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



Pyrethrum 



Rhodanthe 



Very ornamental, both 

 foliage and flowers. 

 Well adapted for bed- 

 ding and borders. Sow outdoors ia spring as soon 

 as ground can be worked, or for best results start 

 the seed indoors and transplant after danger from 

 frost is past. {See also Matricaria) 

 ParthenifoliumAureum (Golden Feather) Beautiful 

 dwart gold leaved bedding plant. Flowers white. 

 Half hardy perennial, often treated as an annual; 



height one foot. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Parthenifolium Aureum Selaginoides. Finely cut, 

 fern-lilje leaves of bright golden yellow color. 

 Extra fine for bedding. Half hardy perennial; 



twelve to fifteen inches high Pkt. 1 Oc. 



One of the most beautiful ever- 

 lastings. Sometimes called Straw 

 Flower. The flower-heads are somewhat bell-shaped, 

 becoming when mature fully expanded and some- 

 times reflexed. They are gracefully poised on slender 

 stems. The mixture we offer includes rose with 

 golden center and white with yellow disc. Blooms 

 should be gathered before fully expanded and dried 

 in the shade. The leaves are glaucous, clasping 

 and are oval or elliptical in shape. 



Start under glass, or sow seed outdoors after 

 danger of frost is over. Tender annual; one and 



one-half to two feet high. Mixed Pkt. 5c. 



RICINUS— (See Castor Bean) 



D _ _|__|. C,„^af (Hesperis matronalis) Pro- 

 IXOCKcC) Oweei duces loose clusters of 

 flowers very fragrant during the evening and useful 

 for cutting. Flowers cruciform, somewhat resem- 

 bling the single Stock but smaller. 



Seed germinates rea lily in open ground if sown 

 after danger from frost is past. Hardy perennial. 

 Purple. Plants two and one-half to three feet 



high Pkt. 5c. 



White. About two feet high " 5c. 



T^ Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. 



tC Q6A Plants under ordinary care will com- 

 ^^'"Vi' mence to flower when six inches high 

 and about two months old, and ^^^ll continue to 

 grow and bloom until they form compact bushes 

 about sixteen inches high, well covered with single 

 and double flowers. 



Open the berries and separate the seeds, sowing 

 in pots of rich sandy soil and keep at about 70° F. 

 and moderately moist. "When plants are about one 

 inch high transplant and give plenty of light and air. Tender 



perennial; blooming the first year Pkt. 15c. 



ROSE MOSS— (See Fortidaca) 



Very showy bedding or border 

 plants with richly culored, funnel- 

 _ shaped flowers which are purple, 



scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, blue or almost black, beauti- 

 fully marbled and pencilled. 



For early blooming seed may be started indoors as early 

 as the middle of March and the young plants set out in the 

 garden one foot apart, or seed may be sown outdoors after 

 settled warm weather. Useful for cutting. Blooms from Au- 

 gust to October. Half hardy annual; about two feet high. 

 Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grown large, long stemmed flow- 

 ers, in many beautiful shades and markings. Oz. 50c. .Pkt. 5c. 

 Large Flowering Mixed. A mixture of improved dwarf, very 

 large flowering sorts, more compact than ordinary varieties 

 and with much larger, more richly colored flowers. . Pkt. 10c. 



f^ V • {Flowering Sage) Avaongthe most hriUiantly 

 ^^^^1— ya^ colored of garden flowers and extremely 

 t. J rt.1 W In. useful for bedding; also valuahle for pot 

 ^^^^ ^^ culture and cutting. Blooms are borne in 



long spikes well above the foliage and are of flery red, crimson 

 or blue, continuing in flower a long time. The densely filled 

 flower spikes are often eight to ten inches long and include 

 thirty or more tube-like florets, one to two inches in length. 

 Start early in heat and transplant into light soil one to two 

 feet apart; or seed can be sown outdoors after danger from 

 frost is past. Tender perennial, but blooms the first season; 

 height one and one-half to three feet. 



