CATALOGUE OF THE HIGHLANDS NURSERY. 
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LOBELIA Oardinalis (Cardinal Flower). Very showy close racemes 
of scarlet flowers from July to September So 20 
MONARDA didyma (Oswego Tea). An 
erect plant, 2 to 3 feet high ; large bright 
red flowers in heads 15 «o 50 
I. fistula (Wild Berganiot). Smaller 
than the last, with almost white flowers ; 
fine for massing iq 
*MITCHELLA repens (Partridge Berry). A 
small trailing evergreen, with white or 
purplish very fragrant flowers ; berries 
bright red, remaining over winter 15 
MIMULUS ringens (Monkey Flower). Very 
good bog plant, 2 to 3 feet high ; showy 
purple flowers 15 
MEDEOLA Virginica. The stem very slen- 
LOBELiA cARDiNALis. "Jsr, bearing a whorl of leaves in the 
middle and one at the summit. The upper 
whorl colors very beautifully in autumn 15 
CENOTHERA fruticosa (Evening Primrose). This fine primrose 
often forms a perfect little tree, 2 to 3 feet high, with a profusion of 
bright yellow sweet-scented flowers, one to two inches across 20 75 
OXALIS acetosella (Wood Sorrel). Small, 2 to 3 inches high ; 
flowers white, tinged with purple. Shady damp places '. 15 35. 
PARNASSIA asarifolia (Grass of Parnassus). Stem 3 to 6 inches 
high, bearing a single white flower 1 inch or more across, beauti- 
fully marked with green. Plant in rich damp soil 15 
PODOPHYLLUM peltatum (May Apple). An erect stem, bear- 
ing two large peltate leaves 9 to 12 inches from the ground, and a 
white nodding flower; fruit large and white, peculiar tasting 20 75 
PROSARTES lanuginosa. Low forking plant, growing in rich 
woods. Fruit large red single berries 25 i 00. 
^UDBECKIA fulgida (Cone Flower). From 5 to 15 inches high ; 
large yellow flowers, with a black cone-like center ij 
*SHORTIA galacifolia. This rare and beautiful perennial has a 
very interesting history. It was over 100 years ago that Michaux, 
the great botanist, sick and weakened by fever, arrived at the foot 
of our Carolina mountains, and at the head of a beautiful little val- 
ley discovered the leaves and fruit of what he noted in his journal 
as a '^nouvel arbuste," and which subsequently proved to be the 
shortia (afterward named by Dr. Gray). It was then lost' for 89 
years, although botanists hunted for it carefully year after in all 
the region in which Michaux was supposed to have traveled, but 
without success, until in May, 1877,3 few specimens were accidently 
discovered on the banks of the Catawba river, this state, by a young 
man hunting herbs, which fully identified it. The only other species 
of shortia known is a native of Japan (6'. uniflord). From its clus- 
ters of large, veiny, orbicular leaves the simple flower stems rise, 
each bearing a large solitary white flower, with crimped petals and 
purplish center. A most beautiful perennial, and worthy a place 
in the smallest collection. Plant in rich loam, shady situation .... 30 i 25 
SOLIDAGO (Golden-Rod). There are few flowers showier than the 
golden-rocis when planted in a mass in rich soil, and the season 
of bloom (August to October) makes them most useful. We have 
several fine species, and can give a good selection per 100, S7. . 15 
SMILOOINIA racemosa (False Spikenard). The curving stem, i 
to 3 feet high, bears a raceme of white flowers at extreme tips; 
berries speckled, changing to bright red 20 60 
.THERMOPSIS Caroliniana. Tall plant, 3 to 5 feet high, with lobed 
• leaves, and long spikes of bright yellow pea-shaped flowers from 
May to July. Very strong grower and good thick foliage 25 
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