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HORTICU LTU RE 



August 22, 190S 



Get the right kind of plants at the 

 right place and at the proper time. 

 Now is the time to secure the 



Best Specimens 

 of Kentias 



the kind that quality trade demands. 

 Send your orders soon to the office, 

 pictured herewith, where they will 

 have the best and promptest attention. 

 We supply Kentias of true type and 

 Office of Joseph Heacock Company characteristics. Our desire to please 



makes us select and ship choicest plants only. A trial 

 order will prove it. Repeated orders from old customers 

 show their appreciation of our stock and methods. 



New Wholesale Price-List on Application 



JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY 



Rose and Palm Grower 



WYNCOTE - - PENNA. 



A WONDERFUL NEW NEPHROLEPIS 



Nephrolepis Superbissima 



INTRODUCTION OF 1908 



[""■■"J 1 1- desire to call attention to this new fern, which originated with us and which we are introducing this 

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

 AAA Piersoni elegantissima as thi y were from Bostoniensis. It is in fact a complete break. The fronds 

 ^~^ l 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 >n 

 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 dwaif 

 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 

 th-! 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 exhibit! d there 

 h wing 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. 



Fine, strong plants. 2' 



inch pots, $5 per dozen, $35 per 100; 4 inch pots, $7. 50 per dozen, $50 per 100; 

 6 inch pots, $1.50 eacn, $15 per dozen. 



F. R. PI ERSON CO., Tarrytown=on=Hudson, NewYork 



