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Single specimens of Rhododen¬ 
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Carolina mountains 
HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS 
A TRIP TO HIGHLANDS 
NURSERY AND THE HIGH 
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS 
To the botanist or the lover of wild landscape 
beauty there is perhaps no spot in the eastern United 
States that appeals more strongly than the high Caro¬ 
lina mountain region, with its wealth of rare flora and 
sublime mountain peaks and ranges, reaching an 
extreme elevation of 6,600 feet. Right in the heart of 
these high mountains, at 3,800 feet elevation, is located 
the Highlands Nursery, a unique establishment started 
over 20 years ago to grow the hardiest of our choice 
native Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and other beautiful 
native trees, shrubs, and flowers that grow here in a 
variety and profusion entirely unknown elsewhere in 
America. Many visitors come from all parts of the 
United States just to see our Nursery, but we want 
many more, and can assure you that a ride to the top 
of Grandfather Mountain is alone worth the trip. 
HOW TO COME 
Highlands Nursery is not inaccessible. The best 
way is to buy an excursion ticket from any large city 
to Cranberry, N. C., via Johnson City, Tenn. At 
Johnson City you leave the 1 ‘broad-gauge” Southern 
Railway and take a “narrow-gauge” train up through 
the wild “Doe Gorge” to Cranberry, where after 
dinner you board the Linville River Railway train, 
hauled by a “Shay” locomotive, for the terminus, 
Pineola, N. C., arriving perhaps an hour and a half 
later. We have pictured a very few of the interesting 
scenes along the route, not forgetting a bit or two of 
our Nursery, for, after all, that is our main reason for 
wanting you to come. At Pineola Station our 
Superintendent will meet you with a carriage if 
notified in advance, and aid in mapping out any trip 
you may wish to take through the mountains. There 
are good inns at Pineola and Linville, but a short 
distance from Highlands Nursery. Fuller information 
will gladly be given to those interested. Please write 
direct to 
HARLAN P. KELSEY, Owner 
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 
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