. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. F. R. Pierson at Home with His New Ferns. and subjected to Boston fern treatment, often standing below palms and under heavily shaded glass, the fronds grew longer and weaker, and in many cases a number of Boston fronds grew up; star- vation also produced the same result. That several growers experienced this trouble it cannot be denied, and for a time it was the means of giving the new introduction a black eye. "It will not succeed with the Boston treat- ment, '' was the general verdict, which undoubtedly is
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. F. R. Pierson at Home with His New Ferns. and subjected to Boston fern treatment, often standing below palms and under heavily shaded glass, the fronds grew longer and weaker, and in many cases a number of Boston fronds grew up; star- vation also produced the same result. That several growers experienced this trouble it cannot be denied, and for a time it was the means of giving the new introduction a black eye. "It will not succeed with the Boston treat- ment, '' was the general verdict, which undoubtedly is true, but neither will the higher grades of roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, etc., of the present time succeed with the treatment of the old time varieties That Nephrolepis Piersoni has been the victim of improper treatment in many cases has been only too truly shown, but now that its requirements are more thoroughly understood it is fast regaining the popularity that it never ought to have lost. During the past season it has been much in demand and the raisers have not been able to fill the orders received. 8COTTII. At the chrysanthemum show held in Madison Square, New York city, under the auspices of the New York Florists' Club, three years ago, John Scott, Keap street, Brooklyn, first exhibited his sport, which he named Nephrolepis Seottii. Scottii has had a very popular run the last season and has been exten- sively shown throughout the country, where honors thick and fast have been showered upon it. It is essentially a commercial variety, of very free growth and easy culture. It is very much more dwarf than the old parent, with nar- rower fronds, in every respect a minia- ture Bostoniensis, but with its dwarfer habit it also sends up a greater number of fronds. It makes a pretty specimen and soon develops into a large plant, in which condition it looks, well, but it is in the smaller sizes that it will be most popular. It makes a very prettily finished plant in 4-inch,
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