^ O Hardy American Plants 
O Rhododendrons and Azaleas 
Information 
HIGHLANDS NURSERY SHIPMENTS aro made from 
Pinoola, N. C, freight station, and prices in this list are made 
on this basis. Freight and express rates gladly quoted. Via 
Norfolk Steamship Line.s, deliverie.s to northern and eastern 
points are quick and rate.s low. 
SALEM NURSERIES SHIPMENTS are made from Salem 
direct, and Salem price-list must be used in ordering. Prices 
are about 2.5 per cent, higlier than for similar stock at our 
main Highlands Nursery. .\ fine stock of specimen Rhodo- 
dendrons, Azaleas, Conifers, etc., may be seen at Salem 
Nurseries, and deliveries to eastern points rarely take more 
than a day or two. 
SHIPMENTS OF "COLLECTED" RHODODENDROH 
MAXIMUM AND KALMIAS are from our sjjecial fields in 
Pennsylvania and the South, depending on destination and 
quaUty of stock desired. The best clamps come from the 
South from high altitudes. 
•COLLECTED" RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE 
AND RHODODENDRON PUNCTATUM come only from 
the South. 
OUR NURSERIES ARE UNIQUE, being the first and only 
to grow Native .\mcrican Ornamentals, and wc now have the 
only large and complete stock of Hardy American plants in 
existence. 
THE LOCATION OF HIGHLANDS NURSERY also is 
unique, an elevation of 3,800 feet insuring unquestioned 
hardiness. 
SHIPPING BEGINS IN SEPTEMBER, when we send out 
large Rhododendrons, Kalmia.s and other evergreens, and 
bulbs and herbaceous plants, general .slock going out in October 
and November and in spring from about Xlarch 1 to May 1.5. 
Give shipping instructions, unless you wi.sh to leave it to us. 
We use our best judgment, but assume no risk. 
OUR EXPORT SHIPMENTS reach the most remote coun- 
tries, in perfect condition; we have exported forever 25 years 
and know how to pack. 
A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG, beautifully illustrated, is 
gladly mailed on request, and advice on the right way to grow 
Rhododendrons, Azaleas and other native plants gladly given. 
HARLAN P. KELSEY, Owner 
Cable Address c»wi?m« m/TACC 
KELMONT-SALEM »ALill.J*l, 
Where Kelsey's Hardy American 
Plants Are Grown. 
HIGHLANDS NURSERY, under ideal natural conditions at 3,80<) feet 
elevation in the southern AIiep:hanies, prcjducea absolutely hardy stock for 
latitudes as far north as Ottawa, Canada. 
SALEM NURSERIES carty specimen plants, and are a distributing 
point for New England. 
SPECIALTIES : Ilhododcndrons, .Azaleas, Kalmias, Lcucothoea, GiUax, 
Kare iOrioacea: Lilies. Trilliuras, and the largest general collection of Hardy 
Native .\merican Plants in existence. Carload shipments for mass planting. 
LANDSCAPE DEPARTMENT. Planting plans made and cxecutecL 
Wild gardens, woodland "under" planting. I>og and water gardens, rockeries. 
Broad-leaved Evergreen effects. Formal gardens. Send for Catalogs. 
September and October is the time to successfully 
ship and plant Lilies, Trilliums, Cypripediums, 
Erythroniums and other Bulbs and many Herba- 
ceous Plants. 
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