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FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH 



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Gypsophila 



Helichrysum 



Heliotrope 



Delicate, free-flowering plants covered with star-shaped flowers, valuable for mist-like effects and as 

 trimming in bouquets; also for hanging baskets or edgings. Sometimes called Baby's Breath. Will 



tlirive in almost any well prepared ground but does best on a limestone soil. Make handsome specimens dried. 



Elegans Large Flowering Pure White. An improved large flowering strain, superior to the common Elegans not only in size 

 of flowers but also in color. Oz. a5c Plct, lOc. 



Elegans Mixed. Very small, delicate white and rose-pink flowers, liardy annual; one foot high. Oz. 2.-)C " ' 10c' 



Muralis. Charming, easily grown border plants having very small pink flowers. Hardy annual; six inches high " lOc. 



HEDYSARUM— (See French Honejjsuckle) HEUANTHDS— (See Sunflower) 



(Everlasting) Sometimes called Straw Flower. Large full, double daisy-like flower heads with 

 prominent centers and stiff overlapping scales, produced in various shailes of bright yellow and 

 scarlet on stems of good length. Desirable as dried specimens and for use in making winter bouquets. For this purpose the 

 flowers should be gathered when on the point of expanding. 



Sow early in spring; thin to oue foot apart each way. Hardy annual; two to two and one-half feet high. 



Monstrosum, fl. pi., mixed. Largest double flowers. Oz. 40c Pkt. 10c. 



Well-known and much admired border and bedding plants, highly valued for the blue color and 

 fragrance of their branching clusters of small salver-shaped flowers. 



Sow the seed early in spring, in mellow soil indoors, and when plants are one to two inches 

 high, prick out into pots. Transplant to place when three to four inches high. Will live outdoors through the winter in aw^arm 

 chmate. Desirable also as a pot-plant for indoor blooming from fall sown seed. Half hardy perennial; one and one half to 

 two feet high. 



Anna Turrell. Violet-blue Pkt. 10c. Regal. Flower heads of many shades Pkt. 10c. 



King of the Blacks. Deep purple, almost black " 10c. Dark Varieties Mixed. Very choice. Oz. ^1.25 " 10c. 



HESPERIS MATRONALIS— (See Rocket) 



Hlbl^Cll^ i\^rI*lC8.IllJ^ ^ vigorous branching plant, of easy culture, with pretty foliage and large, light yellow 



* ***^**'*^***' ^^»» *^i*«***vto or cream-colored blossoms, dark purple in the center. The flowers are exceedingly 



showy, saucer-shaped, often two to three inches across. The seed should be planted early, and the plants should be thinned 



to one foot apart each way. Hardy annual; about two feet high. Oz. 2Uc Pkt. 10c. 



(Althaea rosea) For a background to a flower garden nothing is better than the improved 

 strains we offer of this tall old-fashioned garden perennial. The large, richly colored blossoms 

 about three inches across, ranging from deep yellow and red to pure white, are set as rosettes 

 around the strong growing flower stalks. 

 Sow seed in June or July, in open ground, and in the autumn, transplant to permanent position two to three feet apart. 



All double varieties are hardy perennials; five feet high. 



Early Flowering. Blooms readily the first year from seed sown in spring. A wide 



Hollyhock 



The following summer they will bloom. 



range of colors in large single or semi-double flowers. ^Oz. ^1.25. 



Chater's Finest Mixed. Double perfection 



Double Blood Red. Oz. $1.25. 



Deep Rose. Oz. $1.25 



" Lemon Yellow. Oz. $1.25 



Pink. Oz. $1.25 



" Salmon. Rich salmon color, suffused with pink. Oz. $1.50. . . . 



" Pure White. Our special improved strain. Oz. $1.50. , 



" Choice Mixed. All colors. Oz. $1.00 



Mixed. Oz. 75c 



Ipomoea 



Pkt. 15c. 



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" 15c. 



" 10c. 



