CHAMPION CITY GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
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WARNING! D °ABO U UT THE 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 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 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 G. &. 
R, clean Ferns. 
The Grand New Dwarf Fern 
“TEDDY JUNIOR” 
“TEDDY JUNIOR.” the Fern 
for every household This mag¬ 
nificent Fern was grown by the 
American Hose & Plant Co., and 
introduced by us. It is a spout 
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 beau¬ 
tifully tapered from base to tip; 
they droop just enough to make 
a shapely, graceful plant, permit- 
1 ting it to finish with a fine full 
: center and perfect symmetrical 
_ spread. The pinnae are distinct- 
Photo of “Teddy Junior.” l.v undulated, giving the fronds an 
See the great number of fronds. Without attractive wavy appearance, which 
Question the best of all dwarf Ferns. a(ltJ s materially to their charm- 
1 ing 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 introduced, 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, vigor¬ 
ous grower that it will thrive under most adverse conditions, making an excep¬ 
tionally 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 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 large pots or varieties with longer fronds. As a table deco¬ 
ration, 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 he 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 one-quarter-inch pots, $1.25 per dozen; $8.00 
per hundred; $75.00 per thousand. Four-inch pots, $3.50 per dozen. 
Fronds of “Teddy Junior,’ 
new Fern. 
the wonderful 
Nephrolepis Splendida (Big Four Fern). 
A LITTLE BIT OF FERN 
The “Big Four Fern” 
Nephrolepis 
Splendida 
This is the most wonderful Fern of them 
all; it originated with G. & It., and is now 
offered for the first time. It combines the 
good qualities of the four most popular sorts. 
It has the grace o' 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 he true “Roosevelt,” 
in others the ends of the pinnae will be the 
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 all of these desir¬ 
able 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 with¬ 
out question the most splendid of all the 
Nephrolepis. Be sure and try It. Two and 
one-quarter-inch pots, $1.00 per dozen; $6.00 
per hundred. Four-inch pots, $3.00 per 
dozen. 
HISTORY 
When we sent out the new Fern “Roosevelt,” an attempt was made in certain quarters to create the impression that “Roose¬ 
velt” was the same or no improvement over the variety Harrisii, which had practically at that time been discarded, but evidently 
the introduction ”? “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. 
