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D. M. FERRY e CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



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CASTOR BEAN, Zanzibariensis. 



Gastor Bean L^l^«""f> 



^.^ • A class of plants having colored foliage, 



m^ S^ I ^^ and in whicli the innirmerable small 

 ^"^ ^"-^ ■ ^-" flowers and seed vessels, together with 

 their supports, form a very brilliantly colored mass, some- 

 times gracefully arranged like plumes, and sometimes more 

 dense, corrugated and frUled at the edge like a cockscomb. 

 They form the gayest possible decoration for the greenhouse 

 or conservatory and retain their brilliant coloring for a long 

 time after being cut. Half hardy annuals. Plant in hght, 

 rich soil, and give plenty of moisture. 



Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. The plant is about eighteen inches 

 high and is covered with long, brilliantly colored and grace- 

 fully formed plumes in red, yellow or violet Pkt. Sets 



Triumph of the Exposition. Plant of pyramidal form, bearing 

 many exceedingly graceful, feather-like spikes of intensely 

 brilliant crimson color. Height about two feet Pkt. lOcts 



Variegated. A strain between the plumosa and cockscomb 

 types in which the plumes are broadened at the top into many 

 small, comb-hke forms, and are variegated and striped in red 

 and yellow Pkt. lOcts 



Japan. The plant grows to the height of two and a half or three 

 feet, and is covered with spikes or combs which are very finely 

 cut and of great brilhancy of color Pkt. lOcts 



DWARF AND TREE COCKSCOMB TYPES 



Giant Empress. A very beautiful variety in which the dwarf 

 plant has dark red leaves, and forms immense, bright crim- 

 son combs Pkt. lOcts 



Glasgow Prize iPresident Thiers). The whole plant seems to 

 be formed into an immense comb densely corrugated and of 

 indescribably briUiant color. One of the most striking exam- 

 ples of the possibUity of modifying the form of plants by cul- 

 tivation and selection Pkt. lOcts 



Dwarf Rose. Large, rose colored combs " lOcts 



Dwarf Yellow. Large, yellow combs " lOcts 



Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf -grow- 

 ing sorts " Sets 



Tall, majestic plants for lawns, with leaves of glossy 



green, brown or bronzed metallic hue and long 



spikes of scarlet or of green, prickly fruit. Of very quick growth in 



rich soil. Tender annual, six to fifteen feet high. 



Zanzibariensis, a comparatively new species of wonderfully vigorous growth. The plants grow from ten to fifteen feet 

 high. The leaves have a brilliant lustre, measure about 

 thirty inches across, and in different plants range from bright 

 green with green stems to deep bronze with dark red stems. 



Mixed varieties Pkt. 5cts 



Sanguineus (Tricolor). Blood red stalks with red venation in 



leaves; height about six feet Pkt. 5cts 



Mixed " 5cts 



d^^ f% ri 1. f) I I i^ f^ ir) The Centaureas are 



ml V-r ■ M ^ %^ «^ ■ VJ' %^ an exceedingly inter- 

 ^*^ esting genus of plants, embracing annuals, biennials 

 and perennials, which, though botanically alike, are very differ- 

 ent m appearance. Some are very valuable for the beauty of 

 their silvery white, velvet-like foliage, the flowers being unat- 

 tractive; others are of great value for the beauty of their flow- 

 ers. They are all easily grown from seed. 



VARIETIES CULTIVATED FOR THEIR FOLIAGE 



Candidissima. Ornamental plants of great beauty; foliage 

 deeply cut, silvery white and densely covered with white 



hairs. Half hardy perennial Pkt. 15cts 



)a, sometimes called Dusty Miller. Valuable be- 

 lts silvery gray foliage and graceful, drooping 

 habit of growth. Half hardy perennial ; one-half to two feet 

 high Pkt. lOcts 



VARIETIES CULTIVATED FOR THEIR FLOWERS 



Cyanus QBachelor^s Button, Corn Flower). This is the flower 



seen in such great abundance in the fields of Europe, and to 



a less extent in this country, and though a weed there, in its 



improved forms it is one of the most attractive of garden 



fiowers. If seed is sown as soon as the ground is fit in the 



spring and the flowers picked so as to prevent the plant ex- 

 hausting itself by seeding, it will furnish a profusion of bright 



blue, white or pink flowers from July till late in autumn. One 



to two feet high. Mixed, all colors Pkt. 5cts 



Double Mixed (Bachelor's Button). Produces larger, more 



globular flowers than the common Pkt. 5cts 



Odorata (Sweet Sultan). An old fashioned, hardy annual about 



eighteen inches high, with long stemmed, sweet scented, light 



blue or purple flowers Pkt. lOcts 



Marguerite. A sweet-scented, white Centaurea, about as large 



as a medium sized carnation. It is a sport from Centaurea 



Odorata, and the plants are about eighteen inches high. The 



flowers are beautifully laciniated and produced on long stems; 



their lasting quality after being cut is remarkable. Hardy 



annual............... Pkt. lOcts 



Imperialis Mixed. An excellent, sweet-scented variety. The 



flowers are finely laciniated, and are about the size of a carna- 

 tion. They have long stems and keep weU after cutting. The 



colors range through white, rose, lilac, purple and yellow. 



Hardy annual; about eighteen inches high Pkt. lOcts 



Gymnocarpa 



cause of 



Centaurea, Marguerite. 



