rown in the Carolina Mountains 
Rhododendron catawbiense, con. 
Considering the extreme hardiness, 
color of flower, compact growth and 
remarkable texture of foliage, which is 
a deep shiny green and far superior to 
the better known Rhododendron maxi¬ 
mum, we can unhesitatingly recom¬ 
mend the true native catawbiense as 
the finest of all Rhododendrons for 
general use. withstanding successfully 
exposure and extremes of temperature 
where other Rhododendrons fail. 
Do not confuse this true species, 
which is absolutely hardy, with the 
common so-called catawbiense hybrid 
seedlings so freely imported from 
Europe, which is at best half-hardy, 
and even when branched above is a 
single stem, showing bareness under¬ 
neath for years. 
Unlike Rhododendron maximum, it 
is a very free bloomer, with foliage ol 
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-hardy 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 Kalmia latifolia, the 
value of Rhododendron catawbiense cannot be over¬ 
estimated. 
Do not compare our many-stemmed clumps 
with the single-stemmed, “bushy’* half-hardy 
Rhododendrons offered by importers. There is 
no comparison. 
Bushy plants with balls— Each io ioo 
6 to 9 in.Jo 25 ?i so J12 00 
9 to 12 in. 35 2 00 18 00 
1 to 1 ft. (' 4 00 35 00 
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Rhododendron catawbiense, continued 
Clumps, with balls; diameter 
proportionate to height— 
1 to I ft. 
1 Vx to 2 ft. 
2 to 3 ft. 
3 to 4 ft. 
A to 5 ft. 
Extra-large or selected clumps, 
£12 to £20 each, according to 
furnishings. 
Collected clumps, bushy and 
with heavy halls— 
1 to 2 ft. 12 00 50 00 
2 to 3 ft. 16 00 125 00 
3 to 4 ft. 35 00 250 00 
4 to 5 ft. 50 00 400..00 
Prices given are for stock packed 
and delivered f. o. b. cars at Pincola, 
N. C., for shipment by 
freight or express. All 
stock is nursery-grown, 
unless specially noted. 
See Salem 
Branch Nursery 
price-list. Spe¬ 
cial selection at 
either nursery 
will be charged 
for according to 
value of speci¬ 
mens. Car-lots 
a specialty. 
Rhododendron catawbiense, as grown in “clumps," at Highlands Nursery 
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