ANNUAL PRICE LIST 
OF THE 
HighlancKoBT.-Mjsery, 
For the Fall of ^Syancf ■Spring of 1888. 
HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. 
KELSEY BROS., Proprietors. 
We desire to thank our friends for the 
kind words and liberal orffers with which 
\\c hiive been favored, and by care andde- 
V ti .n to our work we hope to merit a con- 
tinuance of the same. 
Our Nursery is devoted mainly to the 
pronagation of thf- native plants of this 
Southern mountain region. 
Our location at the village of Highlands, 
near the summit of the H'ue Kidge in lat- 
itude 35, and at an altitude of about 3,800 
feet, insures long, co il summers, and mild 
winters, which are very favorable to the 
growth of a large class of our most beauti- 
ful and desirabl.' flowering an I ornamental 
t ees and shrubs, which aro rare in cultiva- 
tion and generally difficult ;o obtain. 
We now have on h ind a fine stock of 
native Rh-:dodendrons and Azaleas, inclu- 
ding the K. Vas.yi, some of which we can 
furnish, of small sizes, ;o the trade, at re- 
duced rate-i. 
Tricks named are for good jibints care- 
fully packed and del vered at th • nearest 
R. R. stition or E.xpn'ss office. No extra 
charge for packing or delivery. Smaller 
plants will be carefully packed and for- 
warded by mail at the same prices. 
The utmost cake will betaken to have 
every plant true to name and in good or- 
('er ; and any mistuke or error on our part 
will be cheerfully corrected. 
Money may be sent at our risk in b;ink 
draft, post-office money order or registered 
letter. 
N.\ME, post office address, and direc- 
tions for marking packages, should be 
written out full and plai.n. Always give 
your address in every letter. 
Letters of inquiry promptly answered. 
Oidinarily we can safily handle and ship 
plants from the ist of Oct. to ist of Dec. 
and from ist of March to ist of May, and 
for the South during mild spells in winter. 
The Azaleas. Rhododendrons and most 
other plants of that class, herein named, 
that arc considered difficult to manage, are 
hardy throughout the U. S. except the ex- 
treme North and Northwest, and with pro- 
per care in preparation of soil and planting 
may be grown successfully. They thrive 
best in peaty soils and shidy situations. A 
good soil can be made by excavating 2 to 3 
!eet of the suiface and fil!i»g with equal 
parts of go«d leaf mold or other decayed 
vegetable matter and surface loam with one 
tenth or more of .<harp sand. If leaf mold 
cannot be had, swamp muck or old field sod 
may be used. After planting, except where 
naturally moist, the ground should be kept 
thoroughly mulchid. If the soil is well 
prepared and kept mulched from year to 
year, it will not need other manuring, and 
no stimulating or heating manure, esprcialy 
such a< contains appreciable quantities of 
lim .>, should ever be used. Spent tan. old 
leaves, etc., can be used for mu'ching. The 
ground must be kept moist and loose, as 
dry, hard ground is sure death. In moist, 
LOOSE, PKATY soil thcse 'American plants" 
grow in perfection, and rival in beauty and 
luxuriance of folia. c and flower the grand- 
est display of foreign plants. E. S. Kand, 
in his valuable work on Rhododendrons, 
says : "We do not appreciate the wealth of 
our American Flora, and have shut our 
eyes to the richness that lies all around us. 
In England the crowning glory of horticul- 
tural exhibitions is the show or "American 
plants," and we in .America don't know 
what they arc." 
