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



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^f m (Mathiola) Sometimes called Gilliflo'^ver. 



^^i __^ __ 1 Considered almost indispensable where 



^ I M 'WK * l^ a fine display of flowers is wanted and 

 y _r fc^^^^im particularly Valued for edgings, bedding 

 and pot culture. The improved varieties 

 we offer of this favorite garden plant produce dense spikes of 

 very fragrant and beautiful rosette-like double flowers in a 

 wide range of attractive colors. They are suitable for cutting, 

 being produced on stems of good length in pleasing contrast 

 with the dark green foliage of the bushy plants. Each of the 

 four types is of long flowering period, and if the earlier ones 

 are started indoors, a profusion of fragrant and pleasing 

 flowers is afforded for the entire season. 



Sow outdoors early in spring, using well fertilized, carefully 

 pulverized soil and cover seed with one-fourth inch of flne 

 soil firmly pressed down. Make the rows tifteen inches apart; 

 thin to six inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and 

 transplant. Height of plants, one to one and one-half feet. 



Early Flowering Bronipton 



A decidedly superior annual strain with the splendid foliage 

 and bloom of the older type but flowering with the German 

 Ten Weeks and decidedly superior in length of stem and size 

 of flower spike. This group is also called Beauty Stocks. 



Belle of Naples. Old rose or light purplish rose Pkt. 15c. 



Camaldoli. Dark violet or light purplish red " 1 5c. 



Snow White " 10c. 



Vesuvius. Blood-red or deep purplish red " 15c. 



Mixed. Includes shades of white, old rose, blood-red, purple 

 and violet. Oz. .63.00 , Pkl. 5c. 



Double German Ten Weeks (Large Flowering) 



This favorite half-hardy summer blooming annual has de- 

 liciously fragrant flowers and is very desirable for cutting. 

 Double German Ten Weeks, Mixed iLevkojeni Shades of 



white, red, purple, lavender and maroon. Oz. §1.00. . .Pkt. 5c. 

 Double German Ten Weeks, Pure White. Very useful for floral 



work and bouquets. Oz. §2.73 Pkt. 10c. 



Intermediate or Autumnal Stocks 



Sown at the same time as the Ten Weeks. vriW succeed them 

 in bloom, thus affording flowers continuously until late in the 

 fall. Flowers larger, on longer, bolder spikes. For indoor 

 blooming, if sown in pots late in summer the plants will bloom 

 the following spring. 



Intermediate White. -Pkt. 15c. Intermediate Scarlet. .Pkt. 15c. 



BroEnpton and Emperor Stocks 



These requii-e a longer time than the Intermediate to grow 



and cannot endure our winters unless protected. 



Brompton Mixed. Bushy plants flowering in the fall outdoors 



if started in hotbed eai-iy in spring and transplanted, or 



blooming well in winter from seed sown outdoors in summer 



if plants" are taken up in the fall and given cool airy quarters 



indoors:half hardy biennial. Oz. $i.W Pkt. 10c. 



Emperor, or Perpetual Mixed. Fine spikes of bloom, rich and 

 attractive. It will live several years outdoors if protected 

 from frost. Sow in spring for fall and winter flowers indoors: 

 sow in midsummer for spring blooming. Tender perennial. 



Oz. $5.00 Pkt. 10c. 



STRAW FLOWER— I Set Helichrysum and Rhochinthe) 



SToch, E--ARLY Flowering Brompton 



{Helianthus) 

 These stately.old 

 fashioned flow- 

 wit h the 



Sunflower. Double Chrysanthemum Flowered 



Sunflower 



ne-wer improved varieties are coming into special 

 favor as a background for lawns and in front of 

 high fences. Valuable also as a screen to hide 

 unsightly places and sometimes used to mitigate 

 the evil of adjacent swamp holes. Their very 

 tall dense growth and bright yellow disc-like 

 flowers of very large size and long blooming 

 period make them one of the most deserving 

 and useful of hardy annuals. 



Sunflowers grow readily in almost any soil but 

 do best on light, rich limestone or alluvial land 

 ivell supplied with moisture and not shaded by 

 trees or buildings. Sow seed outdoors in spring 

 after danger of frost is over, preferably in weU 

 pulverized soil either broadcast or in rows two to 

 three feet apart and cover about one-half inch deep. 

 When about four inches liigh, thin one and one- 

 half to two feet apart to secvu-e best development. 

 Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. The most at- 

 tractive of the very double sunflowers. Plant 

 tall, growing seven feet high and blooming pro- 

 fusely aU suhimer. Flowers very large, often eight 

 to ten inches across, very double, with long 

 fringed petals and resemljle chrysanthemtmis. 

 The color is a splendid, rich. golden-yeUow, free 



from any black center. Oz. 25c Pkt. 5c. 



Globosus Fistulosus {Globe, or Dahlia Sunflotcer) 

 This variety produces very large, exceedingly 

 double flowers, often six to eight inches in diam- 

 eter and of bright yellow color. The plants are 



about five feet nigh. Oz. 15c Pkt. 5c. 



Stella. The plant of this fine variety is spreading, 

 ^vith many branches and attains a height of 

 about three feet. The flov.-ers are about three 

 inches in diameter and are of an unusually pure 

 golden yellow with black discs or centers, and 

 are borne on long stems well above the foliage. 

 Early blooming and produced in abundance 



throughout a long season. Oz. 30c Pkt. 5c. 



SWEET ROCKET— (See Rocket) 



