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M. FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH. 



GAILLARDIA 



Showy plants, flowering the first 

 year and among the gayest orna- 

 ments of the garden. 



Picta. One foot high; flowers crimson and yellow; petals tubular. 

 Hardy annual; with root protection in winter is a perennial. . .Pkt. 5c. 

 Picta Lorenziana. For general decorative purposes as well as for bou- 

 quets, this is invaluable. The gay colored flowers are abundantly 

 produced from July even until hard freezing weather. Hardy an- 

 nual; one foot high; with root protection in Avinter becomes a peren- 

 nial. Sulphur, orange, claret and amaranth, mixed Pkt. oc. 



Grandifiora. Flowers scarlet and orange, single and the largest 

 of the species. Petals flat; excellent for cutting. Hardy per- 

 ennial Pkti 6c. 



riamrkl^knie Ta rr*»f «»c A free flowering plant of great 

 VaamOiepiS lageieS value for beds and borders. The 

 leaves are fern-like and the numerous bright yellow, daisy-like 

 flowers are produced on long stems which rise in a mass well 

 above the foliage. Half hardy annual; about eight inches 

 high. Wni flower in June and July from seed sown early in 

 spring ^ Pkt. 5c. 



GERANIUM 



^- * ' <AXX-B.J. -^A V/AYJ. comes, the brilliant colors of 



the flowers, and the exquisite markings of the leaves of some 



of the varieties render the Geranium very desirable for pot 



culture and bedding. Half hardy perennial. 



Propagation- by seed is the onhjuriyto obtain nev varieties. 



Zonule, White Leaved. Many new varieties. Pkt. 35c. 



" Golden and Bronze Leaved " 35c. 



•• Green Leaved, large flowered sorts, all colors 



mixed *' 3oc. 



" Double Flowered, all colors mixed " 25c. 



Apple Scented, 7-e?-^ /ror/?-a?i^ leaves " 25c. 



Diadematum, splendid variety with dark flowers *' 25c. 



Odier, large, five blotched flowers " 25c. 



Fancy, splendid mixed, all shades ^ " 25c. 



{Pelargonium). The constant 

 succession of bloom till frost 



GERANIUM 



The last three varieties are commonly known as Lady Washington 

 geraniums. The clusters usually have four large florets, each two 

 inches or more in diameter. 



FEATHER GRASS 



(Stipa Pennata). An ornament- 

 al grass of much beauty, used 

 in the formation of winter bou- 

 quets. Hardy perennial: one 

 foot high Pkt. 5c. 



PPDMC Flowerless plants, too welltnown to need de- 

 * *-'*^*^'-' scription. Many of the most beautiful sorts 

 can be propagated from seed spores only. Their exceed- 

 ing grace and beauty will well repay all care bestowed 

 upon them. 



Fine mixed Pkt. 20c. 



Finest species mixed " 25c. 



FEVERFEW— 'See Matricaria and Pyrethriun. 



r Orget-Me-Illot fasluoned 'flower, bearing 



A favorite old 



in 



profusion clusters of blue blossoms. It thrives well in the 



shade or open border. Hardy perennial. 



Alpestris. Plants of compact, bushy habit with finely cut 



foliage, six to eight inches high; flowers large, blue." 



Pkt. 5c. 



Dissitiflora, deep bltae; early blooming: a good border 



plant Pkt. 15c. 



Four O'clock 



(Marvel of Peru). The 

 plants are large and each 

 needs three or four feet 

 of space each way for its best development. The flowers 

 are funnel shaped, white, red, yellow or striped with these 

 colors, open about four o'clock in the afternoon, remain 

 open all night and generally perish before noon the next 

 day. The abundance of new flowers produced daily affords a con- 

 stant succession of fine blooms. The French call it Belle de Xuit, 

 "Beauty of Night."' Will grow in any common garden soil. Sow 

 seed in open ground. Hardy annual; two feet high. 



White, Red Striped Pkt. 5c. 



Mixed " 5c. 



Gold Striped Pkt. 5c. 



Red «' 5c. 



White " 5c. 



Ff<anr»Vi HrkrKavcii/'L'l** (Hedysarum). Very handsome, free flowermg plants, 

 A idiv.li 1 ivriic_ysu«.^ivic producing racemes of beautiful pea-shaped flowers; 

 well adapted for borders or rock work. Hardy perennial; four feet high. 



Coronarium, Scarlet Pkt. 5c. 



Coronarium, Album, white " 5c. 



PllfVieia There are a great many exceedingly beautiful varieties propagated by eut- 

 A U(.^iidict tings, but the plants are easily grown from seed and one can depend upon 



getting fine flowers, some of which are as beautiful as the expensive named sorts. 



Tender perennial. 

 Double, finest mixed Pkt. 25c. 



Qaillardia 

 Qrandiflora 



