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



Canterbury Bell 



Carnation 



{Campanula 



medium)lland- 



s o m e, easily 

 grown herbaceous plants of stately branching habit and 

 profuse bloom for beds and backgrounds. They produce 

 long racemes of strikingly effective bell-shaped or saucer- 

 shaped flowers of rich color. Leaves sessile, lanceolate. 

 Usually grown as a hardy biennial, but if seed is sown 

 very early indoors it may be treated as a tender annual. 

 Sow seed outdoors early in spring in rows about 

 two feet apart covering with about one-fourth inch of 

 fine soil firmly pressed down. The plants succeed best in 

 light, rich soil with good drainage and in the fall should 

 be transplanted or thinned to eighteen inches or two 

 feet apart and given some protection in severe winter 

 weather. Height of plants, from two to four feet. 



Double White Pkt. 10c. 



" Blue. Shades of blue and purple " 10c. 



" Mixed. Oz. 75c " 10c. 



Single Mixed. Colors white, and various shades of violet, 



rose, lilac and blue. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Calycanthema Mixed. Large single flowers, white, lilac, 

 rose and purple. Known as "Cup and Saucer" 

 plant, the calyx forming a cup round the base of the 



bell. Oz. $2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



CARPET OF SNOW— (See Alyssum) 



(Dianthus Caryophyllus) 



'•Carnation," "Pink," 



"Clove Pink," "Florists' 



Pink," are names applied 

 by different people to the same or to different plants of 

 several species as well as to hybrids between them. 

 They are all easily grown from seed and very free bloom- 

 ing, the flowers being bright colored and with a most 

 delicious clove-like fragrance. 



Some varieties are best adapted for pot culture and 

 make fine house plants; others do best in beds in the 

 open ground. The improved varieties we offer are suit- 

 able also for cutting. They produce very double, semi- 

 circular blooms with thick wax-like petals and long pod- 

 like calyx. The plants are branching but compact and 

 erect, with slender, bluish green foliage. The bursting of 

 the calyx may be prevented by using ashes or some form 

 of potash. Where size and quality of flowers are desired 

 rather than profusion of bloom, all except the terminal 

 buds should be removed. This is the method employed 

 by florists to obtain the larger, longer-stemmed beauties. 

 Half hardy perennial, usually treated as a biennial. Canterbury Bell 



Large Flowering Carnations Best Suited for Pot Culture 



The choicest varieties sold by florists are propagated from cuttings but very beautiful double flowers just as good in form 

 and more fragrant, although not as large, can be produced from the seed we offer. Sow under glass in the greenhouse or hotbed 



from January to March. Use well prepared soil, cover lightly 

 and keep in a temperature of about 60° F. Sprinkle with a 

 fine spray. When the young plants are of a sufficient size trans- 

 plant them out of doors two feet apart each way, or the seed 

 may be sown in permanent bed as early in spring as weather 

 will permit. 



Double Perpetual Flowered Mixed. An exceedingly beautiful 

 variety producing very double flowers of various shades and 



colors. Seed from choicest double flowers Pkt. 25c. 



Fine Double Striped. Seed from fine named striped sorts. " 25c. 

 Choicest White Ground. Seed from choice, large flowered, 

 named varieties, with nearly white petals bordered or tinted 

 with red or purple. A very choice picotee strain.. . .Pkt. 35c. 

 Double Picotee Fine Mixed. A magnificent strain of 

 double Picotees. Seed from choicest French, Italian and 

 English named sorts. Certain to produce a large proportion 



of double and finely formed and colored flowers Pkt. 15c. 



Double Choice Mixed. A mixture containing many of the very 



choicest colors and types Fkt. 10c. 



Double Fancy Picotee Extra Fine Mixed. Extra fine, seed saved 

 from named varieties, petals bordered, spotted and splashed. 

 An extra choice mixture Pkt. 25c. 



Varieties Adapted to both Pot and Outdoor Culture 



Seed may be sown outdoors early in spring, using well 

 pulverized soil, preferably sandy loam. Make rows one foct 

 apart and cover seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly 

 pressed down. When two inches high, thin to eight or ten 

 inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors. 



There are usually only a few flowers obtainable in the open 

 ground the first year, but if the plants are protected through 

 the winter they will bloom freely the second season. In southern 

 latitudes seed may also be sown outdoors in fall. Half hardy 

 perennials, fifteen inches high, except Marguerite which can 

 be treated very successfully as an annual. 



Early Double Snow White. The plants are vigorous, erect 

 and bushy; come into flower very early and furnish abundant 

 bloom for a long time. The flowers are large, double, clear 



white and wonderfully fragrant Fkt. 25c. 



Marguerite Finest Mixed. The plants of this wonderfully fine 

 strain may be made to bloom in four months. Flowers large, 

 double, deeply fringed, very fragrant and appear in very 

 attractive shades of color. Especially desirable for bedding 



as an annual and for cutting. Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Dwarf Vienna Mixed. Large flowered and comes into 

 bloom early, producing flowers of many colors and beautiful 



markings; a large proportion double. Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Red Grenadin. Comes into bloom very early and the 

 charming, double, scarlet flowers are very valuable for form- 

 ing bouquets Pkt. 1 5c. 



