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FERRY L GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Pinks 



Phlox Drummondi 



{Large Floivering) Unequalled in the magnificent 

 display of their manj- and brilliantly colored tlowers. 

 The plants are hardy bushlike annuals with many 

 broad flat-topped clusters of nearly round and star- 

 shaped flowers. They are of easiest culture and bloom 

 profusely through a lon-^ season. Especially attrac- 

 tive in masses or ribbon beds of contrasted colors; 

 useful as window-garden plants and very desirable for 

 combining in mixed bouquets. 



Seed is usually sown very early in spring outdoors 

 in rows one foot apart. A sunny situation is desirable. 

 Well pulverized soil, preferably rich and mellow, 

 should be used and the seed, which germinates rather 

 slowly, covered with about one-fourth inch of fine soil 

 firmly pressed down. Thin to four inches apart. 

 For very early blooming, seed may be sown outdoors 

 in fall, or started indoors and transplanted early in 

 April. Hardy annual; one foot high. 

 Alba. Pure white, very desirable. Oz. 90c. .Pkt. 10c. 

 Black Warrior. Very deep maroon. Oz. 90c.. " 10c. 



Isabellina. Creamy yellow. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Kermesina Alba Oculata. Rosy crimson, 



white eye. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Lilac. With white center. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Rosea. Rose, with distinct eye. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Rosy Chamois. Deep salmon-rose. Oz. 90c... " 10c. 



Scarlet. With maroon center. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Splendens. Crimson, pure white eye. Oz. 90c. /' 10c. 

 Violet. Ueep violet-blue, white eye. Oz. 90c. " 10c. 

 Extra Choice Mixed. Best large flowered 



varieties. Our mixture is unexcelled for 



profusion of bloom and wide range of 



brilUant colors. Oz. 75c *' 10c. 



{Dianthus) The Pinks are old- 

 fashioned favorites and as a 

 class are more varied in color 

 than the Carnations but lack 

 their fragrance. Both the 



single and double Pinks are well adapted for bedding 



and borders, and are suitable also for cutting as the 



stems are of good length and the brilliantly colored 



flowers, often one and one-half to two inches across, 



contrast vividly with the rather narrow bright light 



green leaves. 



Seed may be sown in the open ground in spring 



after danger of frost is past, in the place where the 



plants are wanted to bloom. Use well pulverized soil, Phlox Drummondi 



preferably sandy loam. Make the rows one foot to fifteen inches apart and cover the seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil 



firmly pressed down. ^\ hen two mches high, thin six to eight inches apart. Plants compact, bushy, usuallv about one foot 



high. AMien grown for spring blooming, if in a well drained situation and proterted by a light mulch of straw or leaves 



the plants are les^ Ukely to wmter-kill than if iu a moist unprotected part of the garden during the colder months The plants 



thus -wintered over will produce more and better blooms than those of the first season. 



Crimson Belle. Rich, vivid crimson color; flower single, of large size and splendid substance, evenly and finely laciniated .Pkt.lOc. 



Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully marbled and striped with light shades of red upon lighter ground Border of 

 petals finely cut or laciniated ° ° pi ^ ,q 



Royal Pinks (Heddeicigi nobilis) These 

 very large, single flowers afford a wide 

 range of colors. Petals deeply cut and 

 fringed and floAvers in 'splendid shades 

 from blood-red to carmine, pink and even 

 white. Plants dwarf and very free flow- 

 ering Fkt. 10c. 



Heddewig's Single Mixed. A splendid mix- 

 ture of single flowers of the best shades 

 and beautifully marked. Plants dwarf; 

 very free flowering. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful 

 variety easily cultivated; rich, deep red 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Dark Purple. An attractive and 

 particularly useful color in pinks. The 

 flowers are double, of large size, fine form 

 and are suitable for cutting. . .Pkt. 15c. 



Double Diadem Mixed (Heddevig's) Very 

 regular, double, and all tints from crim- 

 son purple to deep black purple. Oz. 90c. 

 Pkt.lOc. 



Double Japan Mixed (Chinensis laCiniatus) 

 The flowers are rich in hue; very double, 

 deep fringed petals. Colors vQ,vy from 

 white to rose, lilac, carmine, crimson, 

 scarlet, purple, brown and almost black, 

 spotted and striped. Oz. 80c.. .Pkt. 10c. 



Double China Mixed (Chinensis)- White 

 and dark crimson selves, also white tip- 

 ped liffht purple and shades of red with 

 darker blotchings. A mixture of double 

 pinks unsurpassed in variety of brilliant 

 coloring and marking. Oz. 40c . . . Pkt. 5c. 



Snowdrift. Clear white, double and fully 



as large as the popular Marguerite 



Pinks Carnation; desirable for cutting. Pkt. 15c. 



