XT’ T C TJ* C Hardy American Plants 
J—J JL/ & SZi JL & Rhododendrons and Azaleas 
Catalog of B OXFORD NURSERY 
Rhododendron carolinianum as used in a rock garden 
RHODODENDRONS 
Rhododendron arbutifolium (wilsonl). Each 10 
9 to 12 in. $1 00 SS 50 
1 to 1 ^ ft. 2 00 18 00 
RHODODENDRON CAROLINIANUM 
A New American Species 
Clear Pink . Absolutely Hardy 
The smallest Allcghanian species; though wild, it attains a height of 
15 feet and is wide-spreading. Leaves dark green, usually blunt and 
narrow, covered with rusty dots below, much smaller than either maximum 
or catawbiense. Flower-clusters appear in greatest profusion in June, cover¬ 
ing the plant with a rose-colored mantle. Fine lor rocky slopes or hill¬ 
sides, standing exposure unusually well, and invaluable as a single speci¬ 
men or for massing with the other species. 
9 to 12 in. 
Each 
10 
100 
SG 00 
S50 00 
1 to 1 Vi ft. 
8 00 
70 00 
1 to 1 Yi ft., clumps.. 
. 2 00 
17 50 
150 00 
1H to 2 ft., clumps. 
2 to 3 ft., clumps. 
32 50 
. 0 00 
50 00 
3 to 4 ft., clumps. 
.10 00 
4 to 5 ft., clumps. 
RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE 
OI the Carolina Mountains 
The Hardiest of all Rhododendrons 
It was this magnificent Rhododendron that over a hundred years ago 
was introduced into Europe, supplying, together with Rhododendron 
maximum and R .. punctalum, color and hardy blood to the cultivated 
“hybrids," but with a consequent loss of hardiness; and so today, for 
American gardens, where ironclad hardiness is essential, wo must turn to 
»i? ^ ll ° or *8* nft l species, found on the loftiest, coldest peaks of the southern 
Alleghenies, where it attains a height of 20 to 30 feet. 
Considering the extreme, hardiness, color of flower, compact growth and 
remarkablo texture of folinge, which is a deep, shining green, and far 
superior to the better-known Rhododendron maximum, we can recommend 
the true nativo catawbiense ns the finest for gencrnl use, withstanding 
exposure and extremes of tempernturo where other Rhododendrons fail. 
Do not confuse this truo species, which is absolutely hardy, with the 
common so-called catawbiense hybrid seedling so freely imported from 
Europo, which is at best half-hardy, and even when branched above is a 
singlo stem, showing bareness underneath for years. 
Unlike Rhododendron maximum, it is a very free bloomer, with foliage 
of a dark, rich. Insting green, which never rusts. The trusses are a 
bright red-purple (in marked contrast to the muddy purple of the semi- 
hanjy. half-breed, imported variety noted above), and as sent out by 
Highlands Nursery is always on Its 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 Canadn, where strictly hardy plants must be employed. As a rich, 
finished border to plantations of the commoner Rhododendron maximum, 
tho value of Rhododendron catawbiense cannot be overestimated. 
Do not compare our many-stemmed clumps with the single¬ 
stemmed, “bushy,” half-hardy Rhododendrons offered by im¬ 
porters. There is no comparison. Each 10 100 
0 to 9 in., clumps.SI 00 SS 00 S70 00 
1 to 1H ft., clumps. 1 75 17 00 125 00 
124 to 2 ft., clumps. 2 50 22 50 200 00 
2 to 3 ft., clumps. 3 50 32 50 300 00 
3 to 4 ft., clumps. 5 00 45 00 425 00 
Larger specimens, up to.15 00 
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