D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Sat*oia 



{Flowering Sage). Among 

 the most brilliantly colored 

 of garden flowers; also valu- 

 able for pot cultm-e. Blooms 

 are borne in long spikes weU above the foliage and are of 

 fiery red, crimsoa or blue color, continuing in bloom for a 

 long time. Start in heat and transplant iuto light soil one to 

 two feet apart. Tender perennials, but bloom the first sea- 

 son; height two to three feet. 



Splendens. Brilliant scarlet Pkt. lOcts 



Golden Leaved. This is a variety of Salvia Splendens whicli 

 comes true from seed, and has rich yellow leaves, contrast- 

 ing beautifuUy with the brilliant scarlet flowers.. Pkt. 25ct3 

 Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known. ... " IScts 

 Lord Fauntleroy. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have 

 been offered under different names with the claim tliat 

 they are larger flowered or more floriferous than the old 

 type. We have found none of them more distinctly valu- 

 able than this strain, in which the plant is more uniformly 

 dwarf and floriferous and the flower spikes longer than m 

 the common stock, so we strongly recommend it as a de- 

 cided iInpro^^ement. The plant is uniformly dwarf, averag- 

 ing only about 

 twenty inches 

 high. la habit 

 it is exceedingly 

 free blooming, 

 bearing above 

 the dark green 

 foliage brilliant 

 crimson spikes 

 which are 

 longer than 

 those of the 

 common sorts. 

 Pkt. »5cts 



S^-rn iJrr -ir *^ graceful peren- 



%Jmtl,*^^/L nial cUmber; ten 



feet high Pkt. Sets 



Satpi^lo^'^'is 



Very showy bed- 

 ding or border 

 plants with richly 



. , colored, erect, 



funnel-shaped flowers, which are purple, scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, 

 blue and almost black, beautifully marbled and penciled. The seed may 

 be sown indoors by the middle of March, or later, or may be sown out- 

 doors in early spring; useful for cutting. Bloom from August to October. 

 Half hardy annual; one and a half to two feet high. 

 Fine mixed, hybrid varieties Pkt. Sets 



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C^^-r»*^J#Vtf-y//V» Procumbens fl. pL Very 

 ^ari'C/lTCliia pretty, dwarf, trailing 

 plants; excellent for rock work, borders, or edging 

 of beds. It is so completely covered with flowers as 

 to nearly hide the foliage. Double flowers of a 

 brilliant, golden yellow, resembUng a miniature 



double zinnia. Hardy annual; six inches high 



Pkt. Sets 



SensittHJe Ttant 



(Mimosa 



pudica). 

 )ula 



Salvia, Lord pAuhTi-ERoy. 



An interesting and curious plant with globular heads 

 of small, pink flowers. The plant is chiefly valued 

 because of tlie extreme irritability of its leaves 

 which close and droop at the slightest touch, or in 

 cloudy, damp weather, and during the night. Ten- 

 der annual; height one and a half feet. ...Pkt. Sets 



€^4^f^^.^%^».^v% Pseudo Capsicum nanum. 

 *JVi%*Tl^XTn Ornamental, fruit bearing 

 plants, useful for conservatory or drawing room 

 decoration. The foliage is handsome, and contrasts 

 finely with tlie miniature, round, scarlet fruit with 

 which the plant is covered. Tender perennial; 

 about one and a half feet high Pkt. lOcta 



SCABIOSA— (-See Mourning Bride). 



SCARLET FLAX— (5ee Limim). 



STIPA PENNATA— (5e« Feather Grass). 



