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HORTICULTURE 



October 10, 1908 



A WONDERFUL NEW NEPHROLEPIS 



Nephrolepis Superbissima 



INTRODUCTION OF 1908 



[""■(Jill" desire to call attention to this new fern, which originated with us and which we are introducing this 

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

 111 Piersoni elegantissima as they 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 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 appieciated. It really is not iL 

 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. 



Fine, strong plants, 2)i 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 



SOME MORE NONSENSE. 

 The Minneapolis Journal, Sept. 20th, 

 is responsible for the following: 



Harry Taylor, renowned horticulturist 

 and landscape gardener, the man whom 

 Thomas E<awson made the guardian of the 

 $100,w<i Lawson pink, will spend the next 

 ten days in the Ramsey county workhouse 

 in St. Paul. lie was sentenced yesterday 

 by Judge Hugo Hauft of the St. Paul 

 municipal court after conviction on a 

 charge of drunken! 



Taylor has made important literary con- 

 tribution? to the horticultural periodicals 

 <>! lie- country. At the time Thomas Law- 

 son purchased the famous Larson pink 

 Taylor was head gardener at the Lawson 

 country place in Massachusetts. During 

 the l.i lias been traveling in the 



west advertising a species ef clematis 

 which has been developed by him during 

 the last twenty-five years. Taylor re- 

 signed his position when Mrs. Thomas 

 1 :i w son died. 



The Minneapolis Journal has been 

 humbugged either by a lunatic or a 

 hum. Mr. Lawson made nobody guar- 

 dian of tiie Lawson pink. Its custody 

 vas entirely with Peter Fisher, its 

 originator, until it was dissemin 

 Thomas F. Galvin, who was a prime 

 mover in the sensational sale of the 

 carnation, authorizes us to say that 

 the above quoted -liny is a fake from 

 first to last. There is no Harry Tay- 

 lor, "renowned'" or otherwise, known 

 to Massachusetts florists in connection 

 with Lawson's or any other country 

 place in this section or with any horti- 

 cultural oeriodical. 



PITTSBURGH'S CELEBRATION. 



Dr. X. I.. Britton of the Xew York 

 Botanical Garden has returned recent- 

 ly front an exploring trip in the island 

 of Jamaica. ' The tour was quite suc- 

 russful and a number of new species 

 besides many plants, seeds and herba- 

 rium species have been added to the 

 collection of West India flora. 



Our illustration shows the float rep- 

 iting the florists of Greater Pit t s- 

 burg thai participated in the Sesqui- 

 Centennial (Greater Pittsburg Day 

 Patadei Thursday, Oct. 1. This float 

 was doubly appreciated by the public 

 because the hundred or more other 

 ones, many verj costly and of allegor- 

 ic character, lacked the natural senti- 

 ment The wotk was the combined 

 efforts of Messrs. Walter Breitenstein, 

 T. P. Langhans. A. YV. Smith, Jr., 

 Samuel McClements ami J. W. Ltidwig. 

 It represented an Indian maiden in 

 her birch-bark canoe paddling from a 

 stream ot the wilderness into the 

 present stream of progi essiveness. The 

 rear of the float was constructed o£ 



fall foliage and hydrangeas; the large 

 bouquet contained about "mi Perle de 

 .lard in roses; the horses were covered 

 wiih yellow silk over which was a 

 Ida. 'M in' with heavy sold fringe. The 

 postilions wore the costume of Father 

 Pitt, yellow and black being the fes- 

 tive colors. The entire scheme was 

 carried out in these colors and a very 

 rich and handsome effect was ob- 

 tained. 



The florists, during the week, ar- 

 range 1 their windows and displays to 

 suit the occasion. Special mention 

 may be made of display of dahlias at 

 Mis. K. !J. Williams down-town store 

 The Department of Public Works also 

 took part in the pageant, and Supt. 

 Geo Burke received many compliments 

 on the float representing the Park 

 system. 



