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



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ASTER c-ontin^ 



Very Dwarf, or Pygmaea. The plant is about six inches 

 high, a cluster of leaves close to the ground, sur- 

 mounted by a bunch of large, bright colored flowers. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Shakespeare. Plants about six inches high, well 

 branched and very floriferous. Flowers in a wide 

 range of colors. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Triumph. Plants about one foot high, covered with 

 deep scarlet flowers Pkt. 1 5c. 



Dwarf Victoria. Flowers like those of the tall Victoria 

 but plants only about a foot high. A fine sort for 

 borders. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Pyramidal Bouquet. The plant is a j^erfect bouquet of 

 fifteen to twenty large flowers which quite conceal 

 the foliage; one foot high. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 



Lilliput. Plant about fifteen inches high, bearing a 

 great many small but perfectly formed flowers, the 

 petals being finely quilled and brilliantly colored. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Truffaut's Perfection Paeony 

 Flowered 



The plants are about two feet high and produce large, 

 perfectly formed and brilliantly colored flowers, with 

 petals curving upward and inward, forming blooms of 

 great beauty. The different colors come quite true to 

 name. 

 Snow White.... Pkt. 10c. Scarlet (white 



Light Blue " 10c. edged) Pkt. 10c. 



Dark Blue " 10c. Crimson " 10c. 



Rose •• 10c. Mixed " 10c. 



Cc\rfi Pt ^^ ^^^^ Glas^ the petals are very long and 

 v^vflli^l recurved, having much the effect of the 

 finest chrysanthemums. They are of varied and beau- 

 tiful colors and one of the most popular sorts, continu- 

 ing in bloom till quite late in the season. Plants about 



two feet high. Mixed Colors Pkt. 15c. 



Comet, Giant White. The plant is more vigorous and 

 taller growing than the ordinary Comet and the 



flowers are larger and equal in form Pkt. 15c. 



Comet, Giant Mixed. A carefully proportioned mix- 

 ture of various colors Pkt. 15c. 



Washington. Plants two feet high, flowers very large, of- 

 ten four inches in diameter. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15c. 



Giant Emperor. Produces flowers of the largest size, 

 fine form and clear white Pkt. 10c. 



Goliath, Mont Rose. Very large, well formed flowers of 

 a delicate pink shade Pkt. 15c. 



Goliath, Mont Blanc. Like Mont Rose but petals are 

 white Pkt. 16c. 



COMET Semple's Branching 



A class of very strong growing asters not coming into bloom until very late, 

 but producing flowers so large, double, perfect in form and borne on such 

 long stems, that florists sometimes sell them for chrysanthemums. For 

 many years this class with us has been entirely free from aster blight. 



White Pkt. 10c. Light Pink.. Pkt. 10c. Deep Carmine Pkt. 10c. 



Blush White " 10c. Light Blue... " 10c. Dark Purple. " 10c. 



Lavender.... " 10c. Tyrian Rose. " 10c. Semple'sMixed '* 10c. 



•• 6c. 



Aster, Finest Mixed. 



mixture of the finest strains and colors. 



Auriculo 



Called also Primula Auricula and French Cowslip. This is an old 

 and well known favorite. It thrives best in a moist soil and cool 

 atmosphere. Tender perennial; height six inches. 



Alpine, the most hardy variety; a good mixture of colors Pkt. 15c. 



Finest Prize, a mixture of all the various colors and markings '* 30c. 



BACHELOR'S BUTTON— (-See Centaurea). 

 ■3 cfcli^^^^B-* \/ar%y> (Cardiospernmm halicacabum). Remarkable for its 

 rj^lllllBll \/ 11 i« inflated membranous capsules containing the seed. 

 ■^^JllV^vraa V llft^^ It is sometimes called ''Love-in-a-Puff." A rapid 



and graceful climber. Flowers white. Tender annual; six feet high Pkt. 6c. 



R. TV I d TV IVI Known as Lady Slipper and Touch-Me-Not. Balsams have been 

 |_\ /.4 L,^/-\ II so much improved by cultivation that, with good seed and 

 u^^M ^u^^h^ja mi ■ proper care, a SMigrZe flower is the exception now rather than 

 the rule. Hardy annual, one to two feet high. 



Double Solferino, satiny white, streaked and spotted with crimson and lilac Pkt. 6c. 



Double Camellia, extra fine mixed; as double as a Camellia which it resembles; white 



blotched with various colors Pkt. 5c. 



Double Pure White, well adapted for florists' use 



Mixed Double Rose, very large and double rose- 



and for bouquets; very double Pkt. 10c. like blossoms in various" shades. 



Double Dark Red, (Atrosanguinea plenissima), a Mixed Double Dwarf, about one foot high 



very double, dark red variety " 10c. Mixed Double Tall, about two feet high. . . 



5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 



R 3» p"f rin itfl ZSl I PPH ^ pi'etty flowering plant of the gentian family and somewhat like a wild rose in appear- 



L^Ul iVFlftiu r^ui v,«j ance, producing a profusion of fine, bright metallic yellow blossoms, about two inches 



across and fragrant in the evening. Tender annual; one foot high Pkt. 5c. 



