THE ONLY LARGE STOCK EVER OFFERED OF 
The True 
RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE 
Carolina Rhododendron 
mT is with great pleasure we oiler for tlie first time in America or abroaci a complete stock of 
the rare Rhododendron cataWbiense (true species), in sizes from small plants to 
largo clumps. Do not confuse this with the common so-called " catawbiense 
seedlings" imported from Eniope, whicli is in reality a half-hardy, poor-flowered 
hybrid with little catawbiense blood in it. The true species grows only In the highest 
Southern Alleghany mountains, and is the finest of all Rhododendrons, considering its 
e.xtremo hardiness, color of flower, and remarkable texture of foliage, which is a deep shiny green, 
far superior to that of the better known Rhododendron maximum. 
For massing and producing a broad-leaved evergreen effect, there is no plant equal to it in 
the latitude of the northern United States, where strictly hardy plants must necessarily be used. 
Unlike R. maximum, it is a free bloomer, the largo trusses being a bright red-purple 
color, in marked contrast to the muddy purple of the common halt-hardy hybrid noted above. 
All plants offered below are heavy clumps. Packing is done in boxes, or the larger sizes 
in crates, and is charged at cost. These clumps often have .30 to ,')0 stems, and are bushy to 
the ground. We offer both collected and transplanted clumps. 
For use as a finished edging for Rhododendron maximum and Kalmia plantations, the 
value of R, catawbiense cannot be over-estimated. 
We have magnificent fields for collecting this grand Rhododendron, with 
reasonable freight rates. Parks, cemeteries and nurserymen should write us 
for special prices in car lots. 
Bhododeudrou catawbiense in the Carolina mountains, at 4,001) ieet elevation 
PRICES 
NURSERY-GROWN 
Bushy plants with balls and extra furnished, diameter 
of clumps correspondine to height 
OF RHODODE-NDRON CATAWBIENSE 
Most clumps over 1 fool are heavily buddad 
COLLECTED 
All bushy clumps with fine balls, diameter correspond- 
:i to 
6 to 
9 inches. 
Oluraps, 6 to 
Clumps, 1% to 2 feet . 
Per 10 
100 
1,000 
$0 HO 
$4 50 
$30 00 
1 00 
8 00 
70 00 
1 50 
12 00 
100 00 
2 00 
18 00 
3 50 
25 00 
5 00 
40 00 
n 00 
90 00 
20 00 
1 50 00 
35 00 
300 00 
ine to heieht 
I'er 10 
100 
1,000 
1 to 1 H feet 
$3 00 
$25 00 
$210 00 
1% to 2 feet 
fl 00 
50 00 
420 CO 
2 to 2X feet 
9 00 
70 00 
600 00 
«H to 3 feet 
15 00 
120 00 
950 00 
3 to 4 feet 
25 00 
225 00 
1.800 00 
40 00 
350 00 
Clumps, 3 to 4 feet ,, 
Some extra clumps, 3 to 5 feet high, at $4 to »15 "^T^^ «"^'™•'*'7 .'"P"' 
each. The.se prices are for stock growing at nur- thin-foliaged at bottom, for use m center of large 
sery in N. C. Quotations will bp made .ipecially on masses, 3 to 6 feet high, at 75 cts. to $10 each, both 
Rhododendrons growing in imrsery in Suleni, Mass. | nursery-grown and collected. 
Do not compare the many-Stemmed clumps offered above with the Single-Stemmed "bushy" 
half-hardy Rhododendrons offered by importers. There is no comparison 
