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HORTI CULTU RE 



August 1, 1908 



A WONDERFUL NEW NEPHROLEPIS 



Nephrolepis Superbissima 



INTRODUCTION OF 1908 



r-fiBT|K (iesire to call attention to this new fern, which originated with us and which we are introducing this 

 lyyl year. It is a very unique and distinct novelty — as distinct from Nephrolepis Piersoni and 

 111 Piersoni elegantissima as they were from Bostonieusis. It is in fact a complete break. The fronds 

 ■»■»■» I 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 also in color, being a richer and darker 

 green — entirely different from the yellowish green of all the other 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 form- 

 ation of the fronds and color, but also in its habit and general characteristics. It makes a much rrore 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. 



It is a sterling novelty. Experts who have seen it consider it by far 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 was awarded a 



...FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE... 



by the Royal Horticultural society at Crystal Palace in London, November, 1907, the plants exhibited there 

 having been shipped from New York two weeks before that time. After being exhibited in London, the same 

 plants were shipped to Edinburgh, Scotland, where they were again awarded a first-class certificate by the 

 Scottish Horticultural Society. This will indicate the value of the plant as a novelty, and also demonstrates in 

 a very conclusive manner its fine keeping and shipping qualities. We have just begun shipping advance 

 orders, and new orders can now be shipped immediately on receipt. 



Do not fail to see our exhibit at the S. A. F. Convention, Niagara Fall*. 

 Fine, strong plants. 2' 4 inch pots, $5 per dozen, $35 per 100; 4 Inch pots, $7.50 per dozen, $50 per 100; 



6 Inch pots, $1.50 each, $15 per dozen. 



F.R.PIERSONCO.,Tarrytown=on=Hudson,NewYork 



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OBITUARY. 



James Patterson. 

 James Patterson, landscape garden- 

 er, died at his home in Arlington, 

 Mass., on July 25. Mr. Patterson laid 

 cut the grounds o£ the Pratt estate. 

 afterwards under the care of the late 

 David Allan, and now occupied by the 

 Oakley Country Club. He was born in 

 Scotland in 1S33 and came to this coun- 

 try about fifty vears ago. Besides the 

 Pratt estate, his most extensive work 

 was done on the Sumner estate in Ja- 

 maica Plain, and the Oray estate in 

 Cambridge. Mr. Patterson is survived 

 by a widow, who has been blind for a 

 number of years. 



Mrs. Magdalene Meinz. 

 Magdalene, wife of Henry Meinz of 

 College Point, N. Y., died on July 12. 



Alexander Craw. 

 Alexander Craw, deputy horticultural 

 commissioner of California for many 

 years, died at W'awona, or. June 28. 



NEWS NOTES. 



W. H. Schuyler will discontinue his 

 flower store at 531 Van Buren street, 

 Chicago. 



H. W. Metz & Co.. ?52 Ashland bou- 

 levard, Chicago, have dissolved part- 

 nership. Mr. Metz will continue the 

 business. 



Prof. William Trelease of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, has 

 issued invitations for the nineteenth 

 annual banquet to gardeners, florists 

 and nurserymen provided for under 

 the will of Henry Shaw, to be given 

 at the Mercantile Club on August 12. 



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