D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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PENTSTEMON 



PINKS 



Handsome, half 



hardy herbace- 

 ous perennials about two feet high and 

 much in favor for bedding out. Flowers 

 bell-shaped or tubular, an inch and a half 

 long borne in racemes or spikes, white and 

 various shades of rose and purplish red 

 striped with white. The roots should re- 

 ceive some protection in winter. 

 Mixed Pkt. 10c. 



pi7Dff I A Nankinensis Atropurpurea 



*^ Mlii\.lL^L^.t^ Laciniata. Ornamental fo- 

 liage plants similar to Coleus. They are of 

 easj' culture growing freely in any good, 

 common garden soil. Fine for bedding 

 with silver-leaved plants. Foliage dark 

 metallic bronze almost black. Half hardy 

 annual; two feet high Pkt. 5c. 



PERIWINKLE— (Sfee Vinca). 



PHYSALIS FRANCHETI «"" 



Plant). When well grown, plants are about two 

 feet high producing from the axis of each leaf 

 one or more large, brilliant red-colored seed pods 

 which in form and color are suggestive of a Jap- 

 anese lantern. These contain bright, cherry-like 

 fruit which is occasionally used for making pre- 

 serves. It grows readily to a fruiting size the 

 first year from seed, in the warmer latitudes. 



Pkt. 10c. 



(Dianthus). Hardy and 



half hardy biennials 



perennials but nearly all 

 blooming the first year from seed; of easy cul- 

 ture. Seeds may be sown in the open ground 

 where they are to remain but better results are 

 obtained, at least in the north, if plants are 

 started in the house. 



Crimson Belle. Rich, vivid crimson color; flower single and of extraordinary 



size and substance, evenly and finely laciniated Pkt. 10c. 



Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully marbled and striped with light 



shades of pink upon lighter ground Pkt. 10c. 



Vesuvius. A new color in pinks; a light strawberry red, very distinct and 



sure to attract favorable attention wherever grown. Flowers nearly two inches 



across with petals deeply laciniated. Hardy annual; one foot high. Pkt. 15c. 

 Royal Pinks (Heddeivigi nohilis). These very large, single flowers afford a 



wide range of colors. Petals deeply cut and fringed and in splendid shades 



of blood-red to carmine, pink and even white Pkt. 10c. 



Heddewig's Single Mixed. Flowers of the best shades and beautifully 



marked Pkt. 5c. 



Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful variety easily cultivated; its velvety 



maroon flowers are very attractive Pkt. 10c. 



Double Diadem. Very regular, densely double, and of all tints from crimson- 

 purple to deep black-purple Pkt. 5c. 



Double Japan. Rich in hue; very double, deeply fringed petals. Mixed 



Heddewig's Double. Flowers very large and double and of various shades of brilliant colors. 



Double China Mixed. White and dark crimson selfs also white tipped light purple and shades of red wi 



blotchings 



Very ornamental both in foliage and flowers. 

 {See also Matricaria). 

 Parthenifolium Aureum. (Golden Feather). Beautiful gold leaved bedding 



plant. Flowers white; height one foot Pkt. 5c. 



Parthenifolium Aureum Selaginoides. Finely cut, fern-like leaves of bright 

 golden yellow color. Extra fine for bedding. Half hardy perennial ; height 



one foot Pkt. 10c. 



Roseum. Ray flowers fully two inches in diameter, carmine-rose with golden 

 yellow center. Foliage finely cut. Hardy perennial; two feet high. Pkt. 10c. 



Pink, Single 



PYRETHRUM 



PORTULACA 



PORTULACA 



There are few flowers in cultivation 

 that make such a dazzling display of 

 color in the bright sunshine as a bed of 

 portulacas. They are in bloom from 

 about the first of July until killed by 

 frost in autumn. Sometimes they are 

 started indoors but usually are sown 

 directly where the plants are to stand. 

 The seed requires a moderately high 

 temperature for germination. The 

 soil need not be rich, the plants doing 

 better in hot, rather dry ground. 

 They should have a sunny situation. 

 Tender annual; about nine inches 

 high. 



SINGLE VARIETIES. 



Alba. Pure white Pkt. 5c. 



Aurea. Deep golden ** 5c. 



Caryophylloides. Carnation 



striped " 5c. 



Striata. Yellow, striped 



with red " 5c. 



Fine Mixed " 5c. 



DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



Not all the plants will come double, 

 but the single ones can be pulled out. 

 Double White Pkt. 10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



Sulphur 



Rose striped. 



Scarlet 



Orange 



Mixed 



