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Rhododendron catawbiense, con. 
Considering the extreme hardiness, 
color of flower, compact growth and 
remarkable texture ot foliage, which is 
a deep shiny green and far superior to 
the better known Rfiododendron maxi- 
mum, we can unhesitatingly recom- 
mend the true native aitawbiense as 
the finest of all Rhododendrons for 
general use. withstanding successfully 
exposure and extremes of temperature 
where other Rhododendrons fail. 
Do not confuse this true species, 
which is absolutely hardy, with the 
common so-called catawbiense hybrid 
seedlings so freely imported from 
Europe, which is at best half-hardy, 
and even when branched above is a 
single stem, showing bareness under- 
neath for years. 
Unlike Rhododendron maximum, il 
is a very free bloomer, with foliage ol 
a dark rich lasting green, which never 
rusts. The trusses are a briglit red- 
purple, in marked contrast to the 
muddy purple of the semi-hardy half- 
breed imported variety noted above, 
and, as sent out by Highlands Nursery, are always 
on their own roots. 
For massing to produce a broad-leaved evergreen 
landscape effect, there is no ])lant equal to it in the 
latitude of the northern United States and Canada, 
where strictly hardy plants must be employed. As a 
rich, finished border to plantations of the commoner 
Rhododendron tnaximum and Kalmia latt/olia, the 
value of Rhododendron catawbiense cannot be over- 
estimated. 
Do not compare our many-stemmed clumps 
with the single-stemmed, *^bushy'' half-hardy 
Rhododendrons ottered by importers. There is 
no comparison. 
Bushy plants with balls — Kach lo loo 
6 to 9 in $o 25 $1 50 $12 00 
9 to 12 in 35 2 00 18 00 
I to 1 '4 ft 0 4 00 .S5 00 
In the Carolina Mountains 
Rhododendron catawbiense, continued 
Clumps, with balls; diameter Each 10 100 
proportionate to height — 
I to 1 14 ft $1 00 $"} 5*) ?6o 00 
1 t^ to 2 ft 1 75 15 00 125 OfJ 
2 to 3 ft 3 (K) 25 <K) 2CX) 00 
3 to 4 ft 6 00 50 00 400 00 
4 to 5 ft 10 o<) 90 00 
Extra-large or selected clumps, 
y 1 2 to $20 eacli. according to 
furnishings. 
Collected clumps, bushy and 
With heavy balls — 
1 to 2 ft 12 00 50 00 
2 to 3 ft 16 00 125 00 
3 to 4 ft 35 00 25b 00 
4 to 5 ft 50 00 400 00 
Prices given are for slock packed 
and delivered f. o. b. cars at Pineola, 
N. C, for shipment by 
freight or express. All 
stock is nursery-grown, 
unless SDecially noted. 
See Salem 
Branch Nursery 
price-list. Spe- 
cial selection at 
either nursery 
will be charged 
for according to 
value of speci- 
mens. Car-lots 
a specialty. 
Rhododendron catawbiense, as grown in "clumps," at Highlands Nurbery 
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