70 



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



Carnation 



(Dianthus Caryophyllus) '•Carnation,'" "Pink," "Clove Pink," "Florists Pink,*' are 

 names applied by different people to the same or to different plants of several species 

 as well as to hybrids between them. They are all easily grown from seed and very free 

 blooming, the flowers being bright colored and with a most delicious clove-like fra- 

 grance. Some of the varieties are very desirable for the professional florist and make fine house plants for the ama- 

 teur. Others do best in the open ground and are among the most desirable of garden plants. Half hardy perennial. 



Large Flowering Carnations Best Suited for Pot Culture 



The sorts most grown by florists who are constantly striving to produce new varieties. While choice varieties are propa- 

 gated by cuttings, planters may get some as good from the seed we offer and a large proportion double and very beautiful. 



Double Perpetual Flowered Mixed. An ex- 

 ceedingly beautiful variety producing very 

 double flowers of various shades and 

 colors. Seed saved from choicest double 

 flowers Pkt. 25c. 



Fine Double Selves. Seeds from named 

 varieties grown in the open ground and 

 likely to give some flowers fully equal to 

 the best greenhouse sorts Pkt. 10c. 



Fine Double Striped. Seed from fine named 

 striped varieties Pkt. 15c. 



Choicest White Ground. Seed from choice, 

 large flowered, named varieties, with nearly 

 white petals bordered or tinted with red 

 or purple. Sure to give large and beauti- 

 ful flowers Pkt. 35c. 



Extra Choice Double Mixed. Seed from an 

 immense collection of choice French, Ger- 

 man, Italian and English named sorts. 

 Certain to produce a large proportion of 

 double and finely formed and colored 

 flowers in almost endless variety of shades 

 and markings. Oz. $2.50 pkt. 15c. 



Choice Double Mixed. A mixture contain 



ing many of the very choicest colors and 



W types Pkt. 10c. 



Picotee, Extra Fine Double Mixed. Extra fine 

 seed from named varieties, petals spotted 

 and splashed; sure to give flowers of splen- 

 did quality in good proportion. . . , Pkt. 25c. 



Varieties Adapted to both Pot and 

 Outdoor Culture 



For outdoor culture a rich compost is indis- 

 pensable to the production of fine carna- 

 tions; there is scarcely any plant to which 

 a congenial soil is of so much importance. 



Early Double Snow White. A splendid sort 

 for either pot culture or the garden. The 

 plants are vigorous, erect and bushy in 

 growth; come into flower very early and 

 furnish abundant bloom for a long time. 

 The flowers are large, double, clear white 

 and wonderfully fragrant Pkt. 25c. 



Marguerite. The plants of this wonderfully 

 fine strain may be made to bloom in four 

 months. The flowers are large, double, very 

 fragrant and appear in very attractive 

 shades of color. One of the best "pinks 1 ' 

 in cultivation Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 5c. 



Double Dwarf Vienna Mixed. Large flower- 

 ed and comes into bloom early, producing 

 flowers of many colors and beautiful mark- 

 ings. Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Red Grenadin. Plants are a little 

 smaller and less erect than White Grenadin 

 but come into bloom a little earlier and are 

 fully as floriferous. Flowers double, fra- 

 grant and of rich, deep red color. .Pkt. 15c. 



Carnation Marguerite 



Celosia 



Cm Y% (Ricinus) Tall majestic plants for lawns; with leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed 



d.Sl01T il f^<rin metallic hue and long spikes of scarlet, or of green, prickly fruit. Makes a rapid, vigorous 

 **** * , ^ ,A *^^***» a growth in rich soil. Tender annual; six to fifteen feet high. 

 Zanzibariensis. Wonderfully vigorous, from ten to fifteen feet high. Leaves have a brilliant luster, measuring about 



thirty inches across, ranging in color from bright green to deep bronze. Mixed Varieties. Oz. 15c Pkt. 5c. 



Sanguineus. {Tricolor) Blood red stalks with red venation in leaves; height about six feet, Oz. 15c " 5c. 



Castor Bean, Mixed. A desirable mixture of all the named varieties. Oz. 15c " 5c. 



A class of plants having colored foliage and in which the innumerable small flowers and seed 



vessels together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, sometimes gracefully 



arranged like plumes and sometimes more dense, being corrugated and frilled at the edge like a 



cock's comb. They form the gayest possible decoration, retaining their brilliant coloring for a 



long time after being cut. Commonly grown out of doors but also adapted for the greenhouse and conservatory. Half 



hardy annuals. Plant in light, rich soil and give plenty of moisture. 



Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. The plant is over two feet high, and is covered with long, brilliantly colored and 



gracefully formed plumes in red, yellow or violet Pkt. 5c. 



Triumph of the Exposition. Plant of pyramidal form, bearing many exceedingly graceful, f eather-like spikes of intensely 



brilliant crimson color. Height two to three feet Pkt. 10c. 



Variegated. A strain between the plumosa and cockscomb types in which the plumes are broadened at the top; vari- 

 egated and striped in red and yellow Pkt. 10c. 



Japan. Plant grows two and one-half to three feet high and is covered with spikes which are finely crested and of brilliant 

 colors usually variegated crimson and deep yellow Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf and Tree Cockscomb Types 



Giant Empress. This beautiful dwarf plant has dark red Dwarf Rose. Large rose-colored combs Pkt. 10c. 



leaves and forms ! immense bright crimson combs Pkt. 10c. Dwarf Yellow. Large yellow combs " 10c. 



Glasgow Prize. {President Thiers) Plant resembles an lm- ^ .__. , . ?, ... , , , 



mensecomb, densely corrugated; brilliant, deep purplish Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf growing sorts. 



red Pkt. 10c. Oz. $1.75 Pkt. 5c. 



