KELSEY'S HARDY AMERICAN RHODODENDRONS 
RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM “Collected Clumps” 
Prices in carload lots, delivered f.o.b. your station, it cast of the Mississippi River, collected 
from open ground, and each specimen biirlaped separatelv: 
Car containing 300 clumps, to 4 ft., for.’.$300 00 
Car containing 400 clumps, i * > to 4 ft., for. 375 00 
Car containing 600 clumps, iK to 4 ft,, for. 500 00 
Other sizes or combinations will be made up to suit customers. It is far cheaper to buv my 
kind at slightly increased price, and have plants that will grow. 
RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM AND R. CATAWBIENSE 
“Collected Clumps” by the Carload 
MLxed cars, delivered free at any station cast of the Mississippi River. Car containing 150 
maximum and 150 catawbiense, collected as above, i' j to 4 ft., clumps—total of 300—for $400. 
Car containing 250 maximum and 250 catawbiense, ^ to 4 ft., clumps.—total of 500—for 5550. 
KALMIA LATIFOLIA (Mountain Laurel) 
“Collected Clumps” by the Carload 
Each specimen burlapcd, and highest-class clumps collected from the open, delivered free 
at your station, if east of the Mississippi-River. 
Car containing 400 clumps, i to 3K ft. for 5375. Kalmia may be added to help fill any 
Rhododendron car at 90 cts. per clump. Not less than 100 clumps in shipment. 
List of Material Used in a Successful Rhododendron Bed 
(GARDEN OF MR, GEORGE W. MIETH. HUBBARD WOODS. ILL.) 
This planting was made from suggestions and stock furnished by Harlan P. Kelsey, 
but the edging of violets was supplied from customer’s own grounds. The planting is a suc¬ 
cessful typical grouping at a minimum cost, of broad-leaved evergreens and “filler plants," 
which might be varied indefinitely at the will of planter. 
1 Rhododendron maximum, 2 to 3 ft., clump. 
3 Rhododendron maximum, to 2 ft. 
10 Rhododendron maximum, i to ft., clumps. 
1 Rhododendron punctatum, i to ft., clump. 
2 Rhododendron catawbiense, 2 to 3 ft., clumps. 
10 Rhododendron catawbiense. 9 to 18 in., dps. 
5 Kalmia latifolia, i to lyi ft., clumps. 
10 Kalmia latifolia. 6 to 9 in., clumps. 
10 Leucothoe catesbici, 6 to 12 in., clumps. 
10 Aronia arbutifolia. 2 to 3 ft. 
30 Xanthorrhiza apiifolia, 6 to 12 in., clumps. 
5 Euonyimis radicans. 
I .Ampelopsis cnglemanii. 
25 Dryopteris, in variety. 
10 Eupatorium ageratoides. 
3 Azalea arborescens, i to ili ft., clumps. 
10 Azalea nudillora, 6 to 12 in., clumps. 
5 Azalea vaseyi, 6 to 12 in., clumps. 
2 Andromeda lloribunda, 6 to 12 in., dumps. 
10 Aronia nigra, i to 2 ft. 
5 Clethra alnifolia, i to 2 ft. 
I Chionanthus virginica, 3 to 4 ft. 
5 Azalea viscosa, i ^ to 2 ft. 
20 Lilium superbum, first size. 
20 Lilium canadense, first size. 
Total cost, S65.90. 
Leucothoe catesbsei 
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