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D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



£^ 1 (Mathiola) Sometimes called Gilliflower. Consid- 



^^^^t^« \y ered almost indispensable where a fine display of 

 a/jl l_lf. jC flowers is wanted and pai ticularly valued for edg- 

 ings, bedding and pot culture The improved 

 varieties we 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 pro- 

 duced on stems of good length in pleasing contrast with the dark 

 green foliage of the bushy plants. Each of the two types is of long 

 flowering period and if the earlier ones are started indoors, a pro- 

 fusion of fragrant and pleasing flowers is afforded for the entire 

 season. 



Sow outdoors early in spring, using well fertilized, carefully pul- 

 verized soil and cover seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly 

 pressed down. Make the rows fifteen inches apart; thin to six inches 

 apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and transplant. Height of 

 plants, one to one and one-half feet. 



Mammoth Beauty of Nice 



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 1 ' and Victoria Stocks. 



Crimson Pkt. 1 Oc. 



Deep Blue ,-. " 10c. 



Rose " 10c. 



Rosy Lilac *' 1 Oc. 



White " 1 Oc. 



Yellow " 10c. 



Beauty of Nice Mixed. Includes shades of white, old rose, blood- 

 red, purple and violet. Oz. $2.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Ten Weeks (Large Flowering) 



This favorite halt-hardy summer blooming annual hasdeliciously 

 fragrant flowers and is very desirable for cutting. 



Sunflower, Stella 



Stock, Double Ten Weeks 



Double Ten Weeks, Blood Red Pkt. 10c. 



Bright Pink " 10c. 



" Purple " 10c. 



White " 10c. 



" Mixed (Levkojen) Shades of white, 

 red, purple, lavender and maroon. Oz. $1.00.Pkt. 10c. 

 STRAW FLOWER— (See Helichrysum and Rhodanthe) 



£% /•« (HelianthusJ These 



^^1 ««*%#- I /MirAW* stately, old-fashioned 

 i JlJ lUWCl flow ers with the newer 



"^ **»»»• * w » w v ~ 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 sup- 

 plied with moisture and not shaded by trees or build- 

 ings. Sow r 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 young plants are 

 about four inches high, thin one-half to two feet apart 

 to secure the best development. 



Red and Gold. (Gaillardia Flowered) A new and very 

 desirable strain of sunflower producing large single 

 flowers which vary in color from deep golden yellow 

 to dull coppery red. Many of the flowers have'petals 

 marked like those of Gaillardia. The plants are tall 

 and vigorous growing averaging five to seven feet. 



(See colored plate, page 5) Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. The most attrac- 

 tive of the very double sunflow ers. Plant tall, growing 

 seven feet high and blooming profusely all summer. 

 Flowers very large, often eight to ten inches across, 

 very double, with long fringed petals and resemble 

 chrysanthemums. The color is a splendid, rich, golden- 

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

 Globosus Fistulosus (Globe, or Dahlia Sunflower) This 

 desirable variety produces very large, globular ex- 

 ceedingly double flowers, often six to eight inches in 

 diameter and of bright yellow color. Petals quilled. 

 The plants are usually about five feet high. Oz. 20c. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Stella. The plant of this fine Miniature (cueumerifolhis) 

 variety is spreading with 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 produced in abundance throughout a 



long season. Oz. 25c .„,,„, ,,,,,,, .Pkt. IQd 



SWEET ROCKET— (See Racket) 



