D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



'iXm- PETUNIA 



^^f^^mJf Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. 



^^'^^^^-^^ Theirnchness of color, duration of bloom and 



m^/. „, easy culture will always render them popular. 



pr The modern improved varieties are very choice 



'iiT^lVjf^ plants, havmg been wonderfully brought up from 



^HVw ( *"® s?anQ species which were in use twenty-five 



¥\> years ago. 



f,\^ The full, double petunias do not produce seeds, so 



^- that to procure double flowers we must use the seed 



of single flowers which have been carefully fertilized 



by pollen from the double ones. The seed we offer is 



from the result of careful hybridization and can be 



depended upon for giving as large a proportion of 



double flowers as any. 



In some strains the flowers are very large, measur- 



WMV ing four or five inches across; in others, they are 



deeply fringed; still others have star-like markings 



radiating from the throat and extending nearly or 



DW 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 barred. 



Plant in a warm, open, sunny place. Seeds may be sown 



Ik directly in the open ground or the plants may be started in 



pots indoors for early results. The plants are tender and 



should not be trusted in the open until settled weather. Thin 



to eighteen inches apart. When well started they grow 



'// almost as easily as weeds. The plants begin to bloom when 



/f very small and continue until cut off by frost. Tender peren- 



\VvM/)'l/|f nial, blooming the first year. 



/// 'i Petunias are easily grown under glass in winter. The best 



I'? method is to sow seeds in late summer or early fall and grow 



■^V stocky plants in pots, but> old plants can be lifted on the 



approach of cold weather, cut back and taken inside for 



"^^mm winter bloom. 



Single Dwarf Compact. (Itmnitable Dwarf). Bushy plants 

 six to eight inches high, covered with beautifully striped or 

 blotched flowers. In many of them the markings are as 

 beautifully star shaped as in the strains offered as Star 



petunias Pkt. 15c. 



Countess of Ellesmere. Deep rose, white throat; very small. . " 5c. 



Finest Striped and Blotched •* 5c. 



Nyctaginiflora. Pure white, very fragrant; very floriferous. •' 5c. 



Fine Mixed. An excellent variety of good flowers *' 5c. 



Double Mixed '• 30c. 



LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 



Large Flowered Mixed Pkt. 10c. 



Choicest Large Flowered Mixed •' 1 5c. 



Fringed and Stained Mixed. Large flowered; very desirable. •' 80c. 



Superbissima Mixed. The flowers are of immense size, superbly colored and 

 the open throats are beautifully veined. We have carefully compared other 

 strains sold as Giants of California, etc.i ''nd have found none superior and most 

 of them not equal to our strain of this \ ^-nificent variety Pkt. 35c. 



Brilliant Rose. Large, beautiful flowers of the brightest, yet delicate and very 

 attractive rose color. One of the finest varieties in cultivation and comes true 

 from seed - Pkt. 35c. 



General Dodds. This is a strain of petunia producing large, single flowers that 

 are noticeable because of their exceedingly rich, dark purple color which is 

 really one of the most striking among petunias. We recommend General 

 Dodds as a vigorous and very persistent bloomer and think there are very few 

 garden plants that will make so good and satisfactory a display Pkt. 10c. 



Qrandiflora 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 variety to bloom Pkt. 35c. 



Double Fringed Brilliant Rose. Bears large exceedingly double and fringed 

 flowers of the most brilliant rose color. Very desirable Pkt. 35c. 



Extra Double Fringed. Many colors; beautifully fringed; a good percentage 

 double ^. .Pkt. 35c. 



