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The location of HIGHLANDS NURSERY, at the summit of the Blue Ridge, in 
western North Carolina, 3,800 feet among the clouds, and under the shadow of the 
great Grandfather mountain (the highest peak in the Blue Ridge range), insures long, 
cool summers and cold winters, which are very favorable to the growth of these 
beautiful native ornamentals, producing a perfectly hardy stock — a most important 
point with northern planters. The thermometer often reaches an extreme of io° to 15 0 
below zero, and every few years will go as low as 20° or more below. 
The Azaleas, Rhododendrons, and most of the ericaceous plants herein offered 
thrive best in rich, peaty soils and partially shaded situations. A good soil can be 
made by excavating 2 to 3 feet of the surface, and filling with equal parts of good 
leaf-mold or other decayed vegetable matter and surface loam, with one-tenth or more 
of sharp sand. Swamp muck or field sod may be used.* Mulching (spent tan, moss, 
leaves, hay, etc.), is always useful, and is necessary where the ground is very dry. 
Lime, in large quantities, in any form is very damaging to Rhododendrons, Azaleas, 
and ericaceous plants in general. As a rule, give the plants a deep soil, with plenty 
of well-decayed vegetable food and good drainage, and the result will be satisfactory. 
Always give Rhododendrons a northern exposure where possible. 
NOTE VERY SPECIAL STOCK OF THE 
FOLLOWING: 
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AZALEAS, in variety. 6 
HYDRANGEA RADIATA. 7 
XANTHORRHIZA APIIFOLIA. 9 
ROSA CAROLINA. 8 
HEMLOCKS...9, 15 
RHODODENDRONS .. 10 
KALMIAS..10 
LEIOPHYLLUN PROSTRATUM.10 
AMPELOPSIS ENGLEMANNI. n 
CLEMATIS VIRGINIANA . 11 
Native ferns . 12 
LILIUM SUPERBUM. 12 
YUCCAS. 14 
COLLECTED STOCK AT SPECIAL PRICES. 15 
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J. Horace McFarland Co., Horticultural Printers, Harrisburg, Pa. 
