MISS ELLA V. BAINES, THE WOMAN FLORIST, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 19 
THE “CRESTED FERN” 
Nephrolepis Roosevelt 
The “Roosevelt 
Fern”. 
It is our good fortune and 
great pleasure to offer this won- 
derful new Fern. In general 
characteristics it resembles the 
world-famous Boston Fern, but 
it will sweep that Fern from 
the boards for two reasons; it 
produces many more fronds 
than the Boston, thus making a 
bushier, handsomer plant. In 
fact, it is the best Fern for 
florists’ use ever introduced. 
Roosevelt will make a better 
plant in a six-inch pot than any 
other Fern in a-ten-inch pot. 
That is what will make you 
money every time. The usual 
size to sell the Boston Fern is 
from a six-inch pot. Well, let 
us tell you that in a six-inch 
pot of the Roosevelt and the 
Boston there is no comparison. 
The Roosevelt doubles the 
fronds of a Boston ina six-inch 
pot, thus making a much more 
finished plant, and, therefore, 
more salable. The pinnae are 
beautifully undulated, giving 
the Roosevelt a pronounced 
wavy effect seen in no other 
Fern; as the plant ages this 
effect becomes quite distinct. 
Our sales of Roosevelt have 
exceeded two hundred and fifty 
thousand plants, a far greater 
number than was ever sold of a 
new Fern. Young plants, 20 
cents; strong plants, 50 
cents; extra strong plants, 75 
cents. - 
Nephrolepis Elegantissima 
THE “PHILADELPHIA LACE FERN” 
‘The small size pinnae, or leaflets, are subdivided into perfect 
miniature fronds; the side pinnae stand at right angles to the mid- 
rib of the fronds, on edge instead of flat, giving both sides of the 
main frond the same beautiful appearance. It is impossible to 
conceive of the beauty and grace of this wonderful Fern from 
description. Young plants, 20 cents; strong plants, 50 cents; 
extra strong plants, 75 cents. 
Nephrolepis Scholzeli 
THE “CRESTED FERN” 
It is a sport from Scotti, possessing the merits of that most 
popular variety, but with the pinnae subdivided, giving it a fine 
THE “PHILADELPHIA LACE FERN’ 
“THE ROOSEVELT FERN’’_ 
crested appearance. The fronds, like in Scotti, stand erect, witha 
graceful arch forming a plant of ideal shape, and they never break 
down, giving the plant a ragged appearance as is so often the case 
with other plumed forms; furthermore, the loose, elegant arrange- 
ment of the fronds, allowing a free circulation of air through the 
foliage, prevents the center of even the largest specimen from be- 
coming defective or yellow. The smallest salable plants perfectly 
express the type, and in every. size are models of beauty for table 
decorations. Young plants, 20 cents; strong plants, 40 cts. 
Nephrolepis Todeaoides 
THE “‘SLONDON FERN” 
A feathery fronded variety similar to the Ostrich Plume va- 
riety, the fronds being more stiff and erect and the pinnae more 
finely divided. A fine Ostrich Plume sort, and we recommend it 
in all respects. Young plants, 20 cents; strong plants, 50 cts, 
