D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH 



Yb Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. A valuable addition to 

 KOSfi our list °*- fl° wers ' especially so because of the ease with 

 * ^^^«*^"' which fine blooming plants can be raised from seed. Plants 

 under ordinary care will commence to flower when six inches high and 

 two months old, and will continue to grow and bloom until they form 

 compact bushes about sixteen inches high, well covered with flowers. 

 The different plants will give flowers of varying shades of color. Tender 

 perennial; blooming the first year Pkt. 15c. 



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Salpiglossis 



Very showy bedding or border plants with 

 richly colored, funnel-shaped flowers which 

 are purple, scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, 

 blue or almost black, beautifully marbled and pencilled. The seed may 

 be sown indoors by the middle of March, or later, or may be sown out- 

 doors in early spring; useful for cutting. Blooms from August to Oc- 

 tober. Half hardy annual; about two feet high. 



Fine Mixed. Hybrids. One of our most easily grown annuals affording 

 long stemmed flowers, desirable for cutting, and in many beautiful 

 shades and markings. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Large Flowering Mixed. This hybrid mixture is a notable improvement 

 on the ordinary variety in that the plants are more compact in growth 

 and the flowers are much larger in size and more richly colored and 

 veined Pkt. 10c. 



Salvia 



(Flowering Sage) Among the most brilliantly colored 

 of garden flowers and extremely useful for bedding; 

 also valuable for pot culture. Blooms are borne in 

 long spikes well above the foliage and are of fiery 

 red, crimson or blue, continuing in flower a long time. Start early in 

 heat and transplant into light soil one to two feet apart. Tender peren- 

 nials, but bloom the first season; height one and one-half to three feet. 



Splendens. Sold also as "Splendens Bonfire.'" Large, brilliant scarlet 

 flowers are in these plants afforded a rich, dark green background of 

 dense foliage. This variety is most generally used in parks and on 

 extensive lawns, as in growth it is more vigorous than the more dwarf 

 varieties. One of the most striking and effective bedding plants in culti- 

 vation. Oz. $2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known; not as well suited for bedding 

 as the other varieties of salvia, but very attractive in the mixed border. 

 Height, one and one-half to two feet Pkt. 15c. 



Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered under 

 different names with the claim that they are larger flowered or more 

 floriferous than the old type. We have found none of them more dis- 

 tinctly valuable than this strain in which the plant is more uniformly 

 dwarf, affording a magnificent profusion of large and brilliant scarlet 

 flower spikes which come into bloom nearly two weeks earlier than most 

 sorts and remain in fine condition until late in the fall. We strongly 

 recommend it as a decided improvement. The plant averages only about 

 two feet high Pkt. 10c. 



Smilax 



No twining plant in cultivation surpasses this in graceful 

 beauty of foliage. Indispensable to florists as its hard 

 texture enables it to be kept without wilting several 

 days after being cut. The seed germinates very slowly. The process 

 may be hastened somewhat by soaking the seed in hot water for ten 

 hours before planting, but even then it is often six or eight weeks before 

 the plants make their appearance. Tender perennial climber, ten feet 

 high. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Salvia 



C l»;_ ort fk 11c Retusus trimaculatus. The 

 JtlllZanillUb large flower spikes are de- 

 cidedly superior in size of bloom and brilliancy 

 of coloring. Petals bright yellow with margins 

 and tube of purple-rose, shading from lighter 

 to darker shades. Hardy annual; about 

 twenty inches high. Also known as Butterfly 

 Flower or Poor Man's Orchid Pkt. 15c. 



Snapdragon^ 



plant with dark, glossy leaves and long spikes 

 of curiously shaped, brilliantly colored flowers 

 with finely marked throats. Snapdragons have 

 been much improved of late years by careful 

 selection, and will blossom the first season from 

 seed sown in spring, especially if under frames 

 and transplanted. If early bloom is desired, 

 sow the seed in August or September and 

 cover the plants with a mulch on the approach 

 of cold weather. These may be transplanted 

 into pots and flowered in the house. Give 

 them the same temperature and treatment as 

 geraniums and carnations. Tender perennial; 

 one and one-half to two feet high. 



Majus album. Pure white, light yellow 



throat Pkt. 5c. 



Majus brilliant. Crimson, yellow and 



w r hite throat " 5c. 



Majus Delila. Reddish-violet, white 



throat " 5c. 



Fine Mixed. Includes all of the best 



colors. Oz. 30c " 5c. 



