August 12, 1916 



HORTICULTUBE 



209 



The Glory Fern (Adianttini Farleyense (lloriosa) 



Adiantum Farleyense Gloriosa 



THE GLORY FERN or 

 RUHM VON MORDRECHT 



This siileiuliil Fern wlcicl] sn c1omi-Iv ic-s.jiii.lis .\ili;iiiliiiii 

 Karleyense in appearance and wliidi doeaniit reiiuire the special 

 skill and care in growins that is necessary tii prmlnce t:<>"'i plants 

 of A. Farleyense, has ([uiekly made a place fur itself ni't inilv iin 

 account of the fact that it can he produced for little over halt that 

 of growing Farleyense. hut also hecause either in a cut state or 

 as plants used in decorative work, it will outlast tlie old variety 

 ten to one. making it an availabh' subject where Farleyense <'a'u 

 not be used at all. Since its introduction some .5 or (i years ago 

 there has never been a supply large enough to meet the demand. 

 With this in mind we have prepared this season an extra large 

 stock, which is in prime condition an.l we now otter select 



3 inch pots, ifi.nO per doz.; $15.(10 per 11)0; !iil40.(MI per lOIMI 



4 inch pots, .•S3..W per ilitr..; $35.(111 per 100 



For tt Complete list of seasonulile !^t4H-k see our current Wholesale 



List. 



The above offer is intenileil for the triKle only. 



HENRY A. DREER 



714-716 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



THE PAWPAW (Asimina triloba). 



A colony of this handsome tree, 

 which is very common in the south- 

 em states but at the north occurs 

 in only a few isolated stations, is now 

 established liere, and this year the 

 leafless branches have been well 

 covered with the curious, darlt-brown, 

 bad-smelling flowers. Under favor- 

 able conditions the Pawpaw is some- 

 times a tree forty feet high witli a 

 tall stout trunk; it has handsome 

 drooping, dark green leaves often a 

 foot long and six inches wide, but it 

 is chiefiy interesting as the only 

 extra-tropical North American tree, 

 with the exception of some of the 

 wild Plums, which produces edible 

 fruit. This is borne in few-fruited 

 clusters and is from three to five in- 

 ches long and from an inch to an 

 inch and a half in diameter, greenish 

 yellow, becoming almost black when 

 fully ripe with semitranslurent. 

 sweet, luscious flesh. The ripe fruit 

 does not bear transportation and is 

 rarely sold in the markets, and so is 

 little known except to boys who live 

 near Pawpaw thickets. The Ameri- 

 can Genetic Association, however, has 

 now taken up the possibility of the 

 improvement of this fruit and is 

 offering prizes for information about 

 the largest trees, and about trees, re- 

 gardless of their size, which bear 

 fruit of unusually good quality. 

 — Arnold Arhoretmn Bulletin. 



LILIUM CANADENSE. 



The firm of Thomas Meehan & Sons 

 has been dissolved. The business at 

 Germantown and Mt. Airy. Pa., will be 

 continued by S. Mendelson Meehan 

 and J. Franklin Meehan as Thos. Mee- 

 han & Sons. The establishment at 

 Dresher, Pa., will be Thos. B. Meehan 

 and his son as Thos. B. Meehan Co. 



This is one of the loveliest of native 

 American flowers. Just now its tall 

 stems crowned with golden flowers 

 swing jauntily above the surrounding 

 herbage in the moist, rich meadows, 

 while its sister lily. L philadelphicum. 

 prefers to hide among the low bushes 

 on the high dry slopes. These with 

 the well-named L. superbum are 

 among the richest adornments of the 

 New England summer fields and wood- 

 lands. 



In the advertisement of Rainbow 

 Freesias by August Rolker & Sons last 

 week the line "in fine assortment" 

 should read "in fine mixture of fancy 

 shades." 



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