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D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



•^ I (Cucurbita) A very extensive genus of 



\ m011W*fl trailing annuals with curiously shaped 

 ^^^* *•** v * yellow fruit, commonly known as Orna- 

 mental Gourds. The vines are of easy culture and make a 

 rapid growth, so are much used for covering old fences, 

 trellises, stumps, etc. The foliage is ornamental, and the 

 markings of some of the fruit extraordinary. 



Do not plant the seed till danger of frost is over, and 

 select light, rich soil and a sunny situation. Water freely. 

 Tender annual; ten to twenty feet high. 



Apple Shaped. The fruits are early, nearly round, yellow, 



sometimes striped. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Bottle. This produces handsome, curious, bottle-shaped 



fruits. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Corsican. Smooth, turban-shaped fruit. Oz. 25c... " 10c. 

 Calabash. Fruits used in the making of calabash pipes. 



Oz. 2jo Pkt. 10c. 



Dish Cloth. Long, green, corrugated fruit, the inside 



fibrous mass of which, when shell and seeds are removed, 



makes an excellent sponge. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Hercules' Club. Distinctly club-shaped, the longest of all 



the varieties. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Japanese Nest Egg. Used as nest eggs; fruits are white, 



do not crack and are not injured by heat or cold. 



Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Orange. Also known as Mock Orange. Nearly round, 



orange-colored. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Pear Shaped, Ringed. Green and yellow, beautiful bi-col- 



ored fruit, upper half yellow, lower half green. Oz. 25c. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Powder Horn. In the form of a powder horn. Oz. 2"c, 



Pkt. 10c. 



Siphon or Dipper. Useful for dippers; fruits long, bottle 



shaped, wkIi straight or slightly crooked neck. Oz. 25c. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Mixed. Oz. 20c " 10c. 



Gypsophila 



Delicate, free-flowering plants cov- 

 ered with star-shaped flowers, 

 valuable for mist-like effects and as trimming in bouquets; 

 als > for hanging baskets or edgings. Sometimes called 

 Baby's Breath. Will thrive in almost any well prepared 

 ground but does best on a limestone soil. Make hand- 

 some specimens dried. 



Elegans Large Flowering Pure White. An improved large 



Gourds 

 flowering strain, superior to the common Elegans not only in size of 

 flow r ers but also in color. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Elegans Mixed. Very small, delicate white and rose-pink 

 flowers. Hardy annual; one foot high. Oz. 25c. Pkt. 10c. 



Muralis. Charming, easily grown border plants having 

 very small pink flowers. Hardy annual; six inches 

 high Pkt. 10c. 



Paniculata Double White. A new double type of hardy 

 gypsophila. Very desirable either for cutting or for 

 garden decoration. Largely used by florists for combining 

 with heavier flowers in mixed bouquets. Hardy perennial 

 but will bloom the first year from early sown seed. Plants 

 two to three feet high Pkt. 10c. 



HEDYSARUM— (See French Honeysuckle) 



HELIANTHUS— (See Sunflower) 



Helichrysum 



(Everlasting) Sometimes called 

 Straw Flower. Large full, double 

 daisy-like flower heads with prominent centers and stiff 

 overlapping scales, produced in various shades 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 eai-ly in spring; thin to one foot apart each way. 

 Hardy annual; two to two and one-half feet high. 

 Monstrosum, fl. pi., mixed. Largest double flowers. Oz. 

 40c Pkt. 1 Oc. 



Heliotrope 



Well-known and much admired 

 border and bedding plants, high- 

 ly valued for the blue color 

 heir branching clusters of small salver- 



(H&tlCHRYSUM 



and fragrance of 

 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 a warm 

 climate. Desirable also f\s a pot-plant for indoor blooming 

 from fall sown seed. Half hardy perennial; one and one- 

 half to two feet high. 



Madame Bruant. Violet-blue, white eye Pkt. 10c. 



King of the Blacks. Deep purple, almost black. " 10c. 



Regal. Flower heads of many shades *' 10c. 



Dark Varieties Mixed, Very choice, Oz. $1.25, " 10c. 



