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HORTICULTURE 



August 24, 1907i 



A WONDERFUL NEW NEPHROLEPIS 



NEPHROLEPIS SUPERBISSIMA 



WE exhibited at the Convention at Philadelphia 

 Sonne fine specimen plants of this new fern, 

 which is a very unique and distinct novelty— as 

 distinct from Nephrolepis Piersoni and Piersoni 

 elegantissima as they were from Bostoniensis 



IT IS A COMPLETE BREAK. The fonds are very 

 heavily imbricated, the pinnae overlapping, making the 

 fronds very dense and compact. It differs from the other 

 Nephrolepes not only in form, but in color also, being a 

 richer and darker green — entirely different from the yel- 

 lowish green of all the Nephrolepes. 



The plant is very sturdy in its habit, the fronds never 

 breaking down. While a photograph shows a similarity 

 to its predecessors, it is ABSOLUTELY DISTINCT, not 

 only in the formation of the fronds, but in its habit and 

 general characteristics. It makes a much more dwarf 

 and compact growth, the fronds being very dense, firm, 

 and rigid, and having a great deal more substance, so 

 THAT IT WILL STAND MORE KNOCKING AROUND 

 than any other fern of this type. 



This is a sterling novelty. Experts who have seen 

 it consider it far and away the best fern ever sent out. It 

 is a plant that needs to be seen to have its great value 

 and sterling qualities appreciated. It really is not in the 

 same class with the other varieties. 



It will be disseminated by us in 1908. ORDERS 

 WILL BE BOOKED AT ONCE and filled in rotation as 

 booked. 



F. R. PIERSON CO. 



Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York. 



