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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



BABY'S BREATH— {See Gypsophila) BACHELOR'S BUTTON— ('S'ee Centaurea) 



Balloon Vine 



{Cardiospemiuvi halicacabum) A favorite with children, being remarkable for its inflated n-eni- 

 branous capsules containing the seed. It is sometimes called "Love-in-a-Puff/' A rapid and graceful 

 climber. Flowers small, white. The round black seed is marked with a white heart-shaped spot. Sow seed outdoors in 

 open ground early in spring and give the plant some support to run upon. Tender annual; six feet high. Oz. '-^5e. . .Pkt. 10c. 



Balsam 



(Impatiens Balsatyiina) Known also as Lady 

 Slipper. The brilliantly colored, double rose-like 

 tlowers of this well-known border and bedding 

 annual are thickly set along the branches of the 

 erect bushy plants. The dainty individual tlowers. often two inches across, 

 are borne on very short stems and when cut they show to best advantage 

 floating in a dish of water. The colors range from white to dark purple, 

 and are either self colored or spotted and striped. 



Balsams are tender and should be started in boxes indoors or in the 

 open ground when danger of frost is past. The plants prefer a rich, moist 

 or even wet sandy loam, and must not suffer for moisture. They do best 

 if allowed eighteen inches apart each way in a sunny situation. Larger 

 and more double flowers will be obtained' if some of the young shoots are 

 cut out wlien quite small, or by transplanting two or three times. Hardy 

 annual; one to two feet high. 



Double or Camellia Flowered 



Pure White. Well adapted for florists' use and for bouquets, very 



double. Oz. 75c Pkt. 10c. 



Dark Red. {Atrosanguinea plenissima) Very double, dark red blossoms 



. . Pkt. 10c. 



Solferino. Flowers satiny white, streaked and spotted ^.ith crirasrm 



and lilac. Oz. 75c Pkt. 10c. 



Extra Fine Mixed. Striped and blotched sorts of various colors. < )z. 



75c Pkt. 10c. 



Tall Mixed. About two feet high. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



Dwarf Mixed. About one foot high. Oz. 60c " 10c. 



BEANS — (See Scarlet Runner Beans) 



Begonia 



Very desirable for pot culture or for bedding 

 out in partially shaded locations. Suitable 

 also for window boxes. Some varieties are 

 grown for their foliage, but most sorts when 

 given proper care pi'oduce abundantly large clusters of brilliantly 

 beautiful wax-like flowers of fine form and substance. 



Sow seed in March in shallow boxes or small pots plunged in moss. 

 Begonia seed is extremely small and great care should be taken in open- 

 ing the pa --ket and planting. Open the packet directly over the surface 

 to prevent any seed being lost. The surface of the soil shordd be very 

 smooth and the seed carefully scattered on the surface and lightly 

 press ^d in. The moss should be kept quite damp, but- the surface of the 

 soil should not be watered. Moisture can be retained in the soil by 

 placing a glass over the box or pots. When the plants are large 

 enough to handle, transplant into small pots, and to larger sized pots 

 as required. For winter or spring blooming, sow from August t > 

 September. For outdoor bedding, select a shady moist situation, 

 making the bed rich with well rotted manure and leaf mold, if obtain- 

 able. The young plants started indoors may be set out when the weather 

 is warm and settled. Water thoroughly every day. Tender perennial, 

 blooming the first year if started early, one foot high. 



Tuberous Rooted Begonias 



The tuberous rooted varieties, if planted early in a temperature of 

 sixty to seventy degrees, will with proper care give an abundance of 

 bloom the first year. At the end of the season they may be dried olf by 

 withholding water, the tubers kept in a dry place free from frost and 

 planted the following spring, when they will bloom more freely than 

 before. 



Single Mixed. The seed we offer will produce the finest single flowers 

 in various shades ranging from white to deep red Pkt. 25c. 



Double Mixed. The largest and best double or semi-double flowers, in- 

 cluding shades of pink, red, scarlet and light yellow Pkt. 35c. 



Fibrous Rooted Begonias 



The Semperfloi-ens varieties of fibrous rooted Begonias are exceptionally desirable for edgings or border plants. They 

 succeed equally well in either sunny or partly shaded locations and flower continuously from early summer until fall. They are 

 also very attractive as pot plants for winter flowering indoors. 



Vernon ( Semper florens atroynirpurea) Flowers brilliant, rich red, set off perfectly by the abundant, glossy green leaves, which 

 are broadly margined with bronze and purple. Hardy and floriferous; the best of the semperflorens class Pkt. 15c. 



Semperflorens alba. Avery useful variety, well adapted for house or outdoor culture. Plants of compact dwarf hnbit, and 

 under proper treatment almost continuous bloomers. Easily grown; flowers very attractive blush white Pkt. 15c. 



Semperflorens rosea. Like Semperflorens alba, except that flowers are rose colored " 15c. 



BELLIS— (-See Daisy) 



RlP'riritlirl f^Arlir^ATlQ ^Tecoma radicans. Trumpet Vine) One of the most showy, certainly one of the best 

 *^*0***^***** *xa.vll\^<*Ho hardy, deciduous flowering climbers for covering verandas, arbors, trunks of trees, ol<l 

 walls, etc. Vines should be modt-rately pruned and well trained so as to afford a good circulation of air, thus insuring more 

 and better bloom. The flowers produced in clusters are trunipet shaped, two to thiee inches long and of orange red coloi. 

 The foliage is very attractive and niuisually free fi'om insects. It not only is one of the best chmbers, but planted on the 

 lawn makes a pretry bush of drooping habit, if the tops a'-e cut back. Sow seed in well prepared beds, either in autumn (v 

 very early in spring, in drills, and keep free from weeds. Hardy perennial, often growing thirty feet Pkt. 10c. 



BUTTERFLY FLOWER— (''?<'e Schiznnthus) 



