Decembeu 15, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



223 



Nephrolepis PIERSONI 

 ELEGANTISSIMA 



THE BEST RECORD OF ANY NEW INTRODUCTION. 



TBB HUGH 

 OOVBTBD 



$50 PRIZE FROM THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF HEW YORK 



ror the BSBT HBW 

 PLANT of the Tear 



Gold Medal World's Fair 



8HAW GOLD MEOAK 



Louisiana Purcbase Exposition. 



OOXiD MBOAZi 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 



QOJiD 1CBDA& 



Rhode Island Horticultural Society. 



OOIiD MBDAL 



New Orleans Horticultural Society. 



8ZLVBB MBDAK 



Society of American Florists. 

 (Higbest Award) 



SXLVSB MBDAL 



Massactausetts Horticultural Society. 



SZ&TBB KBDAi; 



New York Florists' Club— Higbest Award 



BXXiVBB MBOAIi 



American Institute, New Tork. 

 (Uigbect Award) 



SZIiVBB MEDAl^ 



Newport Horticultural Society. 

 (Uigbest Award) 



SXZiVBB KBSAIi 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society. 

 (Highest Award) 



And HamerouB Diplomas and 

 Certifloates 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 Ironds 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. 



PRICES— 2 X-hich pots, $9 per doz. ; 50 plants al 6dc eaclT, 100 at SOc each, 500 at 45c each, 1000 at 40c each. Large Plants 

 Ready for Immediate Use— 5-ln. pots, $18 per doz.; 6-ln. pots, $24 per doz. ; 8-in. pots, $36 per doz. ; 10-in. pots, $60 perdoz 



F. R. PIERSON CO. 



TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON, 



NEW YORK 



