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M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Cineraria 



Clematis 



Cinerarias are easily grown from 

 seed in the greenhouse or conser- 

 vatory, require little heat, are 

 free blooming, and give brilliant 

 flowers in a variety of colors. They thrive best in a mixture 

 of loam and peat. One to two feet high. 



Maritima candidissima (Dusty Miller) Cultivated for its hand- 

 some, silvery white foliage; very ornamental as a decorative 

 pot plant, or for bedding. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida, choicest mixed. Large flowering " 25c. 



Hybrida, flore pleno, mixed. The flowers are perfectly and 

 evenly double and in great variety of colors Pkt. 25c. 



Hybrida, very dwarf. Large flowered, eight inches high. Blooms 

 profusely; many colors Pkt. 25c. 



Hybrida, single dwarf white. This is perhaps the finest sort 

 among Cinerarias. The plant is about one and one-half feet 

 high and covered with large, beautiful white flowers having 

 purplish centers. An abundant bloomer in early spring and 

 excellent for Easter decoration Pkt. 25c. 



f larlria Beautiful, hardy annuals with rose colored, white 



Vxla.rK.la anc j purple flowers, in delicate but very brilliant 

 shades. About one and one-half to two feet high and profuse 

 bloomers. Mixed Double Pkt. 5c. 



Well known and universally admired 

 climbers, some of the varieties being re- 

 markable for the size and beauty of their 

 blossoms and others for their gracefulness. Fine for covering 

 arbors, verandas, etc., as they cling readily to almost any ob- 

 ject. Most of the kinds are hardy, herbaceous perennials, but 

 some little protection in northern latitudes through winter 

 is advised. The roots should be given plenty of water during 

 dry weather to ensure free blooming, the plants being quickly 

 injured if they become very dry. 

 Flammula. A slender but vigorous climber, from ten to fifteen 

 feet high, with clusters of small, white, fragrant flowers in Au- 

 gust and September. Known as Sweet Virgin's Bower. Pkt. 5c. 

 Mixed. Extra choice, large flowering varieties with beautiful 



clusters of purple and white flowers Pkt. 10c. 



COCKSCOMB— (See Celosia) 



COIX LACHRYMA— (See Job's Tears) 



Probably the best known and most 

 popular of ornamental foliage plants. 

 Leaves are of many shades of color 

 and have a rich velvety appearance of 

 extraordinary beauty. No lawn should be without these 

 decorative plants. Tender perennial. 



Finest Hybrids, Mixed. Extra choice Pkt. 25c. 



Large Leaved, Mixed. Extra choice, certain to produce 



plants of exceeding beauty Pkt. 25c. 



Large Leaved, Copper Colored. This coleus is very desirable 

 and is worthy of a prominent place in either greenhouse 



Coleus 



Cobaea Scandens 



or garden. Leaves are very large and plants grow about two 

 feet high. Foliage beautifully variegated in shades of rich 

 red, bronze and copper color and quite distinct. ..Pkt. 25c. 



A fine rapid growing 

 climber with handsome 

 foliage and large, bell-shaped flowers, green at first but 

 rapidly changing to a beautiful deep violet-blue. A well 

 established plant will run about thirty feet in a season, 

 covering a large veranda with handsome foliage and beau- 

 tiful flowers. Tender perennial.' Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c 



f> 1 1 • (Aquilegia) Every well regu- 



C^OlUm UlT\6 l ate( i garden has a space devo- 

 v/vtuiiAMiiiv te(i to hardy perennials and no 

 bed of perennials would be complete without a due pro- 

 portion of columbines. They are of the easiest culture and 

 when once established will furnish for many years a display 

 of the handsomest flowers each spring and summer. The 

 beds should be kept clear of weeds and given each year a 

 dressing of well rotted manure. Hardy herbaceous 

 perennials; two to three feet high. 

 Ccerulea hybrida, double. A vigorous growing, very 



handsome variety. Blue and white Pkt. 10c. 



Californica hybrida. One of the hardiest and most 

 free blooming of all columbines, having orange, red 



and yellow flowers. Oz. $2.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Mixed double. Best and finest colors. Oz. 30c. Pkt. 5c. 



Convolvulus Minor %SS>{Jg JffiKS 



of trailing, branching habit, each covering a space 

 about two feet in diameter. At midday they are 

 completely covered with a mass of pure white and 

 variously colored blossoms which remain open in 

 clear weather until evening. Half hardy annual; 

 one foot high. Mixed. Oz. 10c; Lb. 50c... Pkt. 5c. 

 CONVOLVULUS MAJOR— (See Morning Glory) 



A very effective autumn 

 flowering plant, quite hardy 

 and rapid growing, forming 

 bush-likeplants five to eight 

 feet high and covered with large, single dahlia-like 

 flowers. Start in this latitude in March and trans- 

 plant to open ground about June 1. 

 Hybrida, Giant White. This variety produces a pro- 

 fusion of large, pure white flowers which being 

 gracefully poised on long stems are useful for dec- 

 orative purposes. Oz. 40c Pkt. 5c. 



Hybrida, Giant Pink. Oz. 40c " 5c. 



Hybrida, Giant Mixed. Oz. 35c " 5c. 



Early Flowering Cosmos 



An early strain sure to bloom before frost, even when 



started outdoors and will give a great profusion of 



bloom until late in autumn. 



Early Flowering Dawn. An early flowering strain in 



which all the flowers are white. Oz. 40c. . .Pkt. 5c. 



Early Flowering Mixed. Includes white, bright red 



and rose colored flowers. Oz. 30c Pkt. 5c. 



CUCURBITA— (See Gourd) 



Cosmos 