HvimiiHiie lanrkni^iie (Japanese Ho])) Hardy annual climber fifteen 



rTUmUlUS japoniCUS to twenty feet high with rough lobed leaves 

 of variegated colors, very rough leaf stems and small flowers. Desirable for 

 covering unsiglitly objects or shading verandas , Pkt. lOc 



|J____» |.l_ R^aari (Dolichos lablab) A fine climber with clusters of purple 



■^ly**^****-'* Oean. or w^hlte flow^ers followed by ornamental seed pods. 



Tender annual; from ten to fifteen feet high. 



Alba. White. Oz. 15c Pkt. 10c. Purpurea. Purple. Oz. 15c. . . . Pkt. 10c. 



Mixed. The above mixed. Oz. 15c " 10c. 



IBERIS— (See Candytuft) 



lr»A> Plarif ( Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) A curious plant for hanging 



'■^^ * IdOl baskets, rock-work, vases and edgings; leaves and stems succu- 

 lent, appearing as though covered with ice crystals. Tender annual trailer; six 



inches high. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Immortelles— (See Acrocllnium, Globe Amaranth, Helichrysum, Rhodaiithe) 



IMPATIENS.BALSAMINA— (See Balsam) 



Beautiful annual outdoor climber of luxuriant growth for 



covering verandas and arbors, or for screening unsightly 



_ objects. Sow preferably in heat and transplant to open 



border; or sow in open border after the ground becomes warm. Soak seed in 



luke-warm water before planting. Tender annual; ten to fifteen feet high. 



Setosa (Brazilian Morning Glory) Very vigorous rapid growing vine with large, 

 three-lobed leaves and stems covered with browTi hair. Flowers open in morn- 

 inp:; salver formed, delicate blue or reddish purple with pink star in center and 

 prcduced in clusters. Seed black, a little larger than Limbata. Oz. 40c. Pkt. 10c. 



Coccinea (Star Ipomoea) Like a Morning Glory but with smaller, rather pointed 

 leaves, and covered with small scarlet, star-shaped flowers. Height cften ten 

 feet. Seedsman, black. Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c. 



Cona Nox (livening Glory) Violet blue flowers, open in the evening; similar to 

 the wliite Moon Flower but not as large; seed as large but darker. Oz. 20c. 

 Pkt. 1 Oc. 



Lirr-bata Mixed. Very large violet or blue flowers with white margins and 

 throats. 1 he leaves are similar to those of Japanese Morning Glory but are 

 less variegated. Seed large, black. Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c. 



Fine Mixed. The four above varieties mixed. Oz. 20c " 10c. 



E?r!y Flowering Sky Blue (Ipomoea grandiflora rubro coerulea) A most desirable, 

 early, free flowering sort, with glossy dark foliage and very large flowers that 

 open with a tinge of carmine-rose and when mature are bright light blue. Pkt. 15c. 



IPOMCEA GRANDIFLORA— (See Ifoo^FZower) 



POMCEA PURPUREA— (See il/or?imgfGZor2/) 



IPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT— (See Cypress Fme) 



JAPANESE HOP— (^See Humul us Japonicus) 



JOSBPH'SCOAT— (See Amaranthus tricolor) 

 (Cot'x lachryma) Cui'ious ornamental grass with broad, corn-like leaves and lustrous slate colored seeds 

 used for beads. Valuable for winter bouquets with everlasting flowers. Plant outdoors early in spring in 

 hills three feet apart, fouror five seeds in a hill, and cover half an inch deep. Hardy annual; three feet high. Oz. 15c. Pkt. 10c. 



(Summer Cypress) A quick growing foliage or hedge plant, very symmetrical and attrac- 

 tive in summer and fall. The foliage is as fine as moss and of clean, bright green color. 

 Early in the fall innumerable little flowers appear and the bush takes on a deep red tinge. Sow outdoors early in spring, cover- 

 ing one fourth inch deep. Make the rows two feet apart and thin eighteen inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and 

 transplant to open ground. Hardy annual; about two and one-half feet high. Oz. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



Hollyhock 



Job's Tears 



Kochia Trichophylla 



