FERRY & CO 



DETRO IT, MICH 



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i COHV (Pceonia herbacea Chinensis) "Well known herbaceous perennial plants, with very double flowers and abundant 

 ^^^^^'■J dark green foliage, which may be giown either from seetl or roots. 



The seed is of very slow growth, and gerniinatiou juay be hastened somewhat by cutting or filing carefully a notch through 

 the shell of the seed, preferably on the rounding side. Rich, well prepared soil should be used and the seed covered one-half 

 mch deep; keep well moistened and at a temperature of 50° to t)0°. If the seed be sown in » cold frame in autumn, the plants 

 will be large enough to transplant the following spring, and a year later will bloom. Plants about three feet high. 



Double Mixed Pkt. 25c. 



PERIWINKLE— (See Vinca) {Peony Roots are listed in our autumn Bulh Catalogue.) 



Phlox Drummondi 



(Large Flowering) Unequalled in the magnificent display of their many and 

 brilliantly colored flowers. The plants are hardy bush-like annuals with many 

 broad flat-topped clustei-s of nearly round and star-shaped flowers. They are 



of easiest culture and bloom profusely through a long season. Especially attractive in masses or ribbon beds of contrasted 



colors; useful as window-garden plants and very desirable for combining in mixed bouquets. 



Seed is usually sown very early in spring outdoors in rows one foot apart. A sunny sitviation is desirable. Well pulverized 



soil, preferably rich and mellow, should be used and the seed, which germinates rather slowly, covered with about one-fourth 



inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. Thin to four inches apart. For very early blooming, seed may be sown outdoors in fall, 



or started indoors and transplanted early in April. Hardy annual; one foot high. 



Alba. Pure white, very desirable. Oz. 9bc Pkt. 10c. Rosy Chamois. Deep salmon-rose. Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. 



Black Warrior. Very deep maroon. Oz. 90c " 10c. Scarlet. With maroon center " 10c. 



Isabellina. Creamy yellow. Oz. 90c . - 

 Kermesina Alba Oculata. Rosy crimson, 



Oz. 90c 



Lilac. With white center. Oz. 90c 



Rosea. Rose, with distinct eye. Oz. 90c. . 



white eye. 



10c. Splendens. Crimson, pure white eye. Oz. 90c 



Violet. Deep violet-blue, white eye. Oz. 90c 



10c. Extra Choice Mixed. Best large flowered varieties. 

 10c. Our mixture is unexcelled for profusion of bloom 

 10c. and wide range of brilliant colors. Oz. 75c 



10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 



Poppy 



(Papaver) These well-known hardy annuals and perennials flower in great profusion throughout the 

 Bummer. Both the sing^le and double varieties ai-e verj^ desirable for bedding and borders. The flowers 

 are remarkable for their large size, delicacy of tissue and wide range of bright dazzling colors. 



As early in spring as ground can be worked sow the seed, which is quite small, where the flowers 

 are to bloom as the annual varieties do not bear transplanting. Pulverized soil, preferably light sandy 

 loam, should be used. Make rows fifteen inches apart and cover seed one-fovirth inch deep. When two inches high, thin from 

 six inches to one foot. To insure continuous bloom during a long season the flowers should be cut regularly and no seed 

 pods allowed to form. ^^^^^, Varieties 



Shirley. A magnificent variety, producing through a long season large single flowers of charmingly delicate colors, ranging 

 from pure Avhite through shades of pink and rose to brightest scarlet and caniiine-red. If cut before the blooms are fully 



expanded, they will keep fresh in water for several days. Hardy annual, about twenty inches high. Oz. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



Ryburgh Hybrid. A very desirable new strain of poppies obtained by crossing the Shirley and Ranunculus varieties. They 



range in color from white through shades of salmon and pink to scarlet and red. The flowers are double or semi-double and the 



delicate texture of the tissue-like petals gives the flower an exceptionally dainty appearance {See colored plate opposite) .Pkt. 25c. 



Tulip Flowered. Single bright scarlet tulip shaped flowers, a black spot appearing at the base of each petal. Hardy annual, 



about one foot high. Oz. 60c Pkt. 10c. 



Umbrosum. Very rich vermilion; a most showy single variety; hardj^ annual, about two feet high " lOc. 



Cardinal. Flowers large and very double, each petal being so finely cut as to give the blossom the appearance of a large ball 



of brilliant cardinal colored silk. Hardy annual, two feet high. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Double White Fringed. The finest dovible wlaite poppy. Plant upright growing and floriferous. Flowers three to four inches 



across, perfectly double, finely fringed. Hardy annual, two feet high. Oz. 25c. Pkt. 10c. 



Double Carnation White. Pure white, double showy flowers, beautifully fringed. Oz. 15c " 10c. 



Double Carnation Mixed. Large showy double fringed flowers of various colors; hardy annual, about two feet high. 

 15c , 



Oz. 



Pkt. 10c. 

 10c, 



Double Choice Mixed. Very large, double poppies in a variety of coloi"S. About two feet high. Oz. 20c 



Perennial Varieties 



Perennial poppies do best in rows one and one-half feet apart and one foot apart in the row. Seed may be sown outdoors 

 either in spring or fall. 

 Bracteatum. Flowers very large, single brilliant orange-crimson; base of petals bluish black. A garden perennial of most 



striking appearance; about two feet high Pkt. 10c. 



Orientale. Very large single gorgeous scarlet blossoms; base of petals bluish black. One of the most showy garden perennials; 



about two feet high. Oz. $2.00.. Pkt. 10c. 



Orientale Hybrids Mixed. A choice mixture of Orientale Poppies in shades of white, salmon, orange, scarlet and crimson. " 10c. 



The Carnation Poppy is an improved double form of the single Papaver Somiiiferum, used for the extraction of opium. 

 We do not furnish seed of the opium poppy. 