Splendens. Sold also as "Splendens Bonfire." The large, 

 brilliant scarlet flowers are in very striking contrast with the 

 rich, dark green background of dense foliage. This variety is 

 most generally used in parks and on extensive lawns, as it is 

 r-i-ie vigorous than the dwarf varieties. One of the most 

 •iis!,inct and effective bedding plants. Two and one-half to 



, .i.Cf feet high. Oz. S2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



■".iisoti. One of the finest blue flowers known : not as well suited 

 L... bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but very attrac- 

 t''-e in the mixed border or in the greenhouse. Height of 



plant, about one and one-half to two feet Pkt. 1 5c. 



Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered 

 Udder different names claiming they are larger flowered or 

 aioro floriferous than the old type. We have found none 

 Uiore valuable than this strain in which the plant is more 

 imiformly dwarf, and conies into bloom earlier than most 

 sorts and remains covered with brilliant red flower spikes 



a remarkably long time. About two feet high Pkt. 1 Oc. 



SCABIQSA— {See Mourning Bride) SCARLET FLAX— {See Linum ) 



Salpiglossis 



QoVii-^onfl-kiic Retusus trimaculatus. Also known as 

 OCIll^dnUlUb Butterfly Flower or Poor Man's Orchid. 

 Dainty compact branching plants with finely cut foliage, 

 covered when in bloom with clusters or spikes of brilliantly 

 colored butterfly -like flowers. Valuable for garden decoration 

 or pot culture. Petals bright yellow with margins and tube of 

 purple-rose, shading from lighter to darker shades. 



The seed may be sown outdoors after danger of frost is 

 past, where the plants are to remain; or start inside and trans- 

 plant when weather is suitable. Hardy annual; about twenty 



inches high Pkt. 15c. 



SENSITIVE PLANT — (See Mimosa Pudica) 



Cf '^ {Myrsiphylhtm asparagoides) No t'nining 



j5n[Hl3.X pi'*"* ™ cultivation surpasses this in graceful 

 "'** **''^ beauty of foliage. Indispensable to florists 

 for table and house decoration. The hard texture of its small 

 glossy green leaves permits the long delicate spraj-s of foliage 

 to be kept without wilting several days after being cut. 



Planted in spring it makes a fine pot plant for fall and 

 winter. The seed germinates very slowly. The process may 

 be hastened somewhat by soaking the seed in hot water for 

 ten hours before planting, but even then it is often six or 

 eight weeks before the plants make their appearance. Tender 

 perennial climber, ten feet high. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



{Antirrhinum) This 

 well known old border 

 and bedding plant of 

 _ long blooming season 



is now one of the best perennials suitable for flowering as an 

 annual. The long showv spikes of curiously shaped tubular 

 flowers with irregular spreading lobes and finely marked 

 throats are fragrant as well as brilliantly colored. They are 

 very desirable for cutting as the spikes of bloom are borne 

 well above the dark glossy leaves and keep fresh a long 

 time. (See colored plate opposite) 



For blooms the first season outdoors, sow seed very early 

 under glass and transplant to open border as soon as the 

 ground is warm and dry, in rich loamy soil in a simny situation, 

 setting one foot apart each way and giving them plenty of 

 water; or sow seed in August or September and cover plants 

 with a mulch on approach of cold weather. These fall-sown 

 plants may be transplanted into pots and flowered in the house, 

 and in this" case give them the same temperature and treatment 

 as geraniums and carnations. Tender perennial, often tieated 

 as annual or biennial; one and one-half to two feet high. 



Majus album. Pure white, light yellow throat Pkt. 5c. 



Majus brilliant. Crimson and yellow, throat white " 5c. 



Majus Delila. Reddish-violet, white throat " 5c. 



Fine Mixed. Includes all of the best colors. Oz. 35c... " 5c. 



Snapdragon 



