November 21, 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



681 



THE 



NEW CRESTED SCOTTII FERN 



NEPHROLEPIS SCHOLZELI 



'T'HIS crested sport of Scottii will hold the same position to all the crested forms of Nephrolepis that Scottii now 

 * holds to the Boston. It is entirely distinct from all others and will become even more popular than its parent 



with which it is identical in everyway except that 

 the pinnae are subdivided, giving it a beautiful 

 crested appearance. 



We have shown the plant at the Exhibitions 

 noted below and have been awarded the following 

 honors : 



Shaw Gold Medal, 



St. Louis Horticultural 

 Society November 3rd, 



190a. For " Best plant, of decided merit for cultivation, not previously 



an article of North " - 



imerican commerce. 



CJIu**— Ml *x*i~%i offered bv the Socie.y of American 

 «9ffirC;r- MWBtZUcMKf Florists, 'through the St. Louis 



Horticultural Society, November ^rd, 1908. For "The most meritorious 

 plants or flowers of American origin.'' 



Certificate of Merit, *£%££$£. 



Louis, November 3rd, 1908. 



^f/l/Pf* T\i§t*t§H§ Pennsylvania Horticultural Socie 



1908, for the best new plant. 



ty, Philadelphia, November 3rd 



Certificate of Merit, M 



Boston, November 6th, 1908. 



ticultural Society 



Dutchess County 

 Horticultural Socie- 



Certificate of Merit, 



ty, Poughkeepsie. N. Y '., Oct. 30, 1908, 



Certificate of Merit, 



Society, Madison, N.J., Oct. 30, 1908. 



Certificate of Merit, °" 



Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' 



Philadelphia,' Pa„ Nov. 4, i„o8. 



ticultural Scoiety, 



Nephrolepis Scholzeli 

 We are booking orders now which will be filled in strict rotation, June tst, 1909. 



Price per dozen, $3.50 ; per hundred, $25.00 ; per thousand, $200.00. Twenty=five supplied at one 



hundred rate and five hundred at thousand rate. 



HENRY A. DREER. 



714 Chestnut Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



appointed a committee consisting of 

 Messrs. Beneke, Schoenle and Auger- 

 muller to prepare for a smoker and 

 entertainment to be held after the 

 regular January meeting, and report 

 in .December. After the meeting ad- 

 journed refreshments were served at 

 a near-by cafe. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of this society 

 was held on Saturday, Nov. 14. The 

 sum of $5000 was appropriated for the 

 use of ihe prize committee for the year 

 1909. Officers were elected as follows: 

 President, Stephen M. Weld; vice- 

 president (for two years), Charles W. 

 Parker; trustee (for two years), 

 George B. Dorr; trustee (for three 

 years), William H. Bowker, Peter 

 Fisher, Thomas Roland. Charles S. 

 Sargent; delegate to the State Board 

 of Agriculture (for three years), Wil- 

 frid Wheeler; nominating committee, 

 George V. Fletcher, Thomas J. Grey, 

 Nathaniel T. Kidder, William Sim, 

 William Thatcher. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Mr. John Farquhar of Boston ad- 

 dressed the Newport Horticultural 

 Society at their meeting on Nov. 10; 

 subject, "Natural Planting of Bulbs 

 and Informal Gardening." There was 

 a large audience and a social hour 

 with refreshments followed the ad- 

 dress. 



The Ontario Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion was formally opened on Nov. 9 

 by Hon J. M. Gibson, the new Lieut. - 

 Governor, in the St. Lawrence Market. 

 Groups of decorative plants lined the 

 walls and the exhibits were numerous 

 and beautiful. T. Manton of Eglinton, 

 E. F. Collins of the Allan Gardens, 

 H. H. Fudger, were among the leading 

 prize winners. 



The Ontario Horticultural Associa- 

 tion convened at City Hall, Toronto. 

 Nov. 10, and elected officers as follows: 

 President, H. J. Snelgrove; vice-presi- 

 dent, A. R. Whyte; secretary, J. 

 Lockie Wilson. Toronto; treasurer, H. 

 B. Cowan. Laying out small gardens, 

 window boxes in crowded sections, and 

 best methods of keeping summer-flow- 

 ering bulbs were among the subjects 



discussed. H. H. Groff led in a dis- 

 cussion on the latter topic. 



The New England Conference on Re- 

 sources meets on Nov. 23-24, in Tre- 

 mont Theatre, Boston. On the after- 

 coon of the 23rd Gifford Pinchot of 

 Washington, chief of the forestry ser- 

 vice, will speak on the future of the 

 forest trees in New England. The 

 great opportunity for fruit culture will 

 be discussed by Prof. John Craig of 

 Cornell University. It is expected that 

 the governors of all the New England 

 States will attend. Gov. Guild will pre- 

 side. 



GRAFTED ROSES 



Special Bargain Sale 



EXTRA FINE STOCK 



Killarney, Carnot, Bride, Bridesmaid 



From 3-inch Pots. 

 $2.00 per doz. $12.00 per 100. $100.00 per 1000 



RICHMOND, BRIDE, BRIDESMAID, 



From 3-inch Pots. $6.00 ptr 100. $50.00 per 1000 



WOOD BROTHERS, Fishkill, N.Y. 



