Kelsey's 
Hardy American Plants 
NOMENCLATURE AND DESCRIPTIONS 
OF PLANTS IN THIS CATALOGUE 
There is much confusion in the botanical names of plants at the present time, and 
common names are never reliable. We have, therefore, adopted the system used by 
Britton and Brown in their ”Illustrated Flora” as being the most logical and universally 
accepted. 
Dr. N. L. Britton, Director-in-Chief of the New York Botanical Gardens, has 
kindly revised the botanical terms in the manuscript, so they may be accepted as accu¬ 
rate so far as is possible at the present time. We hope to correct any errors in a 
future edition, and we wish here to duly acknowledge this valuable and kind assistance. 
The better known technical synonyms have been given, and the most widely used 
common names, and we hope our systematic efforts to connect the plants with the correct 
scientific and popular names will be of assistance to every one interested into whose hands 
this catalogue may fortunately find its way. 
The heights of all trees and plants are carefully given immediately after the 
names—the first figures indicating the height the species usually attains in cultivation, 
the second indicating its extreme growth in & wild state. Under favorable cultivation 
the height may often exceed the first figures considerably, so the information must be 
considered approximate. We have endeavored to avoid long descriptions and to give 
information of value, such as time of flowering, color of flowers and foliage, fall and 
winter effects of leafage, fruit and bark, and kind of soil in which difficult species may 
be expected to thrive. 
Mr. S. T. Kelsey has been in active charge of the growing and shipping of stock 
at Highlands Nursery in North Carolina, and to him and to faithful employes who 
have long been with us must be given the credit of so universally pleasing our 
customers with thrifty, well-grown plants, well packed and accurately labeled, as 
evidenced by the numberless letters of thanks we have received. 
LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND PLANTING 
Wc arc prepared to make professional visits and give advice as to the proper laying 
out and planting of small grounds, extensive estates, parks, cemeteries or other public 
and private landscape improvements, with special reference to the use of Hardy Ameri¬ 
can Plants and the producing of naturalistic effects. 
Surveys will be made, detailed sketches and plans supplied, and the entire construc¬ 
tion and planting carried out where desired. 
We do not, by any means, however, confine ourselves to the exclusive use of Native 
Plants, but where advisable introduce the best exotics to produce the desired results for 
any given problem. 
It is certain however, that our Hardy American Plants are the basis of all the best 
permanent landscape plantings in America, excepting possibly the formal garden, and 
where this fact is ignored the most finished and lasting results cannot be secured. 
Terms and information given to those interested 
Address always 
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HARLAN P. KELSEY 
Tremont Building , BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. 
