May 5. 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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

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

 and reap the benefits. ^ J* Adiantum Croweanum origmated 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 has created a great demand for it. The fronds are lon^, elegantly proportioned and of 

 a texture that renders it the best keeper and stiipper 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 ship July 1, 1904, out of 3-inch 

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



WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY ABOUT IT. 



WILLIAM SCOTT, Buffalo, N. Y.— "I con- 

 gratulate you upon securing the entire con- 

 trol of the distribution of the Adiantum 

 Croweanum. Ou my frequent visits to my 

 friend, Mr. Crowe. I have had an opportunity 

 to observe this beautiful fern from the time 

 when there were but a few huodred plants 

 till last December, when I saw it occupving 

 20,000 sq. feet of glass. Its freedom of 

 growth, length and beauty of fronds and its 

 wonderful keeping qualities must quickly 

 make it the only commercial Maidenhair 

 Fern. From a very small plant you have 

 in two or three months a splendid ci'op of 

 fronds. There is no secret In its cultivation, 

 but generous treatment. I feel sure you will 

 find a widespread demand for this beautiful 

 and distinct Adiantum." 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, Philadelphia, Pa.— 

 "I consider your Adiantum Croweanum a very 

 valuable acquisition to this line of ferns. It 

 is an excellent 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 w<^ find is we cannot get enough to 

 meet our customers' wants." 



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

 — "During 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 $1.50 per 100, 

 wliile 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 in this market." 



ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, Natick, 

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

 have decided to put plants of your fern 

 Adiantum Croweanum 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 Waban Conservatories in the early 

 eighties. I remember the circumstanc<'S 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 full Information in 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 in by our growers." 



"By far the best Adiantum that has been introduced to the riorists' Trade. Is a free grower, the darkest 

 green of the A<iiantuni family and Ion u'cst stemmed. It has alsn the most graceful foliaijo ; the average length of the fronds 

 measuring oO Inches. It is by far the best keeper. Vnt fronds c:iu he kept fresh .several works in a cool place. It is also one 

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

 vation note it grows better than the Boston fern. I gave up rose cultivation some ten months atro in onier to iie\ote all my 

 attention to fern cultivation for cnt fronds. T find from the same amount of beach room this fern pays me $1.5i^' to everv 

 $1.00 obtained from roses.' -PETER CROWE. 



WM. F. KASTING, 



Sole Distributor, 



383-387 ELLICOTI ST,. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



