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1 1 THE GOOD & REESE COMPANY WHOLESALE TRADE LIST 
Warning—Do You Know About the Fern Scale 
If you don’t, you had better get acquainted 
About every dealer in the land has this Fern Scale. That’s what is making your Ferns look so sickly, and what is 
so serious about the whole matter is that even the big growers think it is a fly, and even then do not know how to rid 
themselves of it. It is a scale, and the most vicious insect that ever attacked any plant. It is the most difficult to 
get rid of. Our stodk is clean because we know how to prevent it, and we also know how to get rid of it, should our 
stock ever become infested. You cannot afford to attempt to grow Ferns that have this scale, because you will fail; 
your plants will never look right. Buy G. & R. clean Ferns. 
“TEDDY JUNIOR,” the Fern 
for every household — This 
magnificent Fern has never 
before been offered for sale 
by any florist or catalogue 
firm. It is a sport from the 
now famous Roosevelt Fern, 
and while its habit of growth 
is to produce a shorter frond, 
it retains all the valuable 
characteristics of the parent 
plant. The fronds are broad 
and beautifully tapered from 
base to tip; they droop just 
enough to make a shapely, 
graceful plant, permitting it 
to finish with a fine full center 
and perfect symmetrical 
spread. The pinnae are dis¬ 
tinctly undulated, giving the 
fronds an attractive wavy ap¬ 
pearance, which adds materi¬ 
ally to their charming decorat¬ 
ive effect; and thin, scraggy 
foliage is never seen in this 
variety. “Teddy” will pro¬ 
duce about four times more 
fronds than any other Fern 
ever introduced, finishing with 
fifty to sixty fronds in a four- 
inch pot, while twelve to fifteen is the average number 
of fronds which other varieties will produce in the same 
size pot. 
It is such a compact, vigor¬ 
ous grower that it will thrive 
under most adverse conditions, 
making an exceptionally rapid 
growth aud producing a plant 
of rare beauty and perfection 
in the average dwelling house 
without special care or atten¬ 
tion. Owing to its habit of 
producing the great quantity 
of massive foliage in small pots, 
this Fern makes the finest 
pedestal plant ever produced, 
and will prove indispensable 
for decorating dining room or 
library tables and numerous 
other places in the home 
where limited space will not 
permit using larger pots or 
varieties with longer fronds. 
As a table decoration. Fern 
growers can appreciate the 
commercial value of a dwarf 
variety that will produce forty 
to fifty lronds twelve to fif¬ 
teen inches long in a four- 
inch pet. Such plants could 
readily be disposed of, and 
every grower can produce 
them from “Teddy Junior” 
with as little care and expense as they can grow other va¬ 
rieties. Two and one-quarter in pots, 75 cents per dozen; 
$5.00 per hundred; $45.00 per thousand. 
A Little Bit of Fern History 
When we sent out the new Fern “Roosevelt,” an attempt was made in certain quarters to create the impression 
that "Roosevelt” was the same or no improvement over the variety Harrisii, which had practically at that time been 
discarded, but evidently the introduction of “Roosevelt” gave the incentive for some “easy money” in its resurrection. 
Our statement that “Roosevelt” was the best Fern extant has been verified, as it is acknowledged by all today as the 
grandest of all Ferns. In the West where the florists are becoming acquainted with it, it has already become as big 
a seller as Boston, and we predict that before five years it will outsell Boston in all parts of the country. 
Nephrolepis Whitmanii 
The Ostrich Plume Fern 
A great Fern. In fact, it is a plant that appeals to 
everyone, and on that account will prove a much more 
valuable and profitable plant than the Boston Fern, which 
has had the most phenomenal sale of any decorative plant 
that has ever been grown, but which cannot be compared 
to the Ostrich Fern for beauty and general effectiveness. 
Everyone who has seen it is charmed with it. As some¬ 
one expressed it, “There is nothing like the Ostrich Plume 
Fern in cultivation. In decorative effect it so far out¬ 
distances the original variety that there is positively no 
comparison to be made. We consider it the most valuable 
novelty that has been introduced in many years.” It has 
taken gold medals wherever shown. Two and one-quarter 
inch pots, GO cents per dozen; $4.00 per hundred; $35.00 
per thousand. 
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 midrib of the fronds, on edge instead of flat, 
giving both sides of the main frond the same beautiful 
appearance. It is impossible to oonceive of the beauty and 
grace of this wonderful Fern from description. Two and 
one-quarter inch pots, $1.50 per hundred; $40.00 per thous¬ 
and. Six-inch pots, $1.50 per dozen; $35.00 per hundred. 
Nephrolepis Whitmanii—Ostrich Flume Fern. 
