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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Stock 



(Mathiola) Sometimes called Gilliflower. 

 Considered, almost indispensable where a 

 fine display of flowers is wanted and par- 

 ticularly valued for edgings, bedding and 

 pot culture. The improved varieties Ave 

 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 prodiiced 

 on stems of good length in pleasing contrast with the dark g: een 

 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, careful'y 

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

 firmly pressed down. Make the rows fifteen inches apart: thin to 

 six inches apart. For earlier bli.omiug start indoors and trans- 

 plant. Height of plants, one to one and oue-half feet. 



Eau-ly Flowering Brompton 



A decidedly superior, large-flowering annual strain with the 

 splendid foliage and bloom of the older type but flowering with the 

 Ten Weeks and decidedly superior in length of stem and size of 

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

 Nice, "Cut and Come Again" and Victoria Stocks. 



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



Camaldoli. Dark violet or light purplish red " 15c. 



Snow White ( Victoria) = " 10c. 



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



Early Flowering Brompton Mixed. Includes shades of white, 

 okl rose, bluod-red, purple and violet. Oz. ^3.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Ten Weeks (Large Flowering) 



This favorite half-hardy summer blooming annual has de- 

 liciously fragrant flowers and is very desirable for cutting. 

 Double Ten Weeks, Mixed {Levkojen) Shades of w^hite, red. purple, 



lavender and maroon. Oz. SI. 00 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Ten Weeks, Pure White. A'ery useful for floral worlc .-nd 



bouquets. Oz, ^3.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Intermediate or Autumnal Stocks 



Sown at the same time as the Ten Weeks the Intermediate sorts 

 will succeed them in bloom, thus atTordiug flowers continuously 

 until late in the fall. The flowers are larger and are produced 

 on longer, bolder spikes. For indoor blooming, if sown in pots late 

 in summer the i ilants will bloom the following spring. 



Intermediate White Pkt. 15c. 



Scarlet " 15c. 



Winter or Biennial Brompton Stocks 

 These require a longer time than the Intermediate to grow and cannot 

 endure our winters unless protected. 



Brompton Mixed. This mixture of Winter or Biennial Brompton Stocks 

 forms bushy plants flowering in the fall outdoors if started in hotbed 

 early 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 liard^- biennial. Oz. $4.00 pfct^ jq^,^ 



STRAW FLOWER — (See Heliclirysum and Bhodanthe) 



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Stock, Double Ten Weeks 



(Helian thus) 

 These stately, old 

 fashioned flowers 

 with the newer 



Sunflower, Double Chrysanthemum ¥[.o-NZ?.'t.o 



Sunflower 



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 

 well supplied with moisture and not shaded by 

 trees or buddings. Sow the seed outdoors in 

 spring after danger of frost is over, preferably in 

 well pulverized soil either broadcast or in rows 

 two to three feet apart and cover about one-half 

 inch deep. When the joung plants are about four 

 inches high, thin one-half to two feet apart to se- 

 cure the best development. 



Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. The most at- 

 tractive of the very double sunflowers.. Plant 

 taU, growing seven feet high and blooming pro- 

 fusely all summer. Flowers very large, often 

 eight to ten inches across, very double, with 

 long fringed petals and resemble chrysanthe- 

 mums. The color is a splendid, rich, golden-yel- 

 low, free from any black center. Oz. 30c.. Pkt. 10c. 



Globosus Fistulosus {Globe, or Dahlia Sunfloicer) 

 This desii*able variety produces very large, ex- 

 ceedingly double flowers, often six to eight inches 

 in diameter and of bright yellow color. The plants 

 are usually about five feet high. Oz. SOc.Pkt. 10c. 



Stella. The plant of this fine IMiniature (cucunieri- 

 folius) variety is spreading Avith many branches 

 and attains a height of about three feet. The 

 ■ flowers 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 pro- 

 duced in abundance throughout a long season. 

 Oz. 30c.. Pkt. 10c, 



SWEET ROCKET— (S'ee RocTcet) 



