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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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«a^ 9 Some of the newer forms of begonias 



1 M ^^ _,^ ^^ are among the most brilliantly beau- 



V^^A^p^^ V^ I 21 tiful of [lowering plants. With care 

 JL^^^A^ ^^ JL JLaC^ they can be grown from seed. Sow 

 ^^ in February or March in pots on a 



smooth surface of fine soil without any covering of earth. Cover 

 the pot with glass and keep in a warm but shaded place, taking 

 great care not to wash out the very small seeds or young plants in 

 watering. The plants will give an abundance of bloom the first 

 year and at the end of the season they may be dried off by with- 

 holding water, the tubers kept in a dry place free from frost and 

 planted the following spring, when they will bloom more 

 freely than before. 



TUBEROUS=ROOTED BEGONIAS 

 Robusta Perfecta. The plants are of robust, compact 

 habit, dark green foliage and brilliant, double, cinnabar- 

 scarlet flowers Pkt. 35c. 



Single Mixed Pkt. 35c. | Double Mixed. . ..Pkt. 35c. 



FIBROUS=ROOTED BEGONIAS 



Of the kinds offered under this head, Begonia 

 Rex is grown for its very attractive ornamen- 

 tal foliage, while the others are among the 

 most desirable for flowering in the house, or 

 in partly shaded locations outdoors. 



Vernon (Semperflorens atropurpurea) . Flowers 

 brilliant, rich red, set off perfectly by the 

 abundant, glossy green leaves which are broad- 

 ly margined with bronze and purple. Extreme- 

 ly hardy and floriferous; the best of the semperflorens class. Pkt. 15c. 



Semperflorens alba. A very useful variety, well adapted for house or 

 or outdoor culture. Plants of compact dwarf habit and under proper 

 treatment almost continuous bloomers. Easily grown; flowers very 

 attractive blush white Pkt. 15c. 



Semperflorens rosea. Like Semperflorens alba, except flowers are rose 

 colored Pkt. 15c. 



Rex. Ornamental leaved varieties; finest mixed «♦ 35c. 



For Begonia Bulbs, see Bulbs and Roots, page 9k. 



Rra/»Kvr»rkm«a {Swan River Daisy). A delicate, dwarf, half hardy 

 MJi. CX.V..A1 jr wi/AAic annual, six inches high, effective for edgings, beds 

 or rustic baskets. Produces an abundance of daisy-like flowers about 

 an inch in diameter and in shades from dark blue to nearly white 



Mixed , Pkt. 5c. 



(Ornamental Grass). Grows about one foot 

 high and is valuable for winter bouquets and 

 wreaths. The seed clusteis are heart shaped and giacefidly poised on 



such slender stems that they 

 are almost constantly i n 

 motion The plant is known 

 to many as Quaking Grass. 

 Hardy annual Pkt. 6c. 



Briza Maxima 



Begonia Vernon 



Browallia 



BiGNONIA RaDICANS 



BIGNONIA RADICANS 



(Trumpet Vine). One of the most showy, cer- 

 tainly on-e of the best hardy, deciduous flower- 

 ing climbers for covering verandas, arbors, 

 trunks of trees, old walls, etc. Vines should be 

 moderately pruned and well trained so as to afford a 

 good circulation of air, thus insuring more and better 

 bloom. Flowers brilliant scarlet, trumpet shaped. 



Hardy perennial Pkt. 10c. 



BELLIS— (-See Daisy). 



BOSTON IVY — ('S'ee Ampelopsis Veitchii). 



These handsome, profuse bloomers 

 are used freely both for indoor and 

 outdoor planting on account of the ease with which 

 they may be grown and their usefulness for cut 

 flowers. Usually started indoors but if sown out- 

 doors the plants when small should be protected 

 from the hot sun. Half hardy annual. 



Roezli. About twelve inches high; produces large, 

 white flowers, often tinted with blue Pkt. 15c. 



Elata. Height eighteen inches; blue and white flowers 

 mixed Pkt. 5c. 



Rwrrknrki-kcic -^^ ornamental climber of the gourd family, 

 DryonopSlS bearing green fruit which changes in color as 

 the season advances, to bright scarlet striped with white. Tuber- 

 ous looted perennial but may be treated as a tender annual; 



about ten feet high Pkt. 5c. 



BUTTERFLY FLOWER— (See Schizantlms) . 



(Eccreynocarpus) . A beautiful, 



tender climber from Chili, with 



graceful, delicate foliage. Late in the season it produces racemes of bright 



orange flowers which in turn give place to delicate pendant seed pods. Tender 



perennial; fifteen feet high • Pkt. 10c. 



r^«a1onr1«*i«-iia Fine dwarf plants for growing in masses; produce an abun- 

 \^aianarillia dance of blossoms ; well suited for edgings, rockeries, etc. 

 Tender annual ; twelve to fifteen inches high. 

 Grandiflora, magenta Pkt. 5c. | Umbellata, crimson Pkt. 5c. 



Calampelis Scabra 



