LINVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, U. S. A. 
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MENZIESIA globularis (Menziesia). A smooth shrub, four to eight 
feet high, with reddish bark and small nodding pink white flowers 
in terminal clusters, i to 2 ft Jo 20 $0 75 
2 to 3 ft 30 I 25 
PYRUS arbutifolia (Choke-berry). One of our most desirable or- 
namental shrubs, being conspicuous in foliage as well as in flower 
and fruit. Grows 2 to 4 feet high, bearing blossoms in compound 
corymbs, and later on, the black sweetish berries in large drooping 
clusters. The leaves are dark green and shining above, and pale 
on the underside 20 75 
P. erythrocarpa (Tall Choke-berry). A large variety ol the arbu- 
tifolia, often 15 to 20 feet high, with larger leaves and red berries. 
I to 2 ft 20 I 00 
RHODODENDRON (Azalea) Vaseyi. A most beautiful and ex- 
ceedingly valuable addition to our ornamental native flora. Dis- 
covered quite recently (June, 1878) among the mountains in Jack- 
son county, this state, by Mr. George Vasey, and yet rare. The 
plant is of erect, somewhat slender habit, with deciduous foliage 
and flowers varying from light pink to deep rose-color, mottled at 
the base inside, which appear in early spring before the leaves. 
Mr. J. G. Jack, in his " Notes from the Arnold Arboretum" to 
Garden and Forest, says of it : " Rhododendron Vaseyi has flow- 
ered this year better than ever before. It is a plant of great beau- 
ty and value certamly. The leaves have now turned to a deep 
dark crimson, a character which will increase the value of this 
beautiful and interesting addition to our garden flora." We also 
quote from an article (published in 1885), -written by a prominent 
botanist and horticulturist: * * » * "The latest 
. addition to American flowering shrubs is Rhododendron Vaseyi, 
which remained undetected until four or five years ago, when Mr. 
Vasey found it in Jackson county. The discovery was particular- 
ly interesting, as it belongs to a section of the genus almost exclu- 
sively Asiatic, entirely unrepresented in our Atlantic flora, and 
with its nearest American relative confined to the highest peaks of 
the Cascades and Northern Rocky Mountains. It is a tall shrub — 
12 to 15 feet high — with bright, purple, pink, scentless flowers, and, 
unlike our other rhododendrons, with deciduous leaves. It is 
easily transplanted, adapts itself readily to cultivation, and pro- 
mises to become an important addition to our garden flora." Per- 
fectly hardy. 6 to 12 inches 35 to 50 2 00 
1 to 2 ft " 75 
RTJBUS odoratus (Flowering Raspberry). A tall vine-like shrub, 
with large three to five-lobed leaves, and handsome, fragrant rose 
purple clustered flowers, one to two inches across. Very useful 
for planting under trees and in other shady places, where it will 
cover the ground rapidly. 6 to 12 inches 20 I 00 
R. villosus (High Blackberry). Often eight to ten feet high ; a long 
bending stem, literally covered with white blossoms in April. A 
damp loose soil is best suited to its wants 15 50 
STUARTIA pentag-yna. A rare and beautiful shrub or low tree, 
twelve or fifteen feet high, with rich foliage, and large saucer 
shaped, cream-colored flowers, with purplish center. This is the 
''native American Camelia," and is found only in our Southern 
Alleghanies. We quote from Garden and Forest (Arnold Ar- 
boretum Notes, by J., July 29, 188S): "The most interesting 
shrub, however, in bloom this week, is Stuartia pentagyna, the 
only American representative of the tea and camelia family 
which can be grown in New England." * » « This 
plant is rarely found in gardens, where indeed it is so rare that no 
common or English name seems to have come into use for it. 
The Carolina Stuartia is, nevertheless, one of the most attractive 
of hardv summer blooming shrubs, and it should find a place in 
the smallest and most carefully selected collections, i to 2 ft 35 2 00 
2 to 3 ft 50 2 50 
