Any plant wrongly named will be replaced with the true variety as ordered, but no 
guarantee, expressed or implied, makes us liable for more than its original invoice value. 
Wholesale. Our Wholesale Catalog will be sent only to Nurserymen, Parks, Botanical Gardens 
and others who are entitled to it by reason of purchasing in wholesale quantities for reselling or for 
public plantings. 
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