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FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Stock 



(Mathiola) Sometimes called Gilliflower. 

 Considered almost indispensable where 

 a fine display of flowers is wanted and 

 particularly valued for edgings, bedding 

 and pot culture. The improved varie- 

 ties we offer of this favorite garden plant produce dense 

 spikes of very fragrant and beautiful rosette-like double 

 flowers in a wide range of attractive colors. They are suit- 

 able for cutting, being produced on stems of good length in 

 pleasing contrast with the dark green foliage of the bushy 

 plants. Each of the four types is of long flowering period, 

 and if the earlier ones are started indoors, a profusion of 

 fragrant and pleasing flowers is afforded for the entire season. 

 Sow outdoors early in spring, using well fertilized, carefully 

 pulverized soil and cover seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil 

 firmly pressed down. Make the rows fifteen inches apart; thin 

 to six inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and 

 transplant. Height of plants, one to one and one-half feet. 



Early Flowering Brompton 



A decidedly superior, large-flowering annual strain with 

 the splendid foliage and bloom of the older type but flowering 

 with the Ten Weeks and decidedly superior in length of stem 

 and size of flower spike. This group is also called Beauty 

 Stocks, Giants of Nice, "Cut and Come Again" and Victoria 

 Stocks. 



Belle of Naples. Old rose or light purplish rose Pkt. 15c. 



Camaldoli. Dark violet or light purplish red " 1 5c. 



Snow White ( Victoria) " 10c. 



Vesuvius. Blood-red or deep purplish red " 15c. 



Early Flowering Brompton Mixed. Includes shades of white, 

 old rose, blood-red, purple and violet. Oz. $3.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Ten Weeks (Large Flowering) 



(See colored plate and further description in Supplement J 

 This favorite half-hardy summer blooming annual has 

 deliciously fragrant flow r ers and is very desirable for cutting. 

 Double Ten Weeks, Mixed (Levkojen) Shades of white, red, 



purple, lavender and maroon. Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Ten Weeks, Pure White. Very useful for floral work 



and bouquets. Oz. $3.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Intermediate or Autumnal Stocks 

 Sown at the same time as the Ten Weeks, the Intermediate 

 sorts will succeed them in bloom, thus affording flowers con- 

 tinuously until late in the fall. The flowers are larger and 

 are produced on longer, bolder spikes. For indoor blooming, 

 if sown in pots late in summer the plants will bloom the follow- 

 ing spring. 



Intermediate White Pkt. 15c. 



Scarlet " 15c. 



Winter or Biennial Brompton Stocks 

 These require a longer time than the Intermediate to grow and cannot 

 endure our winters unless protected. 



Brompton Mixed. This mixture of Winter or Biennial Brompton Stocks 

 forms bushy plants flowering in the fall outdoors if started in hotbed 

 early in spring and transplanted, or blooming well in winter from seed 

 sown outdoors in summer if plants are taken up in the fall and given cool 



airy quarters indoors; half hardy biennial. Oz. $4.00 Pkt. 10c. 



STRAW FLOWER — (See Helichrysum and Rhodanthe) 





Stock, Early Flowering Brompton 



Sunflower 



JBLE CHRYSANTHEN 



(Helianthus) 

 These stately, old 

 fashioned flowers 

 with the newer 

 improved varieties are coming into special favor as 

 a background for lawns and in front of high fences. 

 Valuable also as a screen to hide unsightly places 

 and sometimes used to mitigate the evil of adjacent 

 swamp holes. Their very tall dense growth and 

 bright yellow disc-like flowers of very large size 

 and long blooming period make them one of the 

 most deserving and useful of hardy annuals. 



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. Sow the seed outdoors in 

 spring after danger of frost is over, preferably in 

 well pulverized soil either broadcast or in rows 

 two to three feet apart and cover about one-half 

 inch deep. When the young plants are about four 

 inches high, thin one-half to two feet apart to se- 

 cure the best development. 



Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. The most at- 

 tractive of the very double sunflowers. Plant 

 tall, growing seven feet high and blooming pro- 

 fusely all summer. Flowers very large, often 

 eight to ten inches across, very double, with 

 long fringed petals and resemble chrysanthe- 

 mums. The color is a splendid, rich, golden-yel- 

 low, free from any black center. Oz. 30c. Pkt. 10c. 



Globosus Fistulosus {Globe, or Dahlia Sunflower) 

 This desirable variety produces very large, ex- 

 ceedingly double flowers, often six to eight inches 

 in diameter and of bright yellow color. The plants 

 are usually about five feet high. Oz. 20c. Pkt. 10c. 



Stella. The plant of this fine Miniature {cucumeri- 

 folius) variety is spreading with many branches 

 and attains a height of about three feet. The 

 flowers are about three inches in diameter and 

 are of an unusually pure golden yellow with black 

 discs or centers, and are borne on long stems 

 well above the foliage. Early blooming and pro- 

 duced in abundance throughout a long season. 

 Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



SWEET ROCKET— (See Rocket) 



