Mabch 24. 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



905 



A Frond of the Improved Form of the Pierson Fern Now Occupying the Attention of the F. R. Pierson Co. 



A SPORT OF PIERSONI. 



The F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrj-town, has 

 a remarkable sport from Piersoni, the 

 popular gold medal fern of 1903, that 

 bids fair to more than duplicate the 

 success of its parent. It was discov- 

 ered two years ago and has been care- 

 fully guarded, watched and propagated, 

 until now a large house is filled with it 

 and its progress warrants reliable esti- 

 mates as to its value. It is really a dou- 

 ble fern, bipinnate, leaves equally fur- 

 nished back and front. The fronds are 

 shorter and broader than Piersoni and 

 more refined, finished and symmetrical. 

 "As far ahead of Piersoni as Piersoni 

 is ahead of the Boston. ' ' is Mr. Pier- 

 son 's own estimate of its beauty and 

 value to the trade. A plant of this won- 

 derfully beautiful novelty will be shown 

 this week at Boston and this will be the 

 first time it has ever been placed on ex- 

 hibition. There are no two opinions as 

 to its beauty. I have never seen any- 

 thing in the fern family to compare with 

 it. Nephrolepis Piersoni bipinnatifida. 

 expresses it, but the name must be 

 shorter to be popular. The Tarrytown 

 fern I suggested as the proper cogno- 

 men and Mr. Pierson thought it would 

 be hard to better it. However. I can 

 assure our readers of a wonderful treat 

 and surprise when the opportunity comes 

 for them to see it. 



Piersoni itself is still being grown 



abundantly and Mr. Pierson has hun- 

 dreds of fine specimen plants at the big 

 Scarboro greenhouse. The new fern will 

 not be in the market before 1906. The 

 demand for White Lawson and Engue- 

 hard has been tremendous, Mr. Pierson 

 tells me, and the stock of the former is 

 already nearly exhausted. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The annual exhibition of the Ameri- 

 can Eose Society, held in conjunction 

 with the spring show of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society, opened on 

 Tuesday evening, March 22, at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Philadelphia. In point 

 of quality the show was equal if not 

 superior to its predecessors but the num- 

 ber of exhibitors and the quantity of 

 the exhibits fell below expectations. 



The first premium of $100 for fiftv 

 blooms American Beauty carried with it 

 the Lord & Burnham challenge cup and 

 was won by Paul M. Pierson, Briercliff 

 Greenhouses. Scarborough. X. Y., after 

 sharp competition with .John Burton, 

 who took second. Both vases were of 

 fine quality, scoring almost the same 

 number of points. Two other vases in 

 this class were disqualified for having 

 fifty-one blooms each. 



In the regular classes, on twenty-five 

 Beauties IM^ers & Samtman were first, 

 the Briercliff Greenhouses second. 



A. Farenwald was first for twenty- 

 five Liberties and also captured first 

 with Liberty in the class for fifty 

 blooms any variety except Beauty and 

 Queen of Edgely. Judging by the 

 quality of these blooms Liberty will 

 also bo barred in the future. 



La Detroit was shown in splendid 

 form, making a favorable impression on 

 the experts present. 



Golden Gates from Eobert Simpson, 

 Clifton, N. J., were superb in size and 

 color, ahead of anything ever seen here. 



J»hn Cook, of Baltimore, sent four 

 interesting seedlings. Probably the most 

 promising are Enchantress, a shell pink, 

 and Cardinal, crimson, but the others 

 were good, a white and a pink. 



John Burton showed a fine vase of 

 American Belle which attracted much 

 attention. 



Gen. MacArthur was shown by John 

 N. May. It is a red, said to be a free 

 bloomer, the buds carried' on strong 

 stems clothed with very fine foliage. 



Frank L. Moore, of Chatham, K. J., 

 showed Bridesmaid from its home, not 

 for competition but of good quality. 

 George Anderson was first on this va- 

 riety, Stephen Mortensen, Southampton, 

 second. 



On Bride John Andre, Doylestown, 

 was first and Mr. Mortensen second. 



Myers & Samtman were first on Queen 

 of Edgelv and on Sunrise. 



