D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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0_1____ C^«~»J^«,c A fine rapid growing 



V^ODAea. OCanueilb climber with handsome 

 foUage and large bell-shaped fiowers, 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 beautiful flowers. Tender perennial Pkt. 5c. 



COCKSCOMB— (See Celosia). 



COIX LACHRYMA—C'See Job's Tears). 



COLEUS 



(Aquilegia). Every 

 well regulated gar- 



Probably the best known and 

 most popular of ornamental 

 foliage plants. Leaves are of 

 many shades of color and have a rich velvety appear- 

 ance of extraordinary beauty. No lawn should be 

 without these decoisative plants. Tender perennial. 



Finest Hybrids, Mixed, extra choice Pkt. 35c. 



Large Leaved Mixed, extra choice, certain to produce 



plants of exceeding beauty Pkt. 35c. 



Large Leaved, Copper Colored. This coleus is of great 

 merit and is worthy of a prominent place in green- 

 house and garden. Leaves 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. 



COLUMBINE , , , 



^^^•^ *"^^^ ****"^** ^""^ den has a space de 

 voted to hardy perennials and no bed of perennials 

 would be complete without a due proportion of colum- 

 bines. They are of the easiest culture and when once 

 established will furnish for many years a magnificent 

 display of the handsomest fiowers each spring and 

 summer. The beds should be kept clear of weeds and 

 given each year a liberal dressing of well rotted man- 

 ure. Hardy herbaceous perennials; two to three feet 

 '\ high. 



Coerulea hybrida, double. A vigorous growing, very 



handsome variety. Blue and white flowers. Pkt. 10c. 



Calif ornica hybrida. One of the handsomest of all the columbines, having orange, 



red and yellow flowers Pkt. 10c. 



Vervseneana fol. variegatis. Plants variegated leaved and producing double, rose- 

 colored blossoms Pkt. 10c. 



Mixed double, best and finest colors " 5c. 



(Divarf Morning Glory). Dwarf plants of trailing branching habit, each 

 covering a space about two feet in diaineter. At midday they are com- 

 pletely 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 Pkt. 5c. 



CONVOLVULUS MAJOR— (See Morning Glory). 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR 



COSMOS 



A very effective autumn 

 flowering plant. Quite 

 hardy and rapid grow- 

 ing, forming bush-like 

 plants five to eight feet high and covered with large, 

 single, dahlia-like flowers. Should be started in this 

 latitude in March and transplanted to open ground 

 about June 1st. 



Hybrida, Giant White. This variety i)roduces a profu- 

 sion of large, pure white flowers which being grace- 

 fully poised on long stems are useful for decorative 

 purposes Pkt. 5c. 



Hybrida, Giant Pink " 5c. 



Hybrida, Giant Mixed , *' 5c, 



EARLY FLOWERING COSMOS. We have secured an 

 early flowering strain which is sure to come into 

 bloom before frost, even when started outdoors and 

 will give a great profusion of bloom until late in the 

 autumn. 



Early Flowering Dawn. An early flowering strain in 

 which all the flowers are white Pkt. 5c. 



Early Flowering, Mixed. Both white and colored 



flowers Pkt. 5c. 



CUCURBITA— (See Gourd). 



Well known and 

 universally admir- 

 ed tuberous rooted 

 plants producing exceedingly handsