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CHAMPION CITY GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
WARNING! h ^Z‘Sr White Fern Scale 
If You Don’t You Had 
Better Get Acquainted 
About every dealer in the land has this White 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 them¬ 
selves of it. It is a scate, and the most vicious insect that ever attacked any plant. It is the most difficult to get rid of. Our 
stock 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 
our clean Ferns. 
Nephrolepis Splendida 
THE BIG FOUR FERN 
We place this grand variety first and foremost 
of all the Ferns. It is the most wonderful of 
them all, and is the first and only genuine com¬ 
bination Fern ever sent out, and is now offered 
for the first time. It combines the good quali¬ 
ties of the four most popular sorts. It has the 
grace of a “Boston," the wavy effect of a 
“Roosevelt," the fluffy effect of an "Ostrich 
Plume," and the uniqueness of the “Fish Tail." 
Some fronds will be straight “Boston," others 
will be true “Roosevelt," in others the ends of 
the pinnae will be feathery “Ostrich Plume,” 
while in others the ends of the pinnae will be 
the genuine “Fish Tail." Then again some 
fronds will have in a marked degree 11 of 
these desirable traits, forming a combination 
without parallel among Ferns. It well deserves 
the name of “Big Four Fern." Everyone who 
sees it goes “daffy" about it. This is without 
question the most splendid of all the Nephrolepis. 
Be sure and try it. Two and one-quarter-inch 
pots, 40 cents each; $3.50 per dozen; $25.00 
per hundred. 
The Grand New Dwarf Nephrolepis 
“TEDDY JUNIOR” 
“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 pro¬ 
duce 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 sym¬ 
metrical spread. The pinnae are distinctly undulated, giving 
the fronds an attractive wavy appearance, which adds ma¬ 
terially to their charming decorative effect, and thin, scraggy 
foliage is never seen in this variety. “Teddy" will produce 
about four times more fronds than any other Fern ever intro¬ 
duced, finishing with fifty to sixty fronds in a four-inch pot, 
while twelve to fifteen is the average number other varieties 
will produce in the same size pot. It is such a compact, vig¬ 
orous grower that it will thrive under most adverse conditions, 
making an exceptionally rapid growth and producing a plant 
of rare beauty and perfection in the average dwelling house 
without special care or attention. Owing to its habit of pro¬ 
ducing the great quantity of massive foliage in small pots, 
this Fern makes the finest pedestal plant over 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 large 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 fronds twelve to fifteen inches long in a four- 
inch pot. 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 varieties. Two and 
hne-quarter-inch pots, $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per hundred. 
Photo of “Teddy Junior.” 
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 in a 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. Two and onequarter-inch pots, 75 cents per dozen; 
$4.50 per hundred; $40.00 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 im¬ 
possible to conceive of the beauty and grace of this wonderful 
Fern from description. Two ana one-quarter-inch pots, $4.50 
per hundred; $40.00 per thousand. 
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 crested appearance. The fronds, like in Scotti, stand 
erect, with a graceful arch forming a plant of ideal shape, 
and they never break down, giving the plant a ragged appear¬ 
ance as is so often the case with other plumed forms; further¬ 
more, the loose, elegant arrangement of the fronds, allowing 
a free circulation of air through the foliage, prevents the cen¬ 
ter of even the largest specimen from becoming defective or 
yellow. The smallest salable plants perfectly express the type, 
and in every size are models of beauty for table decorations. 
Two and one-quarter-inch pots, 60 cents por dozen; $4.50 per 
hundred; $40.00 per thousand. 
