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b. M. FERRY & CO S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Petunia 



Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. They are also used along walks and driveways 

 and are often grown in window boxes. Their richness of color, duration of bloom and easy cul- 

 ture will always make them popular. They endure drought exceptionally well. The seed we 

 offer is the result of careful hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a propor- 

 tion of double flowers as any. 



In some strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five inchesacross;inothers, they are deeply fringed; still others 

 have star 'like markings radiating from the throat and extending nearly or quite to the outer margin of the blossom; again, 

 others have full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red-purple and are variously striped and blotched. 



Plant the seed, which is exceediagly flue, in a warm. open, sunny place. Seeds may be sown directly in the open ground; or 

 for early results the plants may be started in cold-frame, hot bed or in pots indoors, in a temperature averaging sixty to 

 seventy degrees. Water with a fine spray and do not permit the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and shf)uld not 

 be trusted in the open until danger of frost is over. Any good, friable garden soil, well pulverized and in good condition may 

 be used, and the seed covered with about one-eighth to one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. The rows should 

 be two feet apart. Thin to eighteen inches apart. The plants begin to bloom when small and continue until cut off by frost. 

 Tender perennial, blooming the first year; about one and one-half feet high. 



Petunias may also be grown under glass in winter. The best method is to sow seeds late in summer and grow stocky 

 plants in pots, but old plants can be lifted on the approach of old weather, cut back and taken inside for winter bloom. 

 Single Dwarf Compact (Inimitable Dioarf) Bushy plants only about eight inches high, covered with small flowers, generally 

 striped or blotched. In many the mai-kings are as beautifully star-shaped as in the strain offered as "Star" petunia. .Pkt. 15c. 



Countess of Ellesmere. Flowers single, deep rose, white throat, very small. A good bedder. " lOc. 



Nyctaginiflora. Flowers white, fragrant. A good white bedding variety ; very flor if erous " lOc. 



Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched flowers in a wide range of brilliant colors. A fine bedder. 



Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. 



Fine Mixed. An excellent variety of markings including white, stripes and shades of rose, red and purple. A very satisfactory 



mixture. Oz. 6Gc... , Pkt. 10c. 



Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large percentage of double fiowers in a good range of colors " 20c. 



LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 



Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowers very large; some striped, others self colored. ^^ Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Fringed and Stained Mixed. Very attractive, deeply fringed flowers in a variety of colors ,..., " 20c. 



Pinks 



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Superbissima Mixed. Flowers of immense size, superbly colored with throats beautifully veined. We have carefully compared 

 other strains sold as ''Giants of California," etc., and have found none superior and many of them not equal to our strain of 

 this magnificent variety Pkt. 25c. 



Brilliant Rose. Large fiowers of very bright, yet delicate and exceptionally attractive rose color. One of the finest single 

 varieties in cultivation and comes true from seed Pkt. 25c. 



General Dodds. Large, single flowers of an exceedingly rich, dark purple color. A vigorous and very persistent bloomer and 

 there are few garden plants that will make so satisfactory a display , Pkt. 10c. 



Extra Double Fringed Mixed. Large flowering; many colors; flowers beautifully fringed = = " 25c. 



Grandiflora Robusta, fl. pi. Dwarf, of robust growth, forming a compact, upright, branched bush about ten inches in height 

 and fourteen inches in width, with large flowers, many double and in all shades of colors existing in petunias. The latest of 

 the varieties to bloom Pkt, 25c. 



(Dianthus) The Pinks are old-fashioned favorites and as a class are more varied in color than the Carna- 

 tions but lack their fragrance. Both the single and double Pinks are well adapted for bedding and borders, 

 and are suitable also for cutting as the stems are of good length and the brilliantly colored flowers, often 

 one and one-half to two inches across, contrast vividly with the rather narrow bright light green leaves. 

 Seed may be sown in the open ground in spring after danger of frost is past, in the place where the 

 plants are wanted to bloom. Use well pulverized soil, preferably sandy loam. Make the rows one foot to fifteen inches apart 

 and cover the seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. When two inches high, thin six to eight inches apart. 

 Plants compact, bushy, usually about one foot high. When grown for spring blooming, if in a well drained situation and 

 protected by a light mulch of straw or leaves, the plants are less likely to winter -kill than if in a moist unprotected part of the 

 garden during the colder months. The plants thus wintered over will produce more and better blooms than those of the first 

 season. 



Crimson Belle. Rich, vivid crimson color; flower single, of large size and splendid substance, evenly and finely laciniated .Pkt.lOc. 

 Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully marbled and striped with light shades of red upon lighter ground. Border of 



petals finely cut or laciniated — ; Pkt. 10c. 



Royal Pinks {Heddewigi nobilis) These 

 very large, single flowers afford a wide 

 range of colors. Petals deeply cut and 

 fringed and flowers in splendid shades 

 from blood-red to carmine, pink and even 

 white. Plants dwarf and very free flow- 

 ering Pkt. 10c. 



Heddewig's Single Mixed. A splendid mix- 

 ture of single flowers of the best shades 

 and beautifully marked. Plants dwarf; 

 very free flowering. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful 

 variety easily cultivated; rich, deep red 

 ..- Pkt. 10c. 



Double Dark Purple. An attractive and 

 particularly useful color in pinks. The 

 flowers are double, of large size, fine form 

 and are suitable for cutting. .. Pkt. 15c. 



Double Diadem Mixed (Heddewig's) Very 

 regular, double, and all tints from crim- 

 son purple to deep black purple. Oz. 90c. 

 Pkt.lOc. 



Double Japan Mixed (Chinensis laciniatus) 

 The flowers are rich in hue; very double, 

 deep fringed petals. Colors vary from 

 white to rose, lilac, carmine, crimson, 

 scarlet, purple, brown and almost black, 

 spotted and striped. Oz. 80c... Pkt. 10c. 



Double China Mixed (Chinensis) White 

 and dark crimson selves, also white tip- 

 ped light purple and shades of red with 

 darker blotchings. A mixture of double 

 pinks unsurpassed in variety of brilliant 

 coloring and marking. Oz. 40c. . Pkt. 10c. 



Snowdrift. Clear white, double and fully 

 as large as the popular Marguerite 

 Carnation; desirable for cutting. Pkt. 15c. 



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