HARLAN P. KELSEY, owner. SALEM. MASS. 
Kelsey's Hardy American Rhododendrons 
and Mountain Laurel 
Prices are for heavy, nursery-grown stock, f.o.b. cars at Boxford Nursery, Bozford, Mass. 
All i)laiits, except rarelv I he smallest sizes under i foot, are balled and burlaped separately. 
Use hardy American Lilies, 'I rilliums and other bulbs as "fillers" and "edging" for the 
Rhododendron bed. .A special bulb list is ready, and will be freely sent. 
RHODODENDRON CAROLINIANUM (New Species) 
The smallest .Mleghanian species, though it often attains a height of 15 feet and is wide- 
Spreading. A very graceful shrub, with totally different aspect from the other Rhododendrons. 
Leaves dark green, usually blunt and narrow, covered with rusty dots below, much smaller than 
either maximum or cataw- 
biense. Flower-clusters ap- 
pear in greatest prcjfusion in 
June, covering the plant with 
a rose-colored mantle. Fine 
k^i-'^' ^ ' J^^^^^^^^^^^^H for rocky slopes or hillsides, 
, ^^^r -j^mi^^^^^^^^^^m standing exposure unusually 
''^t^r "^R^^^^^^^^^^^l well, and invaluable as a 
single specimen or for massing 
with the other species. 
Until this year we have 
been sending this beautiful 
and rare species out under 
the name of punctatum. 
Professor Sargent has re- 
V , -A^^aK^Vs 'V "^^QIUB cently called attention to 
iW^VSHKLL rS^IH the fact that it is a distinct 
sjiecies from the punctatum, 
r^ ''^BHHM& -rZ.' "Yld 2/6li!^^^...<i (liflfering in time of bloom 
with more showy and profuse 
Howers and making a much 
f " HBHRirTiiBIE^k larger and finer plant than 
— pimctatum. 
^ ?^^^^BHBflBt~ ^ ^Hl known as Rho- 
. ^Hmr^Kf^/iUlad^^j. * 4^ k J^^l dodendron carolinianum, 
4 . ' '^s^St-i jMWI^^^ U-ing described and named 
t-4 i! .- ^V^^flwsHF.i ^'f'"'^'^ Rehder, Arnold 
(i**Bll^KW^K^jm .Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, 
Rhododendron carolinianum. New. The best dwarf species Mass. 
Each 10 100 
6 to 9 in $0 50 $4 00 $30 00 
9 to 12 in 75 6 00 50 00 
9 to 12 in., clumps i SO 12 5° 100 00 
1 to 1^4 ft., clumps 2 00 17 so ISO 00 
iK to 2 ft., clumps 3 SO 32 SO 
2 to 3 ft., clumps 6 00 SO 00 
3 to 4 ft., clumps 10 00 
RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE of the Carolina Mountains 
THE HARDIEST OF ALL RHODODENDRONS 
It was this magnificent Rhododendron that over a hundred years ago was introduced 
into Europe, supplying, together with Rhododendron maximum and R. punctatum, color and 
hardy blood to the cultivated "hybrids," but with a consequent loss of hardiness; and so 
today, for American gardens, where ironclad hardiness is essential, we must turn to the true 
original species, found on the loftiest, coldest peaks of the southern Alleghanies, where it 
attains a height of 20 to 30 feet. 
Considering the extreme hardiness, color of flower, compact growth and remarkable 
texture of foliage, which is a deep, shining green, and far superior to the better-known Rhodo- 
dendron maximum, we can recommend the true native catawbiense as the finest for general 
use, withstanding 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 underneath for years. 
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