D. M. FERRY & CCS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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SENSITIVE PLANT 



SNAPDRAGON 



(Mimosa pudicaj. — An interesting^ and curious plant, 

 %\ ith globular heads of pink flowers, well known for the 

 extreme irritability of its leaves and foot stalks, which close and droop at the slightest 

 touch, or in cloudy, damp weather, and dui'ing the night. Tender annual ; height one 



and a-half feet Pkt. 5cts 



SCABIOSA— (See Mourning Bride). SCARLET FLAX— (See Linum.) 



{Antirr]unum).—An old border plant with dark 

 and glossy leaves, and large, curiously shaped 

 flowers, with finely marked throats. They have 

 been umch improved of late years by careful 

 selection. They blossom the first season from seed sown in spring. Tender perennial; 

 one and alialf to two feet high. 



Hajus Album, pure white, tinged with yellow in the throat Pkt. 5cts 



Hajus Brilliant, crimson, with yellow and white thi'oat " 5 •• 



Hajus Delila, brilliant crim.son, with white throat " <> ~ 



Fine Mixed, all the best colors " 5 " 



STOCKS 



SNAPDRAGON. 



C /till AY No twining plant in cultivation sur- 

 OiTlIl-.rv/v passes this for the graceful beauty of 

 itsfohage. Indispensable to florists: its hard tex- 

 ture enables it to be kept several days after being 

 cut without wilting. The seed genninates very 

 slowly, sometimes requiring three or four months. 

 Tender per;emiial climber; ten feet high. Pkt. lOcts 



The Stocks as now grown are indispensable where a fine 

 display of flowei-s is wanted. To such perfection has selec- 

 tion brought them, that good seed will give a large propor- 

 tion of flowers as double and as large as the named sorts 

 grown from cuttings. 



Double German, Ten Weeks, mixed Pkt. lOcts 



" '• '^ '■ pure white " 15" 



INTERMEDIATE, OR AUTUMNAL STOCKS. 



The Intermediate Stocks, if sown at the same time as the "Ten 

 Weeks." will succeed them in bloom, thus affording flowers con- 

 tinuously until late in the fall. K 

 sown in pots late in the summer, 

 they will bloom the following spring. 



Intermediate, white Pkt. locts 



'" scarlet '" 15 '' 



BROMPTON AND EMPEROR 

 STOCKS. 



These Stocks should have the same 



treatment as the "■ Intermediate.'' 



They cannot endiu-e our winters un- 

 less protected. 

 Brompton, Mixed, blooms well in 



winter. Half hardy biennial; one 



and a-half feet liigh. 



Pkt. lOcts 

 Emperor, or Perpetual, mixed, 



the fine spikes of bloom are 



rich and attractive. Tender 



perennial; one and a-half feet 



high Pkt. 15cts 



SUNFLOWER 



SUNFLOWER, Stella. 



STOCKS. 



Adapted by its stately growth for 

 a background to a lawn, or a 

 screen to hide unsightly places. 

 Hardy annual. 

 Globosus Fistulosus, produces very large, exceedingly double flowers of 



bright yellow color: about five feet high Pkt. octs 



Large Russian, a strong- growing, single variety, about six feet high; the 



stalks are sometimes used for fuel Pkt. octs 



Stella.— The plant of this grand new Sunflower is well branched and bushy, and 

 attains a height of about three feet. It is covered with finely formed flowers, 

 which are about three inches across, of golden j'ellow. haVing black discs, 

 and borne on long stems, which rise well above the foliage. When grown 

 in a sunny situation the plants bloom so abundantlj" from seed sown in 

 spring that flowers may be cut daily from earlj' summer until killed bv frost. 



Pkt. locts 



SOI ANIIM Pseudo Capsicum nanum.— Orna- 



0\JI-«rl.ii»JiTl mental fruit bearing plants, useful 

 for conservatory or drawing-room decoration. The 

 foliage is handsome, and contrasts finely with the 

 miniature round, scarlet fruit with which the plant is 

 covered. Tender perennial, about one and 

 a-half feet high Pkt. lOcts 



STIPA PENNATA— fSee Fenthf-r Grass). 



SUMMMER CYPRESS-<^See Belvidere). 



SWAN RIVER DAISY— (See Brachyconie^. 



Sweet Willi am 



(Dianthus Barhatus~). 

 For display in the garden the Sweet William 

 is unsurpassed. The seed can be planted 

 very early in the spring, in open 

 ground, and will blossom the fol- 

 lowing summer; or it can be sown 

 in August, and will make fine 

 blooming plants for spring. Hardy 

 perennial; one and a-half feet 

 high. 



Pure white Pkt. Sets 



Black, reddish, velvety 



black " 5 " 



Fine mixed " 5 " 



nixed Double, many 



colors " 10 '" 



TAQETES— (See Marigold). 



TORENIA 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



Fournieri. — A fine an- 

 nual, with large skj- blue 

 blossoms, with three spots of dark indi- 

 go blue, and a yellow stain in the center. 

 Extremely handsome grown in pots or 

 shaded border. The darkest spot- 

 ted varieties Pkt. lOcts 



^fREE ^YPRESS 



(Ipotnopsis eU'gan.<.) 



A handsome plant with fine, fea- 

 thery foliage, somewhat like that 

 of the Cypress Vine, with long 

 spikes of beautiful flowers; et^ual- 

 ly desirable for out-door or con- 

 servatory cultivation. Half hardy 

 biennial; three feet high. Mixed 

 ixtrietics Pkt. octs 



TROP/EOLUM CANARIENSE— (See 

 Canary Bird Flower^. 



TROP/EOLUM LOBBIANUM — (S«?« 



iVasf»rf/»»j. I'all). 

 TROP/EOLUM MINOR — (.See .Vcw- 



turtium. Dwarf. 



