104 D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, 



PETUNIA. 



Petunias are unsurpassed, if indeed equaled for mass- 

 ing in beds. Their richness of color, duration of bloom, 

 and easy culture, will always render them popular. They 



Petunia Hybrida. 



will do well sown in open border in spring, or earlier in 

 cold frame or hot-bed, and transplanted eighteen inches 

 apart. By the latter process, they will come into bloom 

 much earlier, though they do perfectly well sown in open 

 ground. Be careful not to cover the small seeds too 

 deeply ; they like a sandy loam. Tender perennials, 

 but will bloom the first season. One and a half feet 

 high. 



// is, perhaps, not generally understood that the 

 seeds of double Petunias are only obtained by arti- 

 ficially fecundating single blooms with the pollen 

 from the double, and the progeny cannot all be ex- 

 pected to come double. The finest double Petunias 

 are always grown from seeds: when propagated from 



cuttings they degenerate rapidly. 



Petunia, nyctaginiflora, pure white 5 



" hybrida, Countess of Ellesmere, deep rose, 



white throat 10 



" hybrida, finest striped and blotched, saved 

 from magnificent collection of striped and 



blotched varieties 10 



" hybrida, inimitabilis nana compacta mul- 



tifiora (Inimitable dwarf), a compact plant 

 five to eight inches in height, covered with 

 regularly striped flowers. Very effective 



either for massing or pot culture 15 



" hybrida, fine mixed 5 



LARGE FLOWERING SECTION. 



Petunia hybrida, grandiflora marginata, fine, 



green edged varieties, beautiful 20 



" hybrida, grandiflora, kermesina intus alba, 



crimson with white throat 20 



" hybrida, grandiflora, Prince of Wurtem- 



berg, rose 20 



" hybrida, grandiflora, Princess of Wurtem- 



berg, purple 20 



" hybrida, grandiflora, superbissima, ?iovelty; 



splendid, large throat '. 25 



" large flowered mixed, saved from largest 



flowers 10 



" hybrida grandiflora, choicest mixed, seed 



saved from show flowers 15 



FRINGED SECTION. 



Petunia, fringed varieties, mixed, very desirable. . 20 



Petunia, Double Fringed. 

 DOUBLE FLOWERING SECTION. 



Petunia, double mixed, finest varieties carefully 

 fecundated with best double flowers. Sure to 

 produce a good percentage of double flower- 

 ing plants 20 



" hybrida grandiflora robusta, fl. pi., new, 

 dwarf, of robust growth, forming a compact, 

 upright, branched bush, about ten inches in 

 height and fourteen inches in width, with 

 double, sometimes even double fringed flow- 

 ers in all shades of colors existing in Petunias. 

 An extremely handsome, valuable sort for 

 market culture 25 



" extra double fringed, many colors; beautifully 



fringed, a good percentage double; new 50 



PHACEUA. 



A curious and interesting hardy annual. It makes a 

 pretty border plant and is good for bee food. 

 Phacelia, congesta, blue 5 



PHLOX DRVMMONDII. 



Remarkable for the brilliancy and abundance of their 

 large, terminal flowers, completely hiding the foliage. 

 The blossoms are of many colors, from pure white to 

 deepest purple, eyed and striped. For masses of separate 

 colors and for cutting for bouquets, they are unsurpassed. 

 The seed can be planted in open ground in autumn or 

 spring, or plants may be started in hot-bed and trans- 

 planted. Give good, rich ground and set plants six 

 inches apart each way. Hardy annual; one foot high. 

 Phlox Drummondii, grandiflora alba, pure 

 white. We have never seen a stock of large 

 flowered White Phlox at all approaching this 

 in purity or beauty. It is of our own growth, 

 and will be found superior to any White Phlox 



hitherto offered 15 



Drum, grandifl. scarlet, black center 10 



" rosea, deep rose 10 



" Black Warrior, fine 10 



" Leopoldii, red, white eye. .10 

 " alba oculata (superba), 

 white, purple eye 10 



