PINK 



D. M. FERRY & CCyS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



(iDianthus). The Dianthus family furnishes the florist with 

 many of his most beautiful flowers, including the Carna- 

 tion, Sweet William, Florist's, Chinese and Japan Pinks, in 

 all their varieties. Hardy and half hardy biennials and per- 

 ennials, but nearly all blooming the first year from seed. 



Crimson Belle, rich, vivid crimson like color; flowers of extraordinary size and sub- 

 stance, evenly and finely laciniated. One-half hardy biennial, bloom- 

 ing freely the first season Pkt. lOcts 



Eastern Queen, beautifully marbled; the broad bands of rich mauve 

 upon the paler surface of the petals are very striking and pretty. 

 One-half hardy biennial, blooming freely the first season. .Pkt. lOcts 



Double Brilliant Red. This beautiful variety is easily cultivated and 

 its intense brilliant red flowers are very attractive. Very valuable for 

 cut flowers and in bouquets Pkt. lOcts 



Double Florist's (Plumarius Scoticiis, fl. pi.} This is the double form 

 of the common hardy garden pink; hardy perennial Pkt. 25cts 



Double Diadem, very regular, densely double, and of all tints, from 

 crimson - purple to deep black - purple. One-half hardy biennial, 

 blooming freely the first season Pkt. lOcts 



Double Japan, to be properly appreciated, these should be seen; rich 

 in hue, very double, deeply fringed petals— only lacking fragrance to 

 make them perfect. Half haz-dy biennial, blooming freely the first 

 season Pkt. lOcts 



Double China Mixed, a biennial of dwarf habit; flowers the first year, 

 but the bloom is stronger the second Pkt. 5cts 



Heddewig's Double, flowers very large and double, and of various 

 shades of brilliant colors. Half hardy annual Pkt. lOcts 



Heddewig's Single Mixed, flowers deeply fringed or feathered ; one- 

 half hardy annual Pkt. Sets 



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POPPY 



QPapaver) . We 11 known 

 hardy annuals flowering in 

 great profusion throughout 

 the summer. .% 



Double White Fringed, this new sort is one of the finest white flowers -' -^ "" 

 in cultivation. The blooms are from 3 to 4 inches in diameter, per- 

 fectly double and the petals so cut as to make it appear like a ball 

 of silk yarn Pkt. lOcts 



PINK, Double Diadem. 



Cardinal. This is a very large and very double poppy, each petal being so cut as 



to give the blossom the appearance of a large ball of brilliant cardinal colored 



silk It is .certainly one of the finest poppies in cultivation and a worthy 



companion to our Double White Fringed Poppy, which it resembles except 



in color Pkt. lOcts 



Iceland, single mixed. The delicate, fragrant flowers are exceediiig}}- 

 beautiful, and with their long stems are well suited for cutting. TIk' 

 plants are perfectly hardy, easily cultivated, and the lovely whttf . 

 yellow and orange-red flowers are in bloom from early summer 

 until fall. Hardy perennial, blooming the first year from 



seed Pkt. lOcts 



The Shirley. Everyone knows the old common com poppy, or red 

 weed, with its bright scarlet flowers. This is a strain of this mag- 

 nificent species, which sports to numberless shades of color, from 

 pure white to rose, pink, carmine and deepest crimson. If cut 

 when the flowers first open, they may be kept many days in bou- 

 quets". !^ Pkt. Sets 



Tulip Flowered. Produces large splendid bright scarlet flowers well 

 above the foliage. The two outer petals of the flower, form a tulip 

 cup and after a time black spots appear at the base of each petal. 

 Strikingly beautiful, reminding one of a dazzling bed of tulips : 



hardy annual; abovit one foot high Pkt. octs 



Bracteatum, large, orange-crimson flowers '* 3 " 



Orientale. large, gorgeous scarlet blossoms; bottom of 



petals black '• 5 " 



Umbrosum, rich vermillion. with a shining black spot on 



each petal ; one of the most showy. " 5 " 



Carnation, double white Pkt.'octs 



Carnation, double mixed, 

 large, showy double flowei's 

 of various colors; two feet 



high Pkt. Sets 



!^=Carnation Pop- 

 py, under the name 

 of Papnver soninife- 

 rum, is the sort used 

 extensively for the 

 extraction of opium. 



txr-l TERRY KCO- 



DouBLE White 

 Fringed Poppy. 



PORTUIACA 



There are scarcely any flowers in 

 cultivation that make such a dazzling 

 display of color as a bed of portnla- 

 cas. They are in bloom from about 



the first of July till killed by frost in autumn. Tender annual; 



about six to eight inches high. 



PORTULACA, SINGLE VARIETIES. 



Alba, pure white Pkt. 5cts 



Aurea, deep golden " 5 " 



Caryophylloides, carnation striped " .'> " 



Striata, yellow, striped with red •' 5" 



Fine flixed " 5" 



PORTULACA, DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



Not all the plants will come double, but the single ones can be 

 pulled out. They will stand any amount of dry weather. 



Double, White Pkt. 15cts Double, Rose striped. Pkt. 15cts 



" Orange " l.'i " " Sulphur '* 15'" 



Scarlet ' 15 ' '' Mixed " 10" 



PORTULACA, Double. 



