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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Kochia (Summer Cypress) 



Job's Tears 



w Beautiful annual outdoor climber of luxuri- 



I flflfflOGri. ant growth for covering verandas and 



*JJ«#v*»*vw%A arbors, or for screening unsightly objects. 

 Sow preferably in heat and transplant to open border; or sow 

 in open border after the ground becomes warm. Soak seed in 

 Juke-warm water before planting. Tender annual; ten to fifteen 

 feet high. 

 Setosa (Brazilian Morning Glory) Very vigorous rapid growing 



vine with large, three-lobed leaves and stems covered with brown 



hair. Flowers open in morning; salver formed, delicate blue or 



reddish purple with pink star in center and produced in clusters. 



Seed black, a little larger than Limbata. Oz. 40c Pkt. 10c. 



Coccinea (Star Ipomcea) Like a Morning Glory but with smaller, 



rather pointed leaves, and covered with small scarlet, star- 

 shaped flowers. Height often ten feet. Seed small, black. 



Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c. 



Bona Nox (Evening Glory) Violet blue flowers, open in the 



evening: similar to the white Moon Flower but not as large; seed 



as large but darker. Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c. 



Limbata Mixed. Very large violet or blue flowers with white 



margins an I throats. The leaves are similar to those of Japanese 



Morning Glory but are less variegated. Seed large, black. 



Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c. 



Fine Mixed. The four above varieties mixed. Oz. 20c " 10c. 



Early Flowering Sky Blue (Ipornoza grandiflora rubro ccerulea) A 



most desirable, early, free flowering sort, with glossy dark 



foliage and very large flowers that open with a tinge of carmine- 

 rose and when mature are bright light blue Pkt. 15c. 



IPOMCEA GRANDIFLORA— (See Moon Flower) 

 IPOMCEA PURPUREA— (See Morning Glory) 

 IPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT— (See Cypress Vine) 

 JAPANESE HOP— (See Hamulus Japonicus) 

 JOSEPH'S COAT— (See Amaranthus tricolor) 



(Goix lachryma) Curious ornamental grass with broad, corn-like leaves and lustrous slate colored seeds 

 used for beads. Valuable for winter bouquets with everlasting flowers. Plant outdoors early in spring in 

 hills three feet apart, four or five seeds in a hill, and cover half an inch deep. Hardy annual; three feet high. Oz. 15c. Pkt. 10c. 



\£ _ _1_ * TVi^lirkrfcliirlla (Summer Cypress) A quick growing foliage or hedge plant, very symmetrical and attrac- 

 SS.OCma 1 riCnopnyiia tive in summer and fall. The foliage is as fine as moss and of clean, bright green color. 

 Early in the fall innumerable little flowers appear anl the bush takes on a deep red tinge. Sow outdoors early in spring, cover- 

 ing one fourth inch deep. Make the rows two feet apart and thin eighteen inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and 

 transplant to open ground. Hardy annual; about two and one-half feet high. Oz. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



(Delphinium) The Larkspur with its long clustered spikes of beautiful irregular flowers, often with 

 long spurs, is especially valuable for its shades of blue. The annual forms are very desirable for 

 bedding and the perennials are strikingly effective as a background for borders and for planting among 



shrubbery. Seed of annual varieties may be sown 

 outdoors early in spring. For earlier blooming start 

 very early indoors or sow in fall. Thin one to one 

 and one-half feet apart. The perennial sorts are 

 sown in fall or early in spring. 



Annual Varieties 



Double Dwarf Rocket Mixed. Beautiful spikes of 

 double flowers in many shades. Hardy annual; 

 one foot high. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Tall Stock Flowered Mixed (Consolidafl.pl.) Flow- 

 ers double, borne on spikes about fifteen inches 

 long. Colors rosse. white and shades of blue. Hardy 

 annual: two feet high Pkt. 10c. 



Double Emperor (Imperiale fl.pl.) Compact and 

 profuse bloomer having erect spikes of very double 

 flowers. Hardy annual: one and one-half feet high. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Perennial Varieties 



Eiatum (Bee Larkspur) Flowers blue with hairy 

 petals in the center giving them a fancied resem- 

 blance to a bee. Hardy perennial: three to five feet 

 high Pkt. 10c. 



Formosum. Flowers large, deep blue shaded indigo, 

 small white center. Hardy perennial: three to 

 five feet high according to conditions. of soil and 

 season; long blooming season Pkt. 10c. 



LATH YR US LATIFOLIUS— (See Peas, Everlasting) 



LATHYRUS ODORATUS— (See Siceet Peas) 



Larkspur 



Annual Larkspur 



I or&f*as*»:a Tne P lants form small shrubs, 

 L^CUllAlla. producing in late summer and 

 autumn heliotrope-like clusters of single, fragrant 

 flowers that change color. Succeeded by green 

 berries that turn to a deep blue. Start under glass 

 and transplant when danger of frost is over. May 

 also be grown in pots. Tender perennial; about two 

 feet high. 

 Finest French Hybrids mixed. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



I l Ml 'Sim Grandiflorum Rubrum (Scarlet Flax) 



JL^iililfilA An attractive free-flowering bedding 

 plant with slender foliage and bearing on delicate 

 stems clusters of glossy bright red single flowers, 

 saucer-shaped, with black center. If so wn in hotbed 

 and transplanted into good, rich soil, one foot apart, 

 the period of flowering will be much advanced but 

 the seed can be sown in the open ground after the 

 weather is warm. Hardy annual; about one and 

 one-half feet high. Oz. 20c .. ■ Pkt. 1 Oc. 



