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



Nicotiana 



Handsome bedding plants of the tobacco family, valuable for long and free blooming. The flowers are 



salver-shaped, with long tubular corollas. 



Sow outdoors when ground is warm and dry covering the fine seed one-eighth inch deep or for 

 earlier blooming start in boxes indoors and transplant to open ground when danger of frost is past. Allow at least eighteen 

 inches to each plant for proper development. Half hardy annuals; about three feet high. 

 Affinis. Flowers large, white and fully expanded only in the morning or evening or on cloudy days. Very fragrant. 



Oz. 30c. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Sanderse, Mixed. Flowers white, carmine-rose or violet, a little smaller than Affinis and unlike it, in full bloom during the dt 

 Very floriferous Pkt. 10c. 



NIGELLA— (See Love-in-a-Mist) OENOTHERA— (See Primrose) 



v^ * Pansies are now produced in an almost infinite variety of colors and markings. Their brilliancy 



J ^^ _^ ^__ ^^. ^* of shading, extended season of blooming and long keeping characteristics make them general 



nllQl^PQ favorites. The strains now offered are far superior to the old Heart's Ease or Viola Tricolor 



A diL AvawO and the esteem in which they were held by older generations has been heightened by the greater 



variety and more brilliant colors of the improved sorts. We have been interested in the bringing 



forward of advanced types of very large varieties in this country as well as in Europe, and our stocks are the very best 



obtainable. We spare neither pains nor expense to satisfy the most critical trade. Every year we visit the gardens of 



the most expert specialists and are in position to give our customers the benefit of their knowledge. 



We have annually both out of doors and under glass extensive trials of Pansies from the most successful European growers 

 and from prominent seedsmen. While the variations in shades of color and markings appear almost limitless our list includes 

 the very best strains the world produces. 



Seed may be sown indoors very early in spring, or a little later in the open ground, and transplanted when an inch high. 

 Such plants 'will commence to bloom in June. If sown in July, the plants will bloom in the fall, or if sown in September, the 

 following spring. Well pulverized soil should be used and the seeds covered one-eighth to one-fourth inch deep with fine soil 

 firmly pressed down. The largest and best dowers are produced by young plants which have been grown rather slowly in a 

 partially shaded situation, and in very rich soil; coolness and moisture are necessary. A situation sheltered from high winds 

 and exposed to the morning sun is most favorable and frequent sprinklings are advantageous. Grown indoors pansies make 

 a good winter blooming pot plant. Hardy perennial but usually grown as an annual or biennial. Four to six inches high. 



LARGE FLOWERING 



King of the Blacks (Faust) Large velvety, pure black 

 blossoms. This is probably the darkest flower grown. 

 Oz. §1. 25 Pkt. 10c. 



Meteor. The flowers are large, 

 gany. Excellent for massing 

 Oz.Sl.50 



■ich, velvety red or maho- 

 or edgings. Very hardy. 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Pure Yellow. Brilliant, deep lemon yellow color, large flower- 

 ing variety. Oz. §1.50 Pkt. 10c 



Variegated and Striped. Flowers are beautifullj* striped in 

 various colors, very rich and attractive. Oz. §1.50. . .Pkt. 10c. 



Violet White Edged. Flowers are deep warm violet, edged 

 white. Oz. Si- 25 Pkt. 10c. 



White-. Flowers large and of fine form. An early and very 

 floriferous strain. Oz. Si. 25 Pkt. 10c. 



Choice Mixed. Seeds saved from large flowering sorts. A 

 special mixture in a wide range of colors, shades and mark- 

 ings. Oz. $1.00 Pkt> 10c# 



GIANT FLOWERING 



Bugnot's Very Large Stained Mixed. An exceptionally at- 

 tractive mixture of very large, blotched and stained flowers 

 of fine circular form and usually somewhat ruffled. Each 

 petal distinctly blotched, and its margin usually veined. 

 Sturdy plants. Many shades. Yg Oz. §1.25 Pkt. 15c. 



Navy Blue. Deep lavender-blue petals, dark blue about the 

 eye; very large flowering. Oz. §1-25 Pkt. 10c. 



Ferry's Superbissima Blotched. Very large flowers of ex- 

 ceptionally fine form and substance, usually ruffled and 

 beautifully veined and blotched in all the finer and deeper 

 shades and colors found in pansies. Plants are very vigorous 

 and floriferous. Superior to rather than simply different 

 from old strains. % Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 15c. 



Giant Blue Black. 



almost black — 

 Giant Trimardeau Mixed. Our stock of this variety produces 

 as large pansies as can be grown. Flowers of richest, most 

 varied shades, well rounded form and generally marked 

 with three large blotches. Plants very hardy and vigorous. 

 We recommend this mixture as one sure to give general 

 satisfaction where conditions are at all suitable for pansy 

 growth. Oz. §2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Very large flowers: a rich velvety purple, 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Flowering Parisian Mixed. The flowers of this splendid 

 mixture are of largest size, very fine form and range of 

 colors, often in the lighter shades. Each petal is usually 

 beautifully blotched. Oz. §2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Yellow (Trimardeau) Very large yellow flowers with 

 large black centers. A very distinct and attractive va- 

 riety Pkt. 15c. 



Lord Beaconsfield. The lower petals are very deep violet 

 purple, shading in upper petals to white, slightly tinted 

 with purple. 1 he flowers are very large and finely formed. 

 Oz. §1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Odier, or Very Large Stained Mixed. Known also as Cassier's. 

 Very large flowers, distinctly veined and each petal beauti- 

 fully blotched. This is a very fine strain of pansies with a 

 wide range of splendid colors. Sturdy plants, very vigorous 

 and fiorif erous pkt. 1 5c. 



Extra Choice Mixed. From best named flowers of very large 

 size. An extra fine Trimardeau mixture, very superior in 

 size, form, coloring and substance. Oz. §1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



