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



f*% 1» | /*^1 • |_ (Ipomoea quamoclit hydrida 



\-j\ rCtin^l V-^lllin D61* a warm , sunn y situation will attain a height of twenty feet in a season. The flowers 



Castor Bean 



Celosia | 



A rapid growing annual climber which if planted in 

 ain a height of twenty feet in a season. The flowers 

 resemble those of Cypress Vine but are larger and more showy. The foliage is 

 quite d^nse and the leaves laciniated. 



Seed is usually sown outdoors early in spring in the row where the plants are to remain. Cover seed one-half inch deep. 

 Germination will be hastened if the soil is warm and kept in moist condition. Thin the young plants six to eight inches apart. 



If very early blooming is desired, seed should be started indoors. Oz. 80c Pkt. 10c. 



CARPET OF SNOW— (See Alyssum) 



(Ricinus) Tall majestic plants for lawns or driveways; with broad, beautifully lobed, palm- 

 like leaves of gl >ssy green, brown or bronzed metallic hue and long spikes of scarlet, or of green, 

 prickly seed pods. Makes a rapid, vigorous growth in rich soil. Sow seed outdoors after danger 

 from frost is over, preferably in light rich soil, or for earlier blooms start indoors and transplant. For best development each 

 plant should have at least four feet each way. Its rich, luxuriant growth makes it very attractive for a long distance either 

 grown singly or in groups, or as center plants with Cannas, Dahlias, etc., giving a semi-tropical effect. Seed beautifully 

 -striped or mottled. Tender annual; six to fifteen feet high. 

 Zanzibariensis. Wonderfully vigorous, from ten to fifteen feet high. Leaves have a brilliant luster, measuring about thirty inches 



across, ranging in color from bright green to deep bronze. Seed very large, oval. Mixed Varieties. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Sanguineus. (Tricolor) Blood red stalks with red venation in leaves; height about six feet. Oz. 25c " 10c. 



Mixed. A desirable mixture of all the named varieties. Oz. 25c " 10c. 



An odd and picturesque class of plants having colored foliage and in which the innumerable small 

 flowers and seed vessels together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, sometimes 



r gracefully arranged like plumes and sometimes more dense, being corrugated and frilled at the edge 

 ike a cock's comb. They form the gayest possible decoration in beds and borders, retaining their 

 brilliant coloring often from midsummer until frost. The red Cristata sorts are sometimes cut before fully ripe and dried in 

 the house for winter bouquets. 



Seed may be sown outdoors as early in spring as ground is warm and dry, using if possible light, rich, well pulverized soil, 

 and giving plenty of moisture. For larger and more beautiful plumes start the seed very early indoors and transplant to 

 place when weather is settled. Also adapted for growing in pots in greenhouse and conservatory. Half hardy annuals. 



Tall Feathered Varieties 

 Childsi Crimson (Chinese Woolflower). Plants about two and 



one-half feet high, branch freely and produce large, glob- 

 ular, purplish crimson flowers which resemble a ball of 



brilliantly colored wool. Oz. $2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Childsi Yellow (Chinese Wool flower). Of the same general 



form as the Childsi Crimson, but flowers are a very light 



canary yellow color Pkt. 10c. 



Golden Plume (plumosa). Produces an abundance of grace- 

 ful feather-like plumes of light golden yellow. Height two 



to three feet Pkt. 10c. 



Triumph of the Exposition (plumosa). Plant of pyramidal 



form, bearing many exceedingly graceful, feather-like 



spikes of intensely brilliant crimson color. Height two to 



three feet Pkt. 1 Oc. 



Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. Plants pyramidal, branching, 



two or more feet high, covered with lontr. brilliantly colored 



and gracefully formed plumes in red. yellow or violet. An 



excellent mixture of plumosa or feathered celosias. Oz. 



50c Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Cockscomb Varieties ( Celosia Cristata ) 

 Giant Empress. This beautiful dwarf plant has bronze 



leaves and forms very large crimson combs. Height about 



one foot Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Rose. One foot high; large rose-colored combs. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Yellow. Large yellow combs. Height one foot. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Glasgow Prize (President Thiers). Plant resembles a very 



large comb, densely corrugated; brilliant, deep purplish 



red. Foliage dark, not abundant; ten to twelve inches. 



Oz. SI. 25 Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf growing sorts. 



Oz. $1.75 Pkt- 10c. 



These well known flowers are 

 among the most attractive and 

 graceful of the old fashioned 

 garden annuals. They are of easy culture but will amply 

 repay any care or attention given them. 



Sow seed in early spring and transplant to open ground 

 or sow in open ground as soon as the weather is warm and 

 settled. Cover seed about one-fourth inch deep; thin to three 

 or four inches apart. Fine for bedding or borders. The 

 young plants are very sensitive to wet, and care should be 

 taken to prevent water standing on the leaves. 



Cyanus ( Bachelor's Button, Corn Flower) 

 Also known as "blue bottle" and "ragged sailor." If seed 

 is sown as early in the spring as the ground is fit they will 

 produce a profusion of flowers of attractive colors from July 

 until late in the fall. The flowers should be kept picked so 

 as to prevent the plants exhausting themselves by seeding. 



Cyanus Single Mixed. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Blue. Oz. 5°c " 10c. 



Rose. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



White. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



Mixed. Oz. 30c " 10c. 



Imperialis (Sweet Sultan) 

 This class produces large, very double, finely laciniated flowers of graceful form and delicious fragrance. They are very 

 desirable for cut flowers and will often last for over a week when placed in water. They should be cut before the blossoms are 

 fully opened. 



Imperialis Lavender. Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 10c. Imperialis White. Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Purple. Oz. $1.00 " 10c. " Mixed. Oz. 90c 10c. 



Rose. Oz. $1.00 " 10c. Suaveolens (Yellow Sweet Sultan). Oz. $1.00 10c. 



Variety Cultivated for Foliage 



Seed should be sown under glass and the young plants grown in pots or boxes until settled warm weather, when they may 



be set about one foot apart where wanted for borders or bedding. In southern latitudes seed may also be sown outdoors in fall. 



Gymnocarpa. This is also called Dusty Miller. Valuable because of its finely cut silvery gray foliage and graceful drooping 



habit of growth. Half hardy perennial: one and one-half to two feet high, Oz, 90c. , , , . , ,,,...,, Pkt. 10c 



Centaurea 



Centaurea Imperialis 



