KELSEY'S HAB^DYg 
AMEP^ICAN PLANT S 
The Only Large Stock Ever Offered 
of the True 
Rhododendron catawbicnsc 
CAROLINA RHODODENDRON 
Do not confuse this with the common so-called " catawbl- 
ense seedlings" imported from Europe, which is in reality a 
half-hardy, poor- flowered hybrid with little catawbieuse blood in 
it. The true species grows only in the higliost Southern Alle- 
gheny mountains, and is the finest of all Rhododendrons, con- 
.sidering its extreme hardiness, color of flower, and remarkable 
texture of foliage, which is a deep shiny f;rein, 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 large trusses be- 
ing a bright red-purple color, in marked contrast to the muddy 
purple of the common halt-liardy 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 .50 stems, and arc bushy to the ground. Wc offer 
both collected and transplanted clumps. 
We have magnificent fields for collecting this grrand Bhodo- 
dendron, with reasonable freight rates. Parks, cemeteries and 
nurserymen should write us for special prices in car lots. 
PRICES OF RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE 
Nearly all clumps over 1 foot are heavily budded 
Prices of Rhododendron and Kalmia clumps at Salem Branch will be 
25 per cent above these rates 
NURSERY-GROWN 
Bushy plants with balls and extra furnished, diameter of clumps corres- 
pondine to height p^_. j„ ^ 
3 to 6 inches »(i 60 $i CiO S30 00 
0 to 9 inches 1 00 8 00 70 00 
9 to 12 inches 1 .W 12 00 100 00 
Clumps, 6 to 9 inches 2 00 18 0(1 
Olninps. 9 to 12 inches 3 50 2.''> 00 
Clumps. 1 to VA feet .■> 00 40 00 
Clumps, IK to 2 feet II 00 90 00 
Clumps. 2 to 3 feet 20 00 l.V) 00 
Chmips, 3 to 4 feet 35 00 300 00 
Some extra clumps, 3 to 5 feet high, at $i to $15 each. These prices 
ore for stock gron-inK at nursery in North Carolina. 
COLLECTED 
All busby clumps with fine balls, diameter corresponding to heieht 
Per 10 100 1. 000 
1 to IK feet $3 00 »2.j OO $210 00 
1% to 2 feet 6 00 .M) 00 420 00 
2 to 2H feet 9 00 70 00 fiOO 00 
t% to 3 feet 1.5 00 1211 00 9,50 00 
3 to 4 feet 25 00 225 uO 1.800 00 
4 to 5 feet 40 OC .^50 OO 
"We offer some hirgc chimps with fine bushy tops, thin-foliaged at 
bottom, for use in center of large masses. 3 to ti feet high, at 75 cts. to $10 
each, both nursery-grown and collected. 
Do not compare the many-stemmed clumps offered above 
with the single-stemmed "bushy" half-hardy Ehododendrona 
offered by importers. There Is no comparison. 
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