DREER'S FLORISTS SPECIALS 



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Adiantum California 



The Ideal Maiden Hair for Cutting 



This variety originated in California, where our representative had the opportunity 

 of observing it for several years. It has been in the hands of two growers whose 

 extensive crops of fronds always find a ready sale in preference over all other varieties. 



Its principal points of advantage over both Adiantum Croweanum and Hybridum 

 are in the color of its pinnae, which is not at all bronzy in color as in these sorts, but 

 of that bright, cheerful green that is so admired in the A. Cuneatum, and on account 

 of which that old variety is still a favorite; furthermore, the seed spores on A. Cali- 

 fornia, even on very mature fronds, remain green, which is not the case on other 

 varieties, and is an objectionable feature with them. In habit of growth it is stronger 

 and it will yield a larger crop of fronds and grow under precisely the same conditions. 



In the fall of 1913 we placed with Messrs. Holton and Hunkel, of Milwaukee, Wis., 

 extensive growers of Adiantums for cutting, 50 plants for trial. Their report on the 

 merit of the variety five months later was an order for 1500 plants. 



While we distributed a very limited number last summer, we have not advertised it 

 until now, due to a limited stock, but we are now in position to offer it in quantity in 

 good plants from 2j-inch pots at $3.00 per doz. ; |20.00 per 100; $150.00 per 1000; 25 

 supplied at 100 rates or 250 at 1000 rates. 



