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The Florists' Review 



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has already, and the old fronds assume 

 a wholesome green. It is easy to trans- 

 plant and thrives under culture. I have 

 noticed other species of wild fern in 

 this section, resembling the pteris vari- 

 eties and the adiantum. 



J. B. E.— Tex. 



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NEPHBOLEPIS. 



If you have a good stock of neph- 

 rolepis, especially the good old Boston 

 fern, in small pots, now is a good time 

 to plant them out in a bench from 

 \*^hich you have cleared Memorial day 

 crops. They are not fussy as to soil 

 and the addition of a little well decayed 

 manure before planting will help them. 

 Allow ten to twelve inches each way 

 between the plants. The plants can be 

 grown in full sunshine, but come pale 

 in color if long under this culture, and 

 some shade, therefore, is an advantage. 

 If kept in the bench until early Sep- 

 tember they will be of sufficient size for 

 5-inch or 6-inch pots or pans, in some 

 cases even larger, and there is rarely 

 any oversupply of Boston ferns. 



ADIANTUMS. 



Adiantums are now in active growth 

 and should have good heat and abun- 

 • dance of moisture, both at the root and 

 in the atmosphere. They are easily in- 

 jured by sun and, therefore, must be 

 shaded, but not too heavily. As the 

 pots become well filled with roots, give 

 them weak doses of cow manure water 

 once a week. The idea that maidenhair 

 ferns do not like manure water is the 

 sheerest nonsense. Coldframes where 

 the plants have a fair amount of head 

 room are admirable for growing ferns 

 of all kinds through the summer. If 

 the pots are plunged in coal ashes there 

 is less danger of snails attacking them 

 than where leaves are used, but plunged 

 they should be for best results. 



A GOOD OLD FEBN. 



I enclose a leaf of a fern which I 

 have grown for fifty years under the 

 name of Polystichum angulare. I be- 

 lieve it is a native of Devonshire, Eng- 

 land. I have never seen it catalogued 

 here, though it is an excellent fern. 



L. M.— N. S. 



You have the correct name. Or, more 

 specifically, the variety is Polystichum 

 angulare proliferum, a good old fern, 

 which brings up many pleasant mem- 

 ories of happy boyhood days. C. W. 



ADIANTUM CALIFORNIA. 



A writer in a British trade paper 

 calls attention to "an American novelty 

 likely to be of service to the commercial 

 grower; I refer to Adiantum California, 

 which is rapidly gaining favor in the 

 States for cut purposes. It originated 

 in California some few years ago and 

 has remained in the hands of two grow- 

 ers, who have never been able to meet the 

 demand for the cut fronds. The Amer- 

 ican fancy favors larger fronds than 

 cuneatum usually produces, although 

 the latter is still a favorite owing to 

 its cheerful green color, compared with 

 such bronzy sorts as Croweanum. A. 

 California scores over the last named 



by having the same greenness as cune- 

 atum, while its spores, even on mature 

 fronds, are always green. It is a 

 stronger grower than cuneatum and will 

 yield a larger crop under the same con- 

 ditions. ' ' 



WILD FEBN FBOM TEXAS. 



I am sending you by parcel post a 

 specimen of wild fern that gi-ows pro- 

 fusely in this part of Texas and re- 

 sists climatic and seasonal conditions 

 that would annihilate any other fern 

 I know of. I should be glad to have 

 you classify it for me. The specimen 

 submitted is seared by the winter 

 frosts, and it does not look attractive. 

 At first sign of open weather in spring 

 it puts up new fronds, as you see this 



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The fern in question is Cheilanthes 

 tomentosa, a pretty species and one 

 that is found wild in various parts of 

 the southwest section of the United 

 'States. It is well worth cultivation, 

 and, in fact, has been cultivated to 

 some eitent. W. H. T. 



ADIANTX7M FBONDS DISCOLOBED. 



I am sending you a maidenhair fern. 

