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D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Kochia Childsi 



(Summer Cypress) A quick growing 

 foliage or hedge plant, very sym- 

 metrical and attraciive 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, covering 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. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



LATHYRUS LATIFOUUS— (See Peas, Everlasting) 



LATHYRUS ODORATUS— (See Sweet Peas) 



I Ara4'Sft'ri£ft The plants form small shrubs, producing in 

 I^COlLdfifiCl late summer and autumn heliotrope-like 

 clusters of single, fragrant flowers that change color. Succeed- 

 ed by green berries that turn to a deep blue. Start under glass 

 and transplant, when danger of frost is over. May also be 

 grown in pots. Tender perennial; about two feet high. 

 Finest French Hybrids mixed. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Larkspur H 



(Delphinium) The Larkspur with its 

 long" clustered spikes of beautiful 

 •regular flowers, often with long 

 spurs, is especially valuable for its shades of blue. The 

 annual forms are very desirable for bedding and the peren- 

 nials are strikingly effective as a background for borders and 

 for planting among shrubbery. Seed of annual varieties may 

 be sown outdoors early in spring. For earlier blooming start 

 very early indoors or sow in fall. Thin one to one and. one- 

 half feet apart. The perennial sorts are sown in fall or early 

 in spring. 



Annual Varieties 



Double Tall Stock Flowered Dark Blue. Oz 50c. . .Pkt. 10c. 

 Lustrous Carmine. Oz.GOc. " 10c. 



Shell Pink. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



Sky Blue. Oz. 5Cc " 10c. 



White. Oz. 50c... " 10c. 



Double Tall Stock Flowered Mixed. Flowers double, borne on 

 spikes about flfteen inches long. Colors rose, white and 

 shades of blue. Hardy annual: two feet high. Oz. 40c. Pkt. 10c. 



Perennial Varieties 



Belladonna. Graceful open spikes with large flowers of light 

 turquoise blue color. Hardy perennial, two to three feet high 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Bellamosum. Of the same form as Belladonna but with intense 

 rich, deep blue flowers. Hardy perennial, two to three feet 

 high Pkt. 10c. 



Elatum (Bee Larkspur) Flowers blue with hairy petals in the 

 center giving them a fancied resemblance to a bee. Hardy 

 perennial; three to five feet high ....... .Pkt. 10c. 



Formosum. Flowers large, deep blue shaded indigo, small 

 white center. Hardy perennial; three to five feet high; long 

 blooming season pkt. 10c. 



Hybrid Large Flowering Mixed. Single, semi-double and double 

 in attractive shades of lavender, blue ana purple. The plants 

 are tall growing and are most desirable as a background for 

 lower growing flowers or for planting in clumps in the open 

 border. Oz. $3.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Perennial Larkspur 



I IFfelim Grandiflorum Rubrum ' (Scarlet Flax) An attractive free-flowering bedding plant with slender foliage and 

 j-*i&&£U££A bearing on delicate stems clusters of glossy bright red single flowers, saucer-shaped, with black center. If 

 sown in hotbed and transplanted into good, rich soil, one foot apart, the period of flowering will be much advanced but the 

 seed can be sown in the open ground after the weather is warm Hardy rnnual; about one and one-half feet high. 

 Oz. 25c ' .... Pkt. 10c. 



1 • The four dwarf ( Erinus) sorts are charming plants, well adapted for bedding, pots or rockeries. They 



i-jOO&RlD. m;,ke a neat edging for beds of white flowers and are very effective in masses, being covered with flowers 

 ^^ ** a long time. The flowers are usually blue with lighter center and are borne in neat clusters, each 



irregularly lobed flower being about five-eighths inch across. 



Seed may be sown outdoors after danger of frost is over; or start the plants in pots in greenhouse or hotbed, early in spring 

 and transplant in May to place outdoors. Half hardy annual; usually about six inches high. 



True Blue. A very fine, erect and compact variety with clear intensely blue flowers. Oz. $2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Queen of Whites. A neat little plant, very dwarf, with many pure white flowers; useful for borders " 10c. 



Crystal Palace. (Speciosa) An exceptionally graceful sort having bright deep blue flowers; very dark green foliage. 



Oz. $1.50 f :. Pkt. 10c. 



Gracilis. The flowers are bright blue with small white centers, fine for baskets and vases, trailing gracefully and blooming 



profusely. The plants are slender, six inches high. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



Tenuior (Ramosa) Intensely blue flowers, decidedly larger than the other sorts and with unusually long stems. Very desirable 



for outdoor bedding and cutting. Plants upright growing, about one foot high Pkt. 10c. 



