Apkil 7, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



1039 



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B GREAT ACQUISITION. The best of all ferns for cut fronds. Brings the highest prices. The easiest to grow and the easiest 

 to sell. His received the highest encomiums from the leading cut flower dealers in the country. Buy now. Buy liberally 

 and reap the benefits. ■.<* A Adiantum Croweanum originated at Utica, N. Y., about fourteen years ago, and has 



been extensively grown by the original owner, Mr. Peter Crowe, who has received phenomenal prices for the cut fronds 

 in the New York and other markets, and his created a great demand for it. The fronds are long, elegantly proportioned and of 

 a texture that renders it the best keeper and shipper of all adiantums. It is a very free and continuous grower, requires no rest, and 

 responds readily to fertilizers. Anyone can grow it and get good money for it. Will be ready to sfiip July J, J904, out of 3-inch 

 pots (strong plants) at the following prices: $5.00 per do2.; $35.00 per 100; $250.00 per 1000; 25 at JOO rate, 250 at 1000 rate. 



WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY ABOUT IT. 



WILLIAM SCOTT. Buffalo. N. Y.— ''I con- 

 ;,'rytulate you upon securing the entire con- 

 U-ul of the distribution of the Adiantum 

 (. row ciinum. On my frequeut visits to my 

 friend, Mr. Crowe, I have had an opportunity 

 lo observe this beautiful fern from the time 

 \vben there were but a few hundred plants 

 lill last December, when I saw it oceupyiug 

 2o,000. s<i. feet of glass. Its freedom of 

 ;:rowth. length and beauty of fronds and its 

 wonderful keeping qualities must quickly 

 make it the only commercial Maidenhair 

 Kern. From a very small plant you have 

 in two (>r three months a splendid crop of 

 fronds. There is no secret in its cultivation, 

 but generous treatment. I feel sure yon will 

 find a widespread demand for this beautiful 

 :iMd distinct Adiantum." 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, Philadelphia. Pa.— 

 "I consider your Adiantum Croweanum a very 

 valuable acquisition to this line of ferns. It 

 is an escelleut commercial variety, good 

 keeper, and has given the best satisfaction 

 wherever we have sold it. Our customers 

 much prefer paying an extra price for it than 

 buying the commoner varieties. The great 

 trouble we find is we cannot get euougb to 

 meet our customers' wants." 



JOHN I. RAYNOR. New York City. N. Y*. 

 — -"Ouring the two years in which I have had 

 the sale of the fronds of Adiantum Croweanum 

 in New York City, the demand has at all 

 times far exceeded the quantity you have been 

 able to supply me with, at $3.50 per 100. 

 while ordinary Cuneatum has been, as a rule, 

 in over-supply at half that price. It is with- 

 out question the best fern for cut fronds ever 

 seen iu this market." 



ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, Natick. 

 Mass. — "I am very pleased to hear that you 

 have decided to put plants of your fern 

 Adiantum Croweauum on the market. I have 

 always been more or less 'interested in it, as 

 I understand it originated from some plants 

 of Adiantum Cuneatum that I sold you at 

 the ^\'abau Conservatories in the early 

 eighties. I remember the circumstauces very 

 well, as I sold the balance of our stock to 

 Robert Craig in 1S90. Wishing you ever suc- 

 cess with it.*' 



C. F. TRUE. Honolulu. H. I.— "Your 

 Croweanum sent on October 17 came to hand 

 on 29th ult,. in very fair condition. Kindly 

 Send me fqll information iu regard to it." 



WELCH BROS.. Boston. Mass.~"We read- 

 ily dispose of Croweanum for a much higher 

 price than we receive for Adiantum of ordi- 

 nary varieties shipped iu by our growers." 



*' By far th3 b>st Adiantum that ha? been iuteodacei to the Florists' Trade. Is a free grower, the liarkest 

 green of the Adiantum family and longest stemmed. U ha^ alsi- the most graeeiul foliage: the average length of the fronds 

 measuring 3(i inolies. It is by far the liest keeper. Cut fronds can be kept fresh several weeks in a cool place. It is also one 

 of the best ferns for a dwellina; house. I have given presents of this fern to several Utica friends, and from my own obser- 

 vation note it grows better than the Boston fern. I gave up rose cultivation some ten months ago in order to devote all my 

 attention tf» fern cultivation for cut fronds. I tind from the same amount of bench room this fern pays me $1.50 to everv 

 $l.(>0 obtained from roses. '-PETER CROWE. 



WM. F. K4STING,^^„i:rsr BIFFALO, N. Y. 



