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D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Hollyhock 



Entirely different and more beauti- 

 ful than the plant of twenty years 

 ago, being much more compact in 

 growth, the flowers larger, more 

 richly colored and of better form. For a background to a flower 

 garden nothing is better. All double varieties are hardy peren 

 nials; five feet high. 

 Early Flowering. Blooms readily the first year from 

 seed affording a wide range of colors in large 

 single or semi-double flowers. No better annuals 

 for background can be so easily obtained. Pkt. 15c. 

 Chater's Finest Mixed. Double perfection. " 15c. 



Double Blood Red. Oz. $1.25 " 10c. 



" Deep Rose. Oz. $1.25 " 10c. 



" Lemon Yellow. Oz. $1.25 " 10c. 



|| Pink. Oz. $1.25 || 10c. 



Salmon 10c. 



Double Pure White. A special strain of our own 

 development; plant more compact and earlier 

 blooming, flowers larger and better than those of 



the old white Pkt. 10c. 



Double Choice Mixed. All colors. Oz. $1.00 " 10c. 

 Double Mixed. Oz. 75c " 5c. 



Hamulus Japonicus KSoTot'^ 



feet high, desirable for covering unsightly ob- 

 jects or shading verandas. Oz. 35c Pkt. 5c. 



[4iror>infk Rao** A fine climber with clusters 

 nyaCintn Dean f purp ie or white flowers 



followed by ornamental seed pods. Tender annual; 



growing from ten to twenty feet high. 



Alba. White. Oz. 15c Pkt. 5c. 



Purpurea. Purple. Oz. 15c " 5c. 



Mixed. The above mixed. Oz. 15c " 5c. 



IBERIS— (See Candytuft) 



|__ Plarsf (Mesembryanthemurn crystallinum) 



* ce ria.111 a curious' plant for hanging baskets, 



rock-work, vases and edgings; leaves and stems suc- 

 culent, appearing as though covered with ice " s-^gg^ll^S ^§5=^"-:-^"*^^ "^ 



crystals. Tender annual trailer; six inches high. 



Oz. 25c Pkt. 5c. Kochia Trichophylla (Mexican Fire Bush) 



A beautiful climber for the greenhouse or the open air. Blooms more easily and profusely in 

 rather poor soil but gives more vigorous plants and attractive foliage if soil is rather rich. Tender 

 annual; ten to fifteen feet high. 

 Setosa (Brazilian Morning Glory) A vigorous rapid growing vine with large, handsome, three-lobed leaves and stems 



covered with brown hair. Flowers delicate blue or reddish purple and produced in clusters. Oz. 40c Pkt. 10c. 



Coccinea (Star Ipomcea) Like a Morning Glory but covered with small brilliant red, star-shaped flqwers. Oz. 20c. " 5c. 

 Bona Nox (Evening Glory) Violet blue. Oz. 20c Pkt. 5c. Fine mixed. Oz. 20c " 5c. 





Ipomoea 



Limbata mixed. 



Job's Tears 



Kochia Trichophylla 



Very large violet or blue flowers with white margins and throats. Oz. 20c " 5c. 



IPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT— (See Cypress Vine) 



IPOMOPSIS— (See Tree Cypress) 



JAPAN HOP— (See Humulus Japonicus) 



(Coix lachryma) Curious ornamental grass with 



broad, corn-like leaves and seeds of a light slate 



color. Valuable for winter bouquets with everlasting flowers. Strings 



of handsome beads are made from the seeds. Hardv annual; three 



feet high. Oz. 15c Pkt. 5c. 



JOSEPH'S COAT — (See Amaranthus tricolor) 



(Mexican Fire Bush, or Summer 

 Cypress) A quick growing foliage 

 or hedge plant, remarkably symmetrical and attractive throughout 

 summer and fall. The foliage is as fine as moss and of clean, bright 

 green color. Early in the fall innumerable little flowers appear and 

 the whole bush gradually takes on a deep red tinge. Hardy annual; 

 about two and one-half feet high. Oz. 40c Pkt. 5c 



I ' Jl l"l \ A Y% S\ Ver Y rapid growing free flowering plants that bloom 



Ijailiaiia through the latter part of summer and autumn. 



The plants form small shrubs, producing in abundance clusters of 



single, fragrant flowers that continually change color. Succeeded by 



green berries that turn to a deep blue. 



Finest French Hybrids mixed. Oz. 30c Pkt. 5c. 



(Delphinium) The Larkspur is one of the 

 handsomest and most useful of plants and for 

 large gardens is invaluable. 



Double Dwarf Rocket mixed. Beautiful spikes of double flowers in 

 many shades. Hardy annual; one foot high. Oz. 20c Pkt. 5c. 



Cardiopetalum. Ornamental, free blooming plant; flower deep blue, 

 heart-shaped. Hardy annual; one foot high Pkt. 5c. 



Tall Stock Flowered, mixed (Consolida ft. pi.) Flowers double, borne 

 on spikes about fifteen inches long. Colors rose, white and shades of 

 blue. Hardy annual; two feet high Pkt. 5c. 



Double Emperor (Imperialefl.pl.) Compact and profuse bloomer 

 having erect spikes of very double flowers. Hardy annual; one and 

 one-half feet high. Mixed Colors Pkt. 5c. 



Nudicaule. Scarlet flowers; fine for rockeries, flower borders or pot 

 culture. Hardy perennial; eighteen inches high. Pkt. 10c. 



Elatum (Bee Larkspur) Flowers intensely blue with hairy petals in the 

 center giving them a fancied resemblance to a bee. Hardy perennial; 

 three to five feet high, according to soil and location Pkt. 5c. 



Formosum. Flowers large, deep blue, small white center. Hardy 

 perennial; three to five feet high, according to soil and location; July 

 to November Pkt. 5c. 



Cashmerianum. A most floriferous and valuable perennial, flowering 

 the first year from seed sown early in spring. The flowers are dark 

 blue, one to two inches across and resemble a monk's hood. Height 

 about one and one-half feet Pkt. 10c. 



LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS— (See Peas, Everlasting) 



Larkspur 



