M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Verbena 



The Verbena has been wonderfully improved 

 during the past fifty years in form and size of 

 flower truss and thrives particularly well in 

 American soil. For masses in beds on the 

 lawn no plant excels it. In the varieties may be found every color from white 

 through lilac and rose to purple and very dark purplish blue. If sown in 

 open ground in May they will bloom in August, but if started in the house in 

 pots in winter they will flower sooner and may be had in constant bloom from 

 June even until after the early, light frosts. Seed should be soaked in luke- 

 warm water before planting and care taken that the soil be very rich. Ver- 

 benas can be grown from cuttings but seedlings are more vigorous and pro- 

 duce more flowers, all being showy and often the clusters have a delicate 

 fragrance. Half hardy perennial trailer which has gained much in popu- 

 larity through treatment as an annual. 



Montana. (Drummondi) . Hardy; rose changing to lilac Pkt. 6c. 



Hybrida, Defiance. Seed may be relied upon to produce the true, deep 



scarlet color Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida, blue. All shades of blue Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida, auriculaeflora. Various shades, all with distinct white eye. 



Pkt. 10c. 

 Mammoth White. The largest trusses of the finest formed and clear- 

 est white flowers of any named sort. It comes absolutely true from 

 seed, thus enabling us to secure the greater vigor and more abun- 

 dant bloom of the seedling, united with the fine flowers of the named 



varieties Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida, white. Produces large, pure white flowers; very floriferous; 



fine for florists; comes true from seed Pkt. 5c. 



Hybrida, Italian striped. Beautiful ♦' 10c. 



Fine mixed. Embraces all colors ; • • 5c. 



Extra choice mixed •' 10c. 



Mammoth mixed. Embraces a wide range of the most beautiful colors, 



the clusters being of largest size Pkt. 16c. 



Hybrida compacta, mixed. A distinct sort. The plant forms compact 

 bunches about five inches high and eighteen inches across, covered through- 

 out the season with large trusses of white, scarlet and violet flowers. Excel- 

 lent blooms are obtained from seed sown in the spring Pkt. 15c. 



Sunflower 



Sweet William 



Valuable as a screen to hide unsightly places and as a background 

 for lawns, also sometimes used to mitigate the evil of adjacent swamp 

 holes. Hardy annual. Sunflowers grow readily in almost any soil but 

 do best on light, rich limestone or alluvial land well supplied with 

 moisture and not shaded by trees or buildings. 



Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. A tall plant grow- 

 ing seven feet high and blooming profusely all sum- 

 mer. Flowers are double, large, round, golden yellow 

 and resemble chrysanthemums Pkt. 6c. 



Globosus Fistulosus. Produces very large, exceedingly 

 double flowers of bright yellow color; plants about 

 five feet high Pkt. 5c. 



Stella. The plant of this fine variety is well branched 

 and bush yand attains a height of about three feet. 

 The flowers are golden yellow with black discs and are 

 borne on long stems well above the foliage. They 

 come into bloom very early and are produced in abun- 

 dance throughout the season o . Pkt. 6c. 



(Dianthus bar- 

 batus). For dis- 

 play in the gar- 

 den the Sweet William is unsurpassed. The plants pro- 

 duce a succession of flower clusters, thus affording 

 splendid bloom for several weeks. The colors are ex- 

 ceedingly varied, ranging from white through many 

 shades of rose, lilac, red, carmine, crimson, maroon to 

 nearly black, usually two shades to each plant. The 

 seed can be planted in the spring in open ground and 

 will blossom in the fall or the following spring; or it can 

 "be sown in August and will make fine blooming plants 

 for the summer following. Hardy perennial; one and 

 a half feet high. 



Black. Reddish, velvety black Pkt. 5c. 



White , pure " 5c. 



Fine Mixed " 5c. 



Mixed Double, many colors " 5c. 



SWAN RIVER DAISY— (-See Brachyccme) . 



TAQETES— (See Marigold). 



TROP/EOLUM CANARIENSE— (S'ee Canary Bird Flower). 



TROP/EOLUM LOBBIANUM— (See Nasturtium Trailing), 



TROP/EOLUM MINOR— (See Nasturtium Dwarf). 



"Trxg^g^-nifk Prklimi^ri A fine annual with trumpet 

 lUICIlIU I UU I I 111:.! I shaped, sky blue flowers, 

 each having three spots of dark indigo blue and a yellow stain in the center 

 Extremely handsome when gi'own in pots or shaded border Pkt. 10c. 



TOUCH-ME-NOT— (See Balsam). 



TPPP r't/ftPtf^SkSk (Jpomopsis elegans) . A handsome plant with fine, 



■ ■ v.*\.* V.Y|JI V'OO feathery foliage, somewhat like that of the Cypress 



Vine and with long spikes of beautiful flowers; equally desirable for outdoor 



or conservatory cultivation. Half hardy biennial; three feet high. 



Mixed Varieties Pkt. 5c. 



X/ftlP'Pifin Ckvt^£>\c (Polemonium coeruleum). An old standard bor- 

 VUIV..I IUII9 VII \^\^ii der plant often called Jacob's Ladder from its 

 pinnately cleft leaves. Flowers blue, nodding at the ends of upright stalks. It 

 blooms in June, is of easy cultivation and perfectly hardy and may be increased 

 by dividing the roots. Sow early in spring, in open border and thin to one foot 

 apart. Perennial; two feet high Pkt. 5c. 



Sunflower, Stella 



