Rhododendron and Freight Information 
My facilities for growing and collecting are approached by 
none, and the quality of my stock cannot be duplicated elsewhere. 
Hundreds of carloads of my plants, now growing and flourish¬ 
ing in many of the leading estates and public parks in Amer¬ 
ica, conclusively show the value of twenty-one years’ experience. 
'I*o save freight charges, to northern points only, I ship carload 
lots of Rhododendron maximum and Kalmia latifolia from spe¬ 
cial supplies in the Pennsylvania mountains, but, to all southern 
points, shipments are made from the southern mountains, the best 
clumps coming from the South. Rhododendron catawbiense and R. 
punctatum grow only in the southern mountains. 
Always buy “ per plant”—you then know what you are getting, or 
ought to get. As a bait to catch orders, certain dealers in R. maximum, 
collected in Pennsylvania, offer "by the car” at low rates. Usually 
such cars contain about one-half to one-fourth of a real carload; you 
thus pay a high cost per plant, and high freight rate per plant. A full 
car contains from 40 to 1,000 clumps, according to size. 
The freight rate per car, from Pennsylvania points to eastern and 
northern points generally, is from $25 to $45. From North Carolina to 
similar points, the rate is from S60 to $100 per car, depending, in part, on car’s 
contents. My cars are always packed to the limit, unless otherwise ordered. 
Rhododendron calaivblenae growing wild at 5,000 feet elevation, western North Carolina. (Ml. Mitchell, 
6.600 feet, the highest point cost of the Rockies in the distance.) This is the hardiest Rhododendron known, 
enduring 30 degrees below zero and vigorous exposure. Nature protects by mulching heavily. 
At Highlands Nursery, 3,800 feet elevation in the high North Carolina moun¬ 
tains, in Mitchell county, I have the largest collection of strictly Hardy American 
Plants—and especially Rhododendrons and Azaleas—in existence. Over 100 acres 
and 600 hundred species of native plants. 
At Salem Branch, Salem, Mass., is kept a fine stock of large specimen clumps, 
mostly budded. Car shipments are made from both nurseries. 
Twenty-one years ago I began growing and disseminating our beautiful 
American plants, and particularly Rhododendrons and Azaleas, and Highlands 
Nursery has the distinction of introducing these most beautiful of all plants to 
American gardens. Highlands Nursery is still the only large collection of Amer¬ 
ican plants exclusively in existence. Over 100,000 Rhododendrons and Azaleas 
actually growing in nursery. Always address, 
HARLAN P. KELSEY, Owner, SALEM, MASS, 
