TT'Tr'T QT7'\/''»C Hardy American Plants 
PV Pj I J O ill I O Rhododendrons and Azaleag 
CATALOG OF HIGHLANDS NURSERY 
RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE, continued 
Do not confuse this true species, which is absolutely hardy, with the 
common so-called catawbiense hybrid seedling 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. 
Unlike Rhododeiulran maximum, it is a very free bloomer, with foliage of 
a dark, rich, lasting green, which never rusta. The trusses are a bright 
red-purple (in marked contra-st to the muddy purple of the semi-hardy half- 
breed imported variety noted above), and, as sent out by Highlands Nur- 
sery are always on their own roots. 
For massing to produce a broad-leaved evergreen landscape effect, there 
is no plant equal to it in the latitude of the Northern United States and 
Canada, where strictly hardy plants must be employed. As a rich. fini,shed 
border to plantations of the commoner Rhododendron maximum and Kalmta 
latifoUa, the value of lihmMendmn catawbiense cannot l>e overestimated. 
Do not compare our many-stemmed clumps with the single- 
stemmed, "bushy" halt-hardy Rhododendrons oSered by im- 
porters. There Is no comparison. p^.^ jq jqq j qqo 
3 to 6 in., heavy, nursery-grown $1 00 $8 50 $75 00 
C to 9 in., heavy, nursery-grown 1 50 12 50 100 00 
9 to 12 in., heavy, nurscrj'-grown 2 00 18 00 160 00 
1 to li ft., heavy, nursery-grown.. . . 3 50 32 50 
IJ to 2 ft., heavy, nursery-grown 5 00 40 00 
9 to 18 in., clumps, nursery-grown.... 10 00 90 00 750 00 
1» to 2 ft., clumps, nurserj'-grown. . 16 00 135 00 1300 00 
2 to 3 ft., clumps, nurseiy-grown. . . .25 00 200 00 17.50 00 
3 to 4 ft., clumps, nursery-grown.. . .40 00 375 00 
4 to 5 ft., clumps, nursery-grown.. . .00 00 
1 to 2 ft., "collected" clumps 10 00 80 00 700 00 
2 to 3 ft., "collected" clumps 15 00 130 00 1000 00 
3 to 4 ft., "collected" clumps 25 00 220 00 
4 to 5 ft., "collected" clumps 40 00 350 00 
^Rhododendron maximum 
THE GREAT AMERICAN ROSEBAY 
Perfectly Hardy in the Latitude of Quebec 
Rhododendron maximum is. without doubt, the noblest of American 
broad-leaved shrubs. It is found growing sparingly in New England 
and New York, more abundantly in the Pennsylvania mountains, 
but reaching perfection only in the Southern Alleghany mountains 
where it grows in such luxuriance as to form a striking feature in 
the mountain landscape. Its large, waxy white or delicately pmk 
flowers appear in large trusses in July, the latest of all the Khodo- 
dendrons, greatly enhancing its ornamental value as a broad-leaved 
evergreen for finished landscape effect. 
Not even in Asia do Rhododendrons grow more luxuriantly than 
in our Southern Alleghany Mountains, where they attain a height 
of 30 feet or more. They mu.st be seen in their native lavishness of 
growth and bloom, on the mountain-sides or hanging over the dash- 
ing ice-cold streams and water-falls, to be properly appreciated, 
and a trip to the high Carolina mountains in spring and early 
summer is a never-to-be-forgotten series of joys to the lover of 
nature. 
In our northern gardens Rhododendron maximum (and other 
species to a small extent) is subject to damaging attacks from the 
lace-wing fly, particularly in sunny locations. We recommend an 
emulsion of five to ten pounds of whale-oil soap and one to two 
quarts of kerosene to 100 gallons of water, used with a spray pump 
having a fine nozzle. Per 10 100 1,000 
3 to 6 in., nursery-grown $0 75 $6 00 $50 00 
6 to 9 in., nursery-grown 1 00 8 00 60 00 
9 to 12 in., nursery-grown 1 25 10 00 90 00 
I to li ft., nurserj'-grown 2 00 18 00 160 00 
II to 2 ft., nurserj'-grown 4 00 35 00 
1 to li ft., clumps, nursery-grown... 7 00 60 00 500 00 
li to 2 ft., clumps, nursery-grown.. .12 00 100 00 
2 to 3 ft., clumps, nursery-grown 17 50 150 00 
3 to 4 ft., clumps, nursery-grown.. . .35 00 
1 to 2 ft., "collected" clumps S 00 70 00 650 00 
2 to 3 ft., "collected" clumps 12 50 100 00 850 00 
3 to 4 ft., "collected" clumps 20 00 160 00 1400 00 
4 to 5 ft., "collected" clumps 30 00 275 00 2500 00 
5 to 6 ft., "collected" clumps 50 00 400 00 
6 to 7 ft., "collected" clumps 65 00 540 00 
^Rhododendron carolinianum (punctatum) 
The smallest Alleghanian species, though it often attains a height of 15 
feet and is wide-spreading. A very graceful shrub, with totally different 
aspect from the two species preceding. I..eaves dark green, usually blunt 
and narrow, covered with rusty dots below, much smaller than either maxi- 
mum or catawbiense. Flower-clusters appear in greatest profusion in 
June, covering the plant with a rose-colored mantle. Fine for rocky slopes 
or hillsides, standing exposure unusually well, and invaluable a.s a single 
specimen or for ma.ssing with the other species. 
Until this year we have been sending this beautiful and rare species out 
under the name of punctatum. Prof. Sargent liiis recently called attention 
to the fact that it is a distinct species from the punctatum, differing in 
time of bloom, with more showy and profuse flowers, and making a much 
larger and finer plant than the punctatum. 
EVERGREENS ARE MARKED WITH A STAR (*) 
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