Second Annual Price iist 
OF THE 
I^orthe E^all of 1886 and Spring of 1887. 
Highlands, Maeon County, North Carolina. 
KELSEY BROTHEES, Proprietors. 
H. P. KELSEY. IL E. ICELSEY. 
In offering this our Second Annual 
price list, we desire to thank our friends 
for the kind words and liberal orders witli 
which we have been favored during the 
past yenr. By care and devotion to our 
work we hope to merit a continuance of 
the same. 
Our Nursery is devoted mainly to the 
propagaion of the native plants of this 
Southern mountain region. 
Our location at the village of High- 
lands, near the summit of the Blue Ridge 
in latitude 35, and at an altitude of alwut 
3,800 feet, insures long, cool suuuuers 
and mild winters, which are very favora- 
ble to the growth of a largo class of our 
most beautiful imd desirable flowering 
and omaniontal trees and shrubs, w hicii 
are rare in cultivation and getiernlly dif- 
ficult to obtain. 
We now have oa liand a fine stock of 
native Rhododendrons and Azaleas, in- 
cluding the K. Vaseyi, sf)nie of whicli we 
can furnish, of sniiiU Azea, to the trade 
at reduced rates. 
Prices named are for good plants care- 
fully packed aT>d delivered at the nearest 
R. R. station or express office. No extra 
charge for )>acking or delivery. Smaller 
jjlants will be carefully patj^ed and for- 
warded by mail at tlie same jjrices. 
2Vic ntinast care will be taken to have 
e\evy plant true to name and in good 
order ; and any misfedce or error on our 
part will 1k' cheerfully corrected. 
3[(»ify may be sent at our risk in bank 
draft, post otfi(-e money order or regis- 
tered letter. 
A'diHC post office address, and direc- 
tions for marking pacl<ages slioidd be 
wrilteii imtfutl and jilain. Always give 
your addiess in every lelier. 
L.:;:s;r:' of inijuiry promptly answered. 
Urdiiiatily we can saii ly handle anil 
ship plants from ti.f'. 1st of Oct. to 1st of 
Dec. aiul from Isl of March to 1st of 
JIay. and for thcSontli during inild spcllv^ 
in winter. 
The Azaleas, Rhododendrons and mast 
other plants of that class, herein named, 
tliat aie considered difficult to manage, 
are hardy throughout the U. S. , except 
the extreme North and Northwest, and 
with proper care in prepjiratiou of soil 
and planting may be grown successfully. 
They thrive best in peaty s<uls and shady 
situations. A good .soil can bo made by 
excavating o feet of the surface and fill- 
ing with eijual parts of good leaf mold 
or other decayed vegetable matter and 
surface loam with one-tenth or more of 
sl'.arp sand. If leaf mold cannot lie had, 
swamp muck or old field sod may be used. 
After planting, except where naturally 
moist, the ground should be kept thor- 
oughly nudclied. If the soil is well pro- 
pared and kept nuUched fi-om yc-at to 
year, it will not need other manuring, 
and no stimulating or heating manui«, 
espeiMally such as contains; appreciable, 
quantities of lime, siiould ever Iks used. 
Spent tan, old leaves, &c., can be used 
for nuilohing. The ground munt be kept 
moist and loose, as dry, hai'd ground is 
sure death. In vioist, loose, pecity soil 
these "American plants" grow in jK^rfec- 
tiim, and rival in beauty and ln:curiaiice 
of foliage .-md {lower thl^g^an(lc■.■;tdi.spl.•ty 
of foreign plants. E. S. Rand, in his val- 
uable work on Rhododendrons, says : 
"\S'e do not .appreciate the wealth of our 
American Flora, and linve shut our eyes 
to the richness that lies all around us. In 
linKland the crov.-ning glory of lioi ticult- 
ural exliil)ilions is tbesliow of ■.\nicri''an 
plants.' and we iu AinericR d m l know 
what they are." 
