a dark, rich lasting green, which never rusts. The trusses are a bright 
red-purple, in marked contrast to the muddy purple of the semi-hardj' 
half-breed imported variety noted above, and, as sent out by Highlands 
Nursery, 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, 
finished border to plantations of the commoner Rhododendron maximum and 
Kolmia lalifolia, the value of Rhododendron catawbiense cannot be overesti- 
mated. Attains a height of 20 to 30 feet in the southern Alleghanies. 
Rhododendron maximum 
THE GREAT AMERICAN ROSE BAY 
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 abundant in the Pennsylvania mountains, but reaching 
perfection only in the southern Allegheny mountains, where it grows in 
such luxuriance as to form a striking feature in the mountain landscape. 
Its large waxy white or delicately pink flowers appear in large trusses in 
July, the latest of all the Rhododendrons, greatly enhancing its ornamental 
value as a broad-leaved evergreen for finished landscape effect. 
RhoJodendmn catawbiense. The Highlands Nursery way of erowina bushy clumps. 15 to 50 stems. 
Photographed at our Salem Branch Nursery 
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