^gfKELSEY’S HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS 
(j} r o)vn in the Carolina J\fountains at 3800 feet elevation 
OTHER EVERGREEN SHRUBS 
ANDROMEDA polifolia. Wild Rosemary. 1 to 3 ft. Forms a compact mass of beautiful evergreen foli¬ 
age, 1 to 234 feet across and a foot high. The profuse urn-shaped flowers are of a delicate flesh color, cov- 
,, ering the plant in May. Elegant for borders of Rhododendron plantations. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS uva-ursi. Red Bearberry. 0 to 24 in. Prostrate shrub of 
eries and as a ground cover. A good seashore plant also. 
CHAMAEDAPHNE calyculata. Leather Leaf. 2 to 3 ft. Serrate leaves, rusty underneath. 
nodding flowers in leafy racemes in early spring. 
DENDRIUM buxifolium. Sand Myrtle. 1 to 4 ft. An extremely useful heath-like plant, "box-leaved.’ 
The white or pink flowers in May are borne in such profusion as to completely cover the bush. 
rreatest value for rock- 
Bears white, 
DENDRIUM PROSTRATUM. MOUNTAIN Heath. 6 to 12 in. The Carolina Mountain pros- • 
trate form of this beautiful genus. A most elegant rockwork evergreen, closely covering the sur¬ 
face with a bed of green. When in full bloom in May or June it produces a striking and showy 
effect. The delicate flowers are often tinged with pink. One of our choicest Alpine plants. 
GALAX aphylla. See Ground Covering Plants. 
HYPERICUM aureum. Golden St. John’s Wort. 2 to 4 ft. An erect shrub with large shining leaves. 
Flowers very large, 2 inches across, bright yellow with broad, conspicuous petals, their centers tufted with 
golden filaments. July to August. 
buckleyi. G to 18 in. A splendid prostrate form of the high Carolina Mountains, forming dense mats cov¬ 
ered with a golden glow of color. A fine ground cover, particularly in shade. 
densiflorum. Bushy St. John’s Wort. 2 to 4 ft. Flowers small, but in such profusion as to densely 
cover the plant with a mantle of yellow. July. 
prolificum. Shrubby St. .John’s Wort. 2 to 4 ft. The form growing on mountains is of elegant compact 
growth and valuable as a hedge plant. The foliage is dark green and abundant, as are the bright yellow 
blossoms which appear in July and continue till September. 
ILEX glabra. Inkberry. 2 to G ft. An evergreen holly, with almost entire coriaceous leaves. Most useful 
for planting with rhododendrons. Fruit black. 
JUNIPERUS sabina. Prostrate Cedar. -1 to G in. A procumbent sort, elegant for borders and rockwork. 
Conspicuous blue-green foliage. 
LEUCOTHOE CATESBAEI. CATESBY’S LEUCOTHOE. 3 to 8 ft. Few if any shrub evergreens of 
the broad-leaved sort have the grace and elegance of this one. The thick shining green leaves 
are evenly disposed on long recurved branches along which the long dense racemes of beautiful 
white bell-shaped flowers hang. As an undershrub or for banks and the borders of streams it is 
. without a rival. The sprays make beautiful winter decorations indoors, they turn a rich bronze in 
the fall where exposed to the sun. 
LEDUM groonlandicum. Labrador Tea. 1 to 3 ft. Another fine undershrub of rather compact growth, 
loving moisture. White clusters of flowers at the ends of the branches. 
PIERIS FLORIBUNDA. Mountain Andromeda. 2 to 4 ft. Compact bush with shining green 
leaves and abundant racemes of showy white flowers in May. Without doubt, the choicest of all 
this section of the Andromeda family. I have a splendid stock of bushy plants on hand at my 
Salem Branch, all with balls and mostly budded. 
■IAXUS minor. American Yew. 2 to 5 ft. As a low, spreading evergreen for undershrub planting this is 
without an equal, particularly under conditions of extreme moisture. Fruit round, bright red. 
mock of Rhododondron catawbienso (true species) growing at Highlands Nursery, elevation of 3,800 feet 
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