 Can you tell me, from the looks of this 

 specimen, what is the matter with my 

 plants? A. F. — Cal. 



Without some further data as to the 

 conditions under which the adiantums 

 are growing, it is rather a difficult mat- 

 ter to decide just what the trouble in 

 this case is. The indications are in fa- 

 vor of the theory that the plants in 

 question have been t(fo wet overhead, 

 and too cold at night, as such a discolor- 

 ation of the fronds wbuLi be likely to 

 result from such conditions. 



W. H. T. 



New Haven, Conn. — The Cowan-Heller 

 Floral Co. has been incorporated, with 

 a capital stock of $10,000. 



Southbridge, Mass. — The T. Jerome 

 Harrington greenhouses are now being 

 conducted by D. J. Kerrigan, formerly 

 employed on the Wells estate. Mr. 

 Kerrigan expects to do landscape gar- 

 dening and care for estates in addi- 

 tion to carrying on the business in cut 

 flowers and plants. 



Biddcford, Me.— T. W. A. Smith is 

 suffering from a strained side and sun- 

 dry other minor injuries as a result 

 of being thrown from his carriage when 

 it was hit by an automobile recently. 

 His 2V2-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, 

 was thrown out on to the pavement, 

 but luckily escaped unhurt. 



Newburyport, Mass. — Joseph J. 

 Comley, who recently purchased the 

 True place near Amesbury, is contem- 

 plating extensive improvements, includ- 

 ing a large greenhouse and the laying 

 out of flower beds. His plans are held 

 up on account of the lack of water, 

 and he is trying to have the Amesbury 

 main that ends about 1,800 feet from 

 his place extended to the property. 



Great Baxrington, Conn. — The Lord & 

 Burnham Co. has received the contract 

 for $200,000 worth of greenhouses on 

 the estate of William Hall Walker. 

 The plans call for two orchid houses, 

 each 25x30; one palm house, 36x61; a 

 fern house, 18x26; an early grapery, 

 25x60; a late grapery, 25x50; an 

 orangery, 30x65; two melon houses, 

 18x47; an early peach house, 25x42, 

 and a late peach house, 25x42. There 

 are already on the estate four green- 

 houses, comprising about 2,500 feet of 

 glass. 



Hartford, Conn. — A permit to erect a 

 greenhouse and boiler house on South 

 street has been issued to John Coombs. 



Greens Farms, Conn. — Edward J. 

 Taylor is completing a range of two 

 houses of iron-frame construction. This 

 replaces the old ones, originally built 

 twenty years ago. 



Hartford, Conn. — Robert F. Boehner 

 has opened a store at 44 Park street, 

 corner of John street. Mr. Boehner 

 was in the florists' business for four- 

 teen years in New York. He formerly 

 resided at Hockanum, Conn., where he 

 owns a large tobacco farm. 



Nashua, N. H.— Although the busi- 

 ness and property of A. Gaedeke & Co. 

 have been sold to Fred D. Sperry, of 

 Eeading, Mass., there will be no change 

 in the management. August Gaedeke 

 will continue to give the business his 

 personal direction. Mr. Gaedeke has 

 been in the florists' business in Nashua 

 for thirty years. The company was 

 organized fifteen years ago and in- 

 cluded Mr. Gaedeke, his brother, Ru- 

 dolph, and E. Ray Shaw. Mr. Shaw 

 was not connected with the operation of 

 the concern; Rudolph Gaedeke will con- 

 tinue with his brother. The real estate 

 involved in the sale consisted of fifty- 

 two feet of frontage on Concord street, 

 extending through to Q fanite street, 

 and comprised 50,000 squave feet. There 

 is an office and a rang'j of several 

 houses on the land. The purchaser was 

 head of a wholesale and retail houre- 

 fumishing concern of Boston until hi» 

 retirement from active business. In ad- 

 dition to his financial interest in the 

 Boston concern, he owns a large de- 

 partment store in Manchester and one 

 in Glaremont, N. H. 



