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D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



V' •_• _ Qfrkr»lr (C^ieiranthus maritimus, Malcomia maritima) The plants are of more branching and decidedly 

 irglllla.il JlUtn. more open in habit than the common Stock (Mathiola) and are very useful for border or edging. 

 Sow early in spring, or for very early blooming sow in fall or start indoors and transplant. A continual succession of blossoms 

 maybe kept up by sowing at intervals through spring and summer. Hardy annual; about nine inches high. 

 Red and white, mixed. Clusters of beautiful single cruciform flowers Pkt. 10c. 



V^T 1|_£1 (Cheiranthus cheiri) This is a favorite European garden flower. The long, fragrant terminal 



W r^\ I IlO^VGl* s P ikes of the "Wallflower when properly grown are very conspicuous in beds and borders and are 



* * ** 114 * v vv v "'* very useful in making bouquets. 



. Sow seed early in hotbed and while plants are small prick them out into pots and sink in the earth. On approach of cold 

 weather remove the pots to the house and the plants will bloom all winter. Tender bushy biennial or perennial that will live 

 through the winter in a mild climate; height of plants about one and one-half feet. 



Early Brown. Brownish-red, fragrant single flowers; large, thick spikes; early. Tender biennial. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Golden Tom Thumb. A variety of dwarf and compact habit. The blossoms are single and of an attractive golden yellow 



color. Tender biennial Pkt. 10c. 



Double Mixed. Deliciously fragrant, perfectly double, and combine many shades of color, the orange, purple and chocolate 



predominating. Oz. $2.50 Pkt. 10c. 



\A/ilrl f > llr»'nml-»^»*• (Echinocystis lobata) This is a useful climber where a rapid and vigorous growth of vine is desired. 

 VV 11U V/ULUmOcr To cover or to screen an unsightly building, there is perhaps no annual climber better adapted for 

 the purpose. The vine has abundant foliage and is thickly covered with sprays of small white, fragrant flowers, followed by 

 numerous prickly seed pods. 



Sow late in fall or very early in spring.- Usually the plants are produced from year to year by self sown seed. Hardy annual. 

 Oz. 20c; Lb. $1.50 , Pkt. 10c. 



AA^ietnfia fl"»irn»ri«ic One of the most beautiful and rapid growing of the hardy perennial climbers. When well 

 TT iol&rla V^llllldlolo established in good soil it will often grow fifteen to twenty feet during the season and frequent- 

 ly blooms both in spring and fall. The flowers are very fragrant, single, pale blue, pea-shaped and are borne in long, drooping 

 grape-like clusters, often over a foot in length. Foliage light green, pinnate. The seed should be sown in mellow loam early 

 in the spring, or in greenhouse or hotbed in winter and when plants are one foot high transplanted into permanent situa- 

 tions Pkt. 20c. 



WOOLFLOWER (See Celosia ChildsiJ 



Sometimes called Youth and Old Age. The well known bush-like plants of Zinnias produce a pro- 

 fusion of large double imbricated flowers, borne on stiff stems. They are much used for bedding and 

 are suitable for borders and for cutting. 



There is much satisfaction in a bed of Zinnias with their twisted and recurved petalled flowers in 

 many bright colors, and when nearly every other flower has been killed by frost this plant is still in 

 full bloom. Few flowers are more easily grown or bloom more abundantly throughout the season, and the wide range of color 

 is not less remarkable than their unusual depth and richness. 



Sow the seed early in spring, in open ground in good rich soil, preferably in rows one and one-half feet apart and covering 

 about one-fourth inch deep. When the young plants are cne to two inches high thin to six inches apart. Start under glass 

 for earlier blooming. Half hardy annual; tall growing, usually about one and one-half to two feet high. 



Zinnia 



Nf-i . . An improved strain which 

 eW Aslant produces immense double 

 Flow*»rtf»fJ nowers 3 to 4 inches in diam- 

 m. iuwcicu eter j n an ex tvemely wide 



range of colors. The plants are hardy, of 

 very vigorous growth, often 3 feet high, and 

 remain in bloom from early summer until 

 killed by severe frost. 



Giant Flowered 



Crimson Pkt. 10c. 



Golden Yellow. 



Orange 



Pink (Several Shades) 



Purple 



Scarlet 



White 



Mixed — A choice mixture of the 



above shades and colors. 



Oz. $1.00 



10c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 



Elegans Double Yellow. Oz. 40c. . .Pkt. 10c. 



Scarlet. Oz. 4Cc 

 Deep Red. Oz. 40c. 

 Magenta. Oz. 40c. 

 Orange. Oz. 40c... 



White 



Black Purple. Oz. 



40c 



Dark Crimson. Oz. 



40c 



Striped or Zebra 



Mixed. Oz. 60c... 



10c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



Zinnia, Giant Flowered 



Elegans Double Choice Mixed. Includes the 

 above colors; a very fine mixture. Oz. 40c; 

 Lb. $4.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Lilliput Double Mixed. This strain grows 

 about one foot high and bears a profusion 

 of comparatively small, very double, glob- 

 ular flowers about one inch in diameter, 

 very brilliant in color Pkt. 10c. 



Pompon Double Mixed. The globular flow- 

 ers are fully as varied and brilliant in color 

 as the ordinary Zinnia and about half its 

 size. Oz. 40c Pkt. 10c. 



Haageana Double. Dwarf variety with 

 double flowers of a deep orange color, about 

 one and one-quarter inches in diameter ; fine 

 for cut flowers; height one foot.. . Pkt. 10c. 



Mexicana Hybrida Variegated. Distinctive 

 in its well-formed single flowers of deep 

 maroon and golden yellow strikingly con- 

 trasted. The flowers are similar to those 

 of French Leeion of Honor Marigold, but 

 are earlier and more easily grown. Hardy 

 annual; one foot high — Pkt. 15c. 



