a M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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GARNATIOIN 



iDianthus Caryo- 

 phyllus). 



Carnations are au 

 indispensable feature 

 in every collection of 

 house or conserva- 

 tory plants, as their 

 ^^«V wide range of colors, 

 ,iM perfectly shaped and 

 highly perfumed 

 flowers borne on long 

 stems make them 

 among the verj- best 

 for cut flowers, etc. 

 The plants may 

 be set in the open 

 ground during 

 the summer, 

 where they v^ill 

 flower as profuse- 

 ly as when grown 

 in pots in tlie 

 house. Half hardy peren- 

 nials; one to one and one- 

 half feet high. 



(;;arnation f^ 



Marguerite ' ' 



Among flowers of recent 

 introduction there has not 

 been one which is more of an 

 advance in certain features 

 3ver existing forms of its 

 species than this. The gain 

 m time from the sowing of 

 the seed until the plants be- 

 gin flowering, is simply mar- 

 velous. Seed of this variety 

 will give good flowering 

 plants in four to five months 

 with any sort of care, while 

 the old kinds require at least 

 a year. The flowers are 

 large, double, very fragrant and borne 

 in great abundance. This is an early, 

 continuous bloomer and gives a great 

 variety of colors. Height about 15 

 inches Pkt. lOcts 



CARNATION, Picotee. 



Picotee, Extra Fine Double Mixed, 



... Pkt. 25cts 



Extra Choice Double Mixed, seed 



saved from the choicest French. Ger- 

 r^ raan Italian and English 



"^TK «^<""P- A large proportion wiU 



y?.'-X produce double flowers 



Pkt. Sorts 



Double Mixed, producing 



m-any double flowers of 



ail shades and colors 



Pkt. lOrts 

 Fine DoubJe Selves, ore 



color, open ground seeif. 

 Pkt. lorts 



Fine Double Striped 



Pkt. gorts 

 Double Dwarf Vienna 

 Mixed, earlv flowered. . . 

 ' Pkt. lorts 

 Choicest White Ground, 

 Pkt. Sorts 

 Double Perpetual Flow- 

 ered, seed saved from 

 choicest double flowers 

 Pkt. 25rts 

 Double Red Grenadin, a 



splendid variety for flor- 

 ists, very early, charming 

 double scarlet flowers. 

 Pkt. 25rts 



CASTOR BtAN, Zanzibariensis. 



CARNATION, Early Double Snow White. 



Early Double Snow White (white Grenadiii).— This novelty 

 is more bushy and erect in growth than the Red Grenadin Car- 

 nation and fully as hardy and vigorous. Comes into bloom 

 very early and ahead of the Double Dwarf Vienna. The com- 

 pact plant produces an abundance of wonderfully fragrant 

 pvu-e V. hite double flowers which are fine in bouquets" and wher- 

 ever white flowers are required. Excellent for florists, and 

 should have a prominent place in every garden Pkt. '35rts 



/r^__4.^,^ f\-^^.^_ (Ricinvs^. —Tall majestic 



I JlCTAt^ KP^fl plants for lawns, with leaves 



>^««v^wB K^x^^Jiaa bronzed metallic hue. and 



long spikes of scarlet ami green prickly fruit. Of very ouick 



growth in rich soil. Tender annual ; six to fifteen feet high. 



Sang:uineus (Tricolor), blood red stallcs with red venation in 

 leaves; height about six feet Pkt. ~tcts 



Qiganteus, grows about six feet higli; leaves large and richly 

 veined and marbled Pkt. orts 



Mixed Pkt. orts 



Zanzibariensis, a comparatively new species of wonderfully vig- 

 orous growth. The plants grow from ten to fifteen feet hiirh 

 and the leaves measiu'e about thirty inches aci*oss, and in dif- 

 ferent plants range from bright green with green stems to deey^ 

 bronze with dark red stems, and all having a brilliant luster. 

 We know of no annual plant which is so desirable for conceal- 

 ing unsightly objects or of more imposing Ivauty when staiul- 

 iug alone orin groups ou the lawn. Mixed varivtiei-.Pkt. lOrts 



