MOUNTAIN {LAUREL. No more beautiful shrub can be used in woodland borders and 
mass plantings where native color effects are desired. For sizes and prices please see page 13 
Special Collections of 
Foundation Plant Material 
These collections are valuable to home-owners who are not entirely familiar with 
Broad-leaved Evergreens. The plants are from my regular stock, and I feel sure they 
will please you when they arrive—and for many seasons thereafter. 
Special Collection No. 9 
Special Collection No. 10 
Azalea arborescens. Sweet Azalea. Fra¬ 
grant white flowers in spring and early 
summer. 
Azalea calendulacea. Flame Azalea. A 
native species. Color varies from orange 
to canary. 
Azalea canescens. Piedmont Azalea. Pink 
and rose. 
Azalea nudiflora. Pinxter Bloom. Deep 
pink flowers. 
Five plants of each, 18 to 24 in. 
(20 plants in all), for only 
Rhododendron carolinianum. Carolina 
Rhododendron. The earliest flowering 
variety. Beautiful light to deep pink 
blossoms. 
Rhododendron catawbiense. Catawba 
Rhododendron. Vigorous, hardy, free 
blooming. Color rosy purple. 
Rhododendron maximum. Rosebay. Pink¬ 
ish white flowers in July. The grandest 
of all Rhododendrons. 
Five plants each, 18 to 24 in. 
(15 plants in all), for only 
$ 14.75 
Special Collection No. 11 
Kalmia latifolia. Mountain Laurel. A lovely native, with pink or rose flowers. 
Leucothoe catesbeei. Drooping Leucothoe. Flowers creamy white, drooping and showy. 
Pieris floribunda. Mountain Andromeda. White flowers in clusters in April and May. 
Five plants of each, 18 to 24 in. 
(15 plants in all), for only 
SPECIAL COMBINATIONS 
Collections Nos. 9 and 10. $32 00 Collections Nos. 10 and 11 . $25 00 
Collections Nos. 9 and 11. 30 00 Collections Nos. 9 , 10 , and 11 .... 45 00 
Gardens of the Blue Ridge 
E. C. ROBBINS, Nurseryman 
ASHFORD, McDowell County, NORTH CAROLINA 
