Rhododendron maximum 
THE GREAT 
AMERICAN ROSE BAY 
It is perfectly hardy in the latitude of Quebec 
T HE use of large native Rhododendrons and Kalmias (often "collected” 
clumps) for producing immediate, finished, broad-leaved, evergreen 
effects, is so well established as to scarcely need comment. There is 
no other possible way to obtain the results to be had by the use of these 
magnificent hardy evergreens. Our facilities for growing and collecting are 
approached by none, and the quality of stock we handle cannot be duplicated, 
while the hundreds of car-loads of our plants now growing and flourishing on 
many of the leading estates and public parks in America conclusively show 
the value of our nineteen years’ experience in growing and handling Hardy 
American Rhododendrons and other native plants exclusively. 
Not even in Asia do Rhododendrons grow so luxuriantly as in our own 
Southern Alleghany Mountains, where they attain a height of 30 feet and more, 
assuming tree-like proportions. They must be seen in their native lavishness 
of growth and bloom, on the mountain sides or hanging over the dashing 
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. 
With proper knowledge and experience, much of this beauty and wildness 
may be transferred to our gardens and lawns. 
Hundreds of thousands of the best and most beautiful of our Hardy Rho¬ 
dodendrons, Azaleas and other native trees, shrubs, vines, ferns and flowering 
plants have been brought together at Highlands Nursery, on the crest of the 
Southern Alleghanies, nearly 4,000 feet elevation, where nature has provided a 
soil and climate where they luxuriate as nowhere else in the world. 
Here almost 100 acres are devoted exclusively to preparing these floral 
treasures for safe removal to our lawns and woodlands, to be enjoyed throughout 
the seasons by those who will. A beautiful catalogue filled with original 
half-tones and engravings tells of these "wild” things, and will be sent free to 
those who ask for it. 
Rhododendron maximum is without doubt the noblest of American broad- 
leaved shrubs, and is found growing sparingly in New England and New York, 
more abundant 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 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. 
Our nursery-grown stock of Rhododendron maximum includes over 50,000 
bushy plants and clumps with balls, while we collect car-load lots of large 
clumps from special sources in the Pennsylvania Mountains and the Carolina 
Mountains. Prices per car-load of Rhododendron maximum vary with size 
and grade. For plantations where large quantities arc required admixed grade 
of sizes, two to six or eight feet, may well be used, at a rate of $100 per car, 
packed ready for shipment. Special freight rates. 
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