

NOVEMBEB 10, 1904. 



ThcWccfcly Florists' Review* 



1287 



Note Its Record to Date 



PIERSONI 



GOLD MEDAL rfS^f* 



ELEGANTISSINS 



THE MVOH 

 COVBTED... 



$50 PRIZE FROM THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



For the BB8T NSW 

 Pli A VT of the Tear 



GOLD MSBA& 



Rbode Island Horticultural Society. 



SIXtVEB 1IBDA£ 



Highest Award of the S. A. F. & O. U. 



SIEVES ICBOAI. 



New York Florists' Club. 



■Z&VBB MBDAX 



Newport Horticultural Society. 



■IXVBB MBDAXi 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society. 



AND NUMEROUS DIPLOMAS 

 AND CERTIFICATES OF MERIT 



The beauty and value of this new fern to be introduced Spring of J905, can best be ap^ 

 preciated by seeing it. It is a sport from the Pierson Fern (Nephrolepis Piersoni), but it is very 

 much more beautiful and of greater commercial value. It is as different from the Pierson Fern 

 as that is from the Boston. The small side pinnae are again subdivided, producing an exquisite 

 and beautiful effect, changing the entire character of the fronds, which measure less than half 

 the length and about twice the breadth of the fronds of the Pierson Fern. The fronds also 

 assume an entirely different form, the side pinnae standing at right angles to the mid^rib of the 

 frond, on edge rather than flat, as is usual, making both sides of the frond equally beautiful — 

 entirely different from any other fern. 



The plant is very dwarf, only about half the height of the Pierson Fern, and of very much 

 more compact habit. Taking it altogether, it makes one of the most exquisite plants and one 

 of the most valuable for table and house decoration that has ever been introduced. The cut 

 fronds, on account of their beauty, will be in great demand for table decoration, design work, 

 and for use in boxes of loose flowers. Well'grown plants make most magnificent specimens. 

 We think there is nothing in the fern line that is so handsome as this beautiful fern when well 

 grown. It is a wonderful improvement over Nephrolepis Piersoni in every respect, both in re^ 

 gard to beauty and habit of growth. 



We will be glad to mail full description, etc., to our friends who do not have the opportunity of seeing this Fern. We shall 

 have plants to offer, not only in small sizes, but also in large specimen plants in 6, 8 and 10-inch pans. Prices on application. 



F. R. PIERSON CO. 



Tarrytown-on-Hudson 



NEW YORK 



