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llowered are other good varieties; Early- 

 Won' ler, procurable in pink and white, 

 flowers outdoors early in July and is a 

 vnlaable early sort. For early flower- 

 ing sow seeds under glass in March. 

 Later sowings can be made at fort- 

 nightly intervals, and during May the 

 soed can be sown outdoors. The latest 

 showing should go in the first week in 

 Juno. If restricted to three varieties, 

 grow Queen of the Market, American 

 Branching and Victoria. 



The number of plants an ounce of 

 seed v.'ill produce depends on the qual- 

 ity of seed and its treatment after sow- 

 ing. If of good quality and intelli- 

 gently sown, an ounce should give 

 4,000 to 5,000 plants. In purchasing 

 seed always secure the best; cheap 

 aster seed will only give disappoint- 

 ment. Select a sunny piece of ground 

 for your plants. Manure it liberally. 

 Asters naturally thrive best in a heavy 

 loam, but will grow in almost any soil 

 wIiicL is well enriched if they are kopt 

 thoroughlv cultivTtei while growing. 

 ■ C. W. 



MANDA'S POLYPODIUM. 



Polypodium Mandaianum came into 

 the limelight at the national flower show, 

 where it defeated two first-class nephrol- 

 epis sports for the award as best new 

 fern and later captured the gold medal 

 offered for the best plant not then an 

 article of commerce. The accompanying 

 illustration shows a house of it at W. A. 

 Manda's, South Orange, N. J. 



Polypodium Mandaianum originated 

 at South Orange as a seedling from Poly- 

 podium aureum glaucum. It is a free 

 grower under the ordinary treatment 

 given ferns, with a temperature of 60 

 degrees to 75 degrees. It can be grown 

 in pots, or as a basket fern, or on boards, 

 like a staghorn fern. The fronds grow 

 up to three feet in length and become 

 beautifully fringed, a peculiar glaucous 

 blue in color. 



At the national flower show it WM 

 said, perhaps as a joke, that possibly the 

 judges made their award to this new 

 polypodium as a means of gracefully 

 sidestepping the unwelcome task of choos- 

 ing between two fine nephrolepises, but 

 there can be no question that public and 

 private conservatories all will want 

 Polypodium Mandaianum as soon as they 

 find out about it. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



Arrangements are well under way for 

 the national flower show, to he held in 

 Boston March 25 to April 1. The space 

 both for competitive and trade exhibits 

 is being rapidly taken, and from pres- 

 ent indications it will be the largest 

 affair ever seen in connection with the 

 florists' trade. The final schedules 

 have been printed and sent to all the 

 members of the different societies un- 

 der the auspices of which the exposi- 

 tion is held. Manager Chester I. Camp- 

 bell has had designed attractive art 

 advertising cards for the exposition 

 and these will shortly be sent to all the 

 larger cities in the country. An adver- 

 tising sticker for stationery has also 

 been arranged for and these also will 

 be sent to all the exhibitors and mem- 

 bers of the society. Manager Campbell 

 has had long experience in the exposi- 

 tion business and realizes fully the im- 

 portance of such advertising. Among 

 the many expositions of which he has 

 charge are the Boston automobile show, 

 the national motor boat and engine 



House of Polypodium Mandaianum. 



show, the stylo show, office appliance, 

 textile machinery, electric, exhibition 

 of aerial craft, and he will also guide 

 tiie destinies of the great Boston 

 Chamber of Commerce industrial and 

 educational exhibition, which will bo 

 liehl next October. 



Every mail is now bringing in appli- 

 cations for space from those who in- 

 tend making what may bo classed as 

 show exhibits. A number of Boston 

 llorists. while not entering in the com- 

 petitive classes, intend offering novel- 

 ties in artistic decorative effects, and 

 it may safely be predicted this exposi- 

 tion will long be remembered as por- 

 traying the acme of floriculture. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Convention Program. 



At a meeting held in New York city 

 last week a program was mapped out 

 for the general meeting at Boston this 

 month. The general })usinoss meeting 

 will be held Monday, March 27, at 2:30 

 p. m. It is planned to have August F. 

 Poohlmann and Wallace R. Pierson pre- 

 sent two fine papers. Tuesday morn- 

 ing election of officers and a general 

 discussion on new roses will take place. 

 Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. a meeting, desig- 

 nated by President Elliott as the ama- 

 teurs' meeting, will be held, with papers 

 by Richard Vincent, Jr., of wiite 

 Marsh, Md., on what he saw in Belgium; 

 by Rev. Dr. Spencer S. Sulliger, of Van- 



coiivor, Wash., on liis visit to the na- 

 tion.'il rose show in London, England; 

 by AVilliam G. McKendrick, the man 

 whoso aim is to make Toronto beauti- 

 ful, :\n ainatenr rose grower of oxtcu- 

 siw experience. 



Department of Registration. 



A. X. riorson, Inc.. Cromwell, Conn., 

 files the following described new roses 

 for registration: 



Double White Killarney, a sport of 

 White Killarney, originating with the 

 J. A. Budlong iV Son Co.. Auburn, E. I., 

 in January, 1010. It is stronger in 

 growth than the parent, with the same 

 general eharaetoristics of foliage and 

 growth. The flower is pure white in 

 color, with an average of from forty to 

 forty-five petals. It is a wonderfulim- 

 jirovcment over the parent, having size 

 and substance in summer, when White 

 Killarney is comparatively single. The 

 variety will be disseminated by A. N. 

 Pierson. Inc.. in 1912. 



Killarney Queen, a deep pink sport of 

 Killarney, originating with the J. A. 

 Budlong & Son Co.. Auburn, E. L, in 

 1009, that has the high color of Dark 

 Pink Killarney with an increased vigor 

 in growth, it compares among Kil- 

 larneys as American Beauty does with 

 other varieties, the stem and foliage 

 being much heavier and the petals near- 

 ly twice the size of the petals of Kil- 

 larne.v. The variety will be dissem- 

 inated by A. N, Pierson, Inc., in 1912. 

 Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



