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



Canterbury Bell 



Carnation 



{Ca-mpanula 

 ?)iedm??i) Hand- 

 so m e, easily 



grown herbaceous plants of stately branching habit and 



profuse bloom for beds and backgrounds. They produce 



long racemes of strikinglj^ effective bell-shaped or saucer- 

 shaped tiowers of rich color. Leaves sessile, lanceolate. 



Usually grown as a hardy biennial, but if seed is sown 



very earlj^ indoors it may be treated as a tender annual. 

 Sow seed outdoors early in spring in rows about 



two feet apart covering with about one-fourth inch of 



fine soil firmly pressed down. The plants succeed best in 



light, rich soil with good drainage and in the fall should 



be transplanted or thinned to eighteen inches or two 



feet apart and given some protection in severe winter 



weather. Height of plants, from two to four feet. 



Double White Pkt. 10c. 



" Blue. Shades of blue and purple " 10c. 



Mixed " 10c. 



Single Mixed. Colors white, and various shades of violet, 



rose, lilac and blue. Oz. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



Calycanthema Mixed. Large single flowers, white, lilac, 

 rose and purple. Know^n as "Cup and Saucer"' 

 plant, the calyx forming a cup round the base of the 



bell. Oz. ^3.00. . - Pkt. 10c. 



CARPET OF SHO'H—iSee Alyssum) 



(Dianthus Caryophyllus) 



'•Carnation," "Pink," 



"Clove Pink," "Florists' 



Pink," are names applied 

 by different people to the same or to different plants of 

 several species as well as to hybrids between them. 

 They are all easily grown from seed and very free bloom- 

 ing, the flowers being bright colored and with a most 

 delicious clove-like fragrance. 



Some varieties are best adapted for pot culture and 

 make fine house plants; others do best in beds in the 

 open ground. The improved varieties we offer are suit- 

 able also for cutting. They produce very double, semi- 

 circular blooms with thick -wax-like petals and long pod- 

 like calyx. The plants are branching but compact and 

 erect, with slender, bluish green foliage. The bursting of 

 the calyx may be prevented by using ashes or some form 

 of potash. Where size and quality of flowers are desired 

 rather than profusion of bloom, all except the terminal 

 buds should be removed. This is the method employed 

 by florists to obtain the larger, longer-stemmed beauties. 

 Half hardy perennial, usually treated as a biennial. Canterbury Bell 



Large Flowering Carnations Best Suited for Pot Culture 



The choicest varieties sold by florists are propagated from cuttings but very beautiful double flowers just as good in form 

 and more fragrant, ahhough not as large, can be produced from the seed we offer. Sow under glass in the greenhouse or hotbed 



from January to March. Use Avell prepared soil, cover lightly 

 and keep in a temperature of about 60° F. Sprinkle with a 

 fine spray. When the young plants are of a sulftcient size trans- 

 plant them out of doors two feet apart each way, or the seed 

 may be sown in permanent bed as early in spring as weather 

 will permit. 



Double Perpetual Flowered Mixed. An exceedingly beautiful 

 variety pruducing very double flowers of various shades and 



colors. Seed from choicest double flowers Pkt. 25c. 



Fine Double Striped. Seed from fine named striped sorts. " 25c. 

 Choicest White Ground. Seed from choice, large flowered, 

 named varieties, with nearly white petals bordered or tinted 

 with red or purple. A very choice picotee strain.. . .Pkt. 35c. 

 Double Picotee Fine Mixed. A magnificent strain of double 

 Picotees. Seed from choicest French, Italian and English 

 named sorts. Certain to produce a large proportion of double 



and finely formed and colored flowers Oz. Sl.75 Pkt. 15c. 



Double Choice Mixed. A mixture containing many of the very 



choicest colors and types. Oz. S-S.CO Pkt. 10c. 



Double Fancy Picotee Extra Fine Mixed. Extra fine, seed saved 

 from named varieties, petals bordered, spotted and splashed. 

 An extra choice mixture Pkt. 25c. 



Varieties Adapted to both Pot and Outdoor Culture 



Seed may be sown outdoors early in spring, using well 

 pulverized soil, preferably sandy loam. I\Iake rows one foot 

 apart and cover seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firnfly 

 pressed down. When two inches high, thin to eight or ten 

 inches apa.rt. For earlier blooming start indoors. 



There are usually only a few flowers obtainable in the open 

 ground the first year, but if the plants are protected thi-ough 

 the winter they will bloom freely the second season. In southern 

 latitudes seed may also be sown outdoors in fall. Half hardy 

 perennials, fifteen inches high, except Marguerite which can 

 be treated very successfully as an annual. 



Early Double Snow White. The plants are vigorous, ei'ect 

 and bushy; come into flower very early and furnish abundant 

 bloom for a long time. The flowers are large, double, clear 



white and wonderfully fragrant Pkt. 25c. 



Marguerite Finest Mixed. The plants of this wonderfully fine 

 strain may be made to bloom in four months. Flowers large, 

 double, deeply fringed, very fragrant and appear in very 

 attractive shades of color. Especially desirable for bedding 



as an annual and for cutting. Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Dwarf Vienna Mixed. Large flowered and comes into 

 bloom early, producing flowers of many colors and beautiful 



markings; a large proportion double. Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Red Grenadin. Comes into bloom very early and the 



charming, double, scarlet flowers are very valuable for form- 



Carnation ing bouquets Pkt. 1 5c. 



