May 13, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



709 



The Grandest Fern of the Age 



Nephrolepis Roosevelt 



IMPORTANT SPECIAL NOTICE — PRICE ADVANCE. 



The heavy demand from those who have seen 

 Nephrolepis Roosevelt growing on our place and 

 scarcity of stock compels us to advance the price on 

 all orders dated after June first to the following. Two 

 and one-fourth inch pots, 50 cents each; $4.50 per 

 dozen; $35.00 per hundred; $300.00 per thousand. 



It is our belief the price of Nephrolepis Roosevelt 

 for 1911 will be maintained during the season of 1912. 



Nephrolepis Roosevelt is a sport from Nephrolepis 

 Bostoniensis, but a wonderful improvement over the 

 parent variety. The fronds of Roosevelt are from a 

 third to one-half wider than Boston and beautifully tapered from base to tip. Each pinnae is distinctly 

 undulated, giving the whole plant a decided wavy effect, which attracts the eye instantly. Nephrolepis 

 Roosevelt will make more young plants, produce a third more fronds, has more graceful drooping habit 

 and will finish to a larger and finer plant in small pots than any other fern on the market. Our stock 

 is positively free from that vicious little white scale which is causing fern growers so much trouble. 



Orders received to June first will be booked at the following prices. Two and one-fourth inch pots, 

 40 cents each; $3.50 per dozen; $25.00 per hundred; $200.00 per thousand. TAventy-five plants at hundred 

 rate; 250 plants at thousand rate. 



NEPHROtEPIS ROOSEVELT. 



COOD & REESE CO 



LARGEST ROSE 



GROWERS IN 



THE WORLD 



S^FRIIMGI 



:i_D, OKHIO 



represent.Ttlve; Sociological Side of Play 

 Grounds; Street Trees; Roads and the New- 

 est Things In Road Maintenance and Sur- 

 facing; Architecture of Animal Biiildings; 

 Insects. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of 

 the Chicago Florists' Club was held at 

 the Union Restaurant, May 4th. The 

 report of AUie Zeck regarding the pic- 

 nic for July 23rd was accepted and 

 Erhardt's Grove, Oak Park, decided 

 upon. P. J. Foley, chairman of Trans- 

 portation committee, reported that no 

 effort had been made as yet to secure 

 rates to Baltimore for the August con- 

 vention. An invitation from the Mil- 

 waukee Florists' Club to hold a joint 

 meeting there June 1st was read and 

 accepted unanimously. A paper on 

 fertilizers to be read at the next 

 meeting was promised by Walter S. 

 McGee. 



A basket of fruit was voted to be 

 sent to Geo. Woodward, who was re- 

 ported by T. Waters as improving 

 nicely. It was voted to send a letter 

 of condolence to the widow of the 

 late Wm. A. Starrett. 



Mr. Cassedy of the Foley Manufac- 

 turing Co. was a club visitor and 

 made some pleasing remarks, 



Geo. Asmus gave an interesting talk 

 on the National Flower Show of Bos- 

 ton as he saw it, and also spoke of the 

 coming convention at Baltimore. 



nlfica. A cultural certificate was 

 awarded to John Woodcock for a fine 

 vase of antirrhinums, also for calcec 

 larias, A certificate of merit was 

 awarded to Abel Weeks for a varie- 

 gated carnation seedling. For the 

 May meeting W. Scott offers a prize 

 for 12 varieties of flowering shrubs 

 and herbaceous flowers. 



G. M. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 Society was held on Friday evening, 

 April 28th. The prize offered by E. 

 W. Neubrand for the best flowering 

 plant was awarded to George Wlttlin- 

 ger for a fine plant of Medinella mag- 



YONKERS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



On Friday, the 5th inst., a social and 

 business meeting was held, and as 

 usual proved very successful. It was 

 decided to hold a June show at Holly- 

 wood Inn, the date to be decided later. 

 Schedules may be obtained from H. 

 Nichols, Glenwood Ave, Yonkers, N. Y, 

 An interesting exhibition is expected, 

 as competition promises to be keen. 



After business was disposed of 

 the regular bi-monthly social was 

 thoroughly enjoyed, refreshments, 

 stories, and songs being heartily ap- 

 preciated. H. M. B. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Dayton Florists' Club held an 

 interesting meeting Monday night. 

 May 1, at the J. F. Young establish- 

 ment. Trade topics were discussed 

 and there was a general exchange of 

 ideas. H. H. Ritter, retiring president, 

 who was presented with a cane, made 

 acknowledgment of the neat gift. 



Our attention has just been called 

 to an error in our report on the 

 awards at the National Flower Show 

 in which J. T. Butterworth was re- 

 corded as the winner of first prize In 

 the class for display and collection of 

 cut orchids arranged for effect, where- 



as the award went to W. A. Manda, 

 South Orange, N. J. 



Fifty florists of the State Associa- 

 tion coming from Alexandria, New- 

 castle, Marion, Richmond, Conners- 

 ville, Knightstown, Muncie and In- 

 dianapolis met at Anderson, Ind., on 

 May 2. State President George Gause 

 of Richmond and A. F. J. Baur of In- 

 dianapolis, state secretary, were in at- 

 tendance. A visit was paid to local 

 greenhouses in the afternoon. Sup- 

 per was served the visitors at Staf- 

 ford's restaurant. 



CARNATION JUDGING. 



American and British Scale of Value 



Points Contrasted. 



I am obliged to Mr, Brunton for the 

 British scales, printed on page 674 of 

 last issue. These points come remark- 

 ably near the American scale as will 

 be seen by the following comparison; 



American British 



Color 25 20 



Size 20 20 



l^^ragrance 5 10 



Substance 10 10 



Calyx 5 5 



Habit of plant 20 



Form 15 15 



Stem 20 ^ 



100 100 



Could "stem" and "habit of plant" 

 be classed as synonymous terms? 

 Would like to hear from some carna- 

 tion grower. G. C. WATSON. 



GUARANTEE FUND RETURNED. 



Checks have been sent this week 

 by E. Allan Peirce, treasurer of the 

 National Flower Show, to all subscrib- 

 ers to the guarantee fund, for the full 

 amount subscribed. 



