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M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Phlox Drummondi 



Phlox Drummondi 



(Large Flowering) Unequalled in the magnificent display of their many and 

 brilliantly colored flowers. The plants are hardy bushlike annuals with many 

 broad flat-topped clusters of nearly round and star-shaped flowers. They are 



of easiest culture and bloom profusely through a long season. Especially attractive in masses or ribbon beds of contrasted 



colors; useful as window-garden plants and very desirable for combining in mixed bouquets. 



Seed is usually sown very early in spring outdoors in rows one foot apart. A sunny situation is desirable. Well pulverized 



soil, preferably rich and mellow, should be used and the seed, which germinates rather slowly, covered with about one-fourth 



inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. Thin to four inches apart. For very early blooming, seed may be sown outdoors in 



fall, or started indoors and transplanted early in April. Hardy annual; one foot high. 



Alba. Pure white, very desirable. Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. Rosy Chamois. Deep salmon-rose. Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. 



Black Warrior. Very deep maroon. -Oz. 90c " 10c. Scarlet. With maroon center. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Isabellina. Creamy yellow. O'z. 90c " 10c. 



Kermesina Alba Oculata. Rosv crimson, white eye. 



Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Lilac. With white center. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Rosea. Rose, with distinct eye. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Splendens. Crimson, pure white eye. Oz. 90c 



Violet. Deep violet-blue, white eye. Oz. 90c 



Extra Choice Mixed. Best large flowered varieties. 

 Our mixture is unexcelled for profusion of bloom 

 and wide range of brilliant colors. Oz. 75c 



10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 



Pinks 



(Dianthus) The Pinks are old-fashioned favorites and as a class are more varied in color than the 

 Carnations but lack their fragrance. Both the single and double Pinks are well adapted for bedding 

 and borders, and are suitable also for cutting as the stems are of good length and the brilliantly 

 colored flowers, often one and one-half to two inches across, contrast vividly with the rather narrow 

 bright light green leaves. 



Seed may be sown in the open ground in spring after danger of 

 frost is past,*in the place where the plants are wanted to bloom. Use 

 well pulverized soil, preferably sandy loam. Make the rows one foot 

 to fifteen inches apart and cover the seed with one-fourth inch of fine 

 soil firmly pressed down. When two inches high, thin six to eight 

 inches apart. Plants compact, bushy, usually about one foot high. 

 When grown for spring blooming, if ' in a well drained situation and 

 protected by a light mulch of straw or leaves, the plants are less 

 likely to winter kill than if in a moist unprotected part of the garden 

 during the colder months. The plants thus winrered over will produce 

 more and better blooms than those of the first season. 



Crimson Belle. Rich, vivid crimson color: flower single, of large size 

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



Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully marbled and striped with 

 light shades of red upon lighter ground. Border of petals finely 

 cut or laciniated Pkt. 10c. 



Royal Pinks (Heddewigi nobilis) These very large, single flowers 

 afford a wide range of colors. Petals deeply cut and fringed and 

 flowers in splendid shades from blood-red to carmine, pink and even 

 white. Plants dwarf and very free flowering Pkt. 10c. 



Heddewig's Single Mixed. A splendid mixture of single flowers of 

 the best shades and beautifully marked. Plants dwarf; very free 

 flowering. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful variety easily cultivated: rich, 

 deep red '. pkt. 10c. 



Double Dark Purple. An attractive and particularly useful color in 

 pinks. The flowers are double, of large size, fine form and are 

 suitable for cutting Pkt. 15c. 



Double Diadem Mixed (Heddeivig's) Verv regular, double, and all 

 tints from crimson purple to deep black purple. Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Japan Mixed (Chinensis laeiniatus) The flowers are rich in 

 hue: very double deep fringed petals. Colors vary from white to 

 rose, lilac, carmine, crimson, scarlet, purple, brown and almost 

 black, spotted and striped. Oz. 80c Pkt. 10c. 



Double China Mixed (Chinensis) White and dark crimson selves, also 

 white tipped light purple and shades of red with darker blotch- 

 ings. A mixture of double pinks unsurpassed in variety of brilliant 

 coloring and marking. Oz. 40c Pkt. 10c. 



Snowdrift. Clear white, double and fully as large as the popular 

 Marguerite Carnation; desirable for cutting Pkt. 15c. 



Single Pink 



