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



Vinca 



{Periwinkle) These very attractive bushy plants with glossy green foliage produce in abundance handsome 

 round or salver shaped single flowers, suitable either for culture in pots or boxes or for summer bedding 

 and borders. If sown early under glass and transplanted in a warm, sheltered situation will bloom in summer 

 and autmnn and may be potted for the house before frost. The plants require no trimming, are in con- 

 tinuous bloom from setting out until frost and are entirely free from the attacks of insects. These desuable features account 

 for the increasing demand for Vincas in parks and private grounds for summer bedding and borders. Tender perennial, 

 blooming the first season, about fifteen inches high. 



Pure White. Beautiful pure white. Oz. 75c Pkt. Sc. 1 Rosea Alba. White with crimson eye. Oz. 75e Pkt.Sc. 



Rosea. Hose with crimson eye; flowers often two inches in cUameter. A very desirable window plant. Oz. 75c " 5c. 



Mixed. The above named varieties mixed. Oz. 75c , " 5c. 



VIOLA TRICOLOR— (See Pansy') 



Vircriiiinn Sff»r'l*' (Cheiranthus maritimus, Malcomia maritima) The plants are of more branching and decidedly 

 V irglOldn kJLUli>K. more open in habit than the common Stock {Mathiola) and are very useful for border or edging. 

 Sow early in spring, or for very early blooming sow in fall or start indoors and transplant. A continual succession of blossoms 

 maybe kept up by sowing at intervals through spring and summer. Hardy annual; about nine inches high. 

 Red and white, mixed. Clusters of beautiful single cruciform flowers ,.- Pkt. 5c. . 



^Tjr 111*1 (Cheirajithus cheiri) An old favorite European garden flower. The long, fragrant terminal 



VW A 1 1 f lO^ir^T* spikes 6{ the Wallflower when properly grown are very conspicuous in beds and borders and are 



' ' »**»«. *vr T» %^A very useful in making bouquets. Sow seed early in liotbed and while plants are small prick 

 them out into pots and sink in the earth. On approach of cold weather remove the pots to the house and the plants will 

 bloom all Avinter. Tender bushy Ijiennial or perennial that will live through the winter in a mQd climate; height of plants about 

 one and one-half feet. j_5 



Early Brown. Brownish-red, fragrant single flowers; large, thick spikes; early. Tender biennial. 'Oz. 25c Pkt. 5c. 



Golden Tonn Thumb. A free flowering variety of dwarf and compact habit. The blossoms are single and of an attractive 



golden yellow color. Tender biennial Pkt. 5c. 



Double Mixed. Deliciously fragrant, perfectly double, and combine many shades of color, the orange, purple and chocolate 



predomiuatiug. Oz. $2.50 , Pkt. 10c. 



\X7J1 J {^ii^iiTYiK**** (Echinocystis lobata) This is a useful climber where a rapid and vigorous growth of vine is desired. 

 W IlCl v^UCUniQcr To cover or to screen an unsightly building, there is perhaps no annual climber better adapted for 

 the purpose. The vine has abundant foliage and is thickly covered with sprays of small white, fragrant flowers, followed by 

 numerous prickly seed pods. Sow late in fall or very early in spring. Usually the plants are produced from year to year by 

 self sown seed. Hardy annual. Oz. 20e; Lb. $1.50 . . » Pkt. 5c. 



Wiefai^isa PVninAneie One of the most beautiful 

 W ISiaria V^ninenSlS and rapid growing of the 

 hardy perennial climbers. AVhen well established in good 

 soil it will often grow fifteen to twenty feet during the 

 season and frequently blooms both in spring and fall. 

 The flowers are very fragrant, single, pale blue, pea- 

 shaped and are borne in long, drooping grape-like clusters, 

 often over a foot in length. Foliage light green, pinnate. 

 The seed should be sown in mellow loam early in the 

 spring, or in greenhouse or hotbed in winter and when 

 plants are one foot high transplanted into permanent 

 situations .Pkt. 20c. 



Zinnia 



T^^ • • Sometimes called Youth and Old 



^ —-^ _-_ _ -^ Age. The well known bush-like 

 ^ I Rl 1^ I^V plants of Zinnias produce a pro- 

 ibn^AA JKA AAld fusion of large double imbricated 

 flowers, usually about two inches 

 across, borne on stiff stems. They are much used for bed- 

 ding and are suitable for borders and for cutting. 



There is much satisfaction in a bed of Zinnias with their 

 twisted and recurved petalled rioners in many bright 

 colors- and when nearly every other flower has been killed 

 by frost this plant is still in full bloom. Few flowers are 

 more easily grown or bloom more abundantly throughout 

 the season, and the wide range of color is not less remark- 

 able than their unusual depth and richness. 



Sow the seed early in spring, in open groimd in good, 

 rich soil, preferably in rows one and one-half feet aparc and 

 covering about one-fourth inch deep. When the young 

 plants are one to two inches high thin to six inclies apart. 

 Start under glass lov earlier blooming. Half hardy annual; 

 tall growing, usually about one and one-half to two feet 

 high. 



Double yellow. Oz. 40c Pkt. 5c. 



" scarlet. Oz. 40c " 5c. 



deep red. Oz. 40c " 5c. 



magenta. Oz. 40c " 5c. 



" orange. Oz. 40c " 5c. 



white. Oz. 40c " 5c. 



" black purple. Oz. 40c " 5c. 



" dark crimson. Oz. 40c " 5c. 



" striped or zebra, n-.ixed. Oz. 00c " Sc. 



Double choice mixed. Includes the above colors; a very 



fine mixture. Oz. 40c; Lb. $4.00 Pkt. 5c. 



Lilliput, double mixed. This strain grows about one foot 

 high and bears a profusion of comparatively small, very 

 double, globular fiowers about one inch in diameter, very 



brilliant in color Pkt. 10c. 



Pompon, double mixed. The globular flowers are fully as 

 varied and brilliant in color as the ordinary Zinnia and 



about half its size. Oz. 40c Pkt. Sc. 



Haageana, double. Dwarf variety with double flowers of a 

 deep orange color, about one and one-quarter inches in 

 diameter; fine for cut flowers; height one foot. . .Pkt. 10c. 

 Mexicana Hybrida, variegated. Distinctive in its well- 

 fonni-d siii^'lc llowors of deep maroon and golden yellow, 

 strikingly CI ■ntra^ti.Ml. l'l.>wers similar to French Legion 

 of Honor Marigold, but are earlier and more easily gro'mi. 

 Hardy annual; one foot high Pkt. 15c, 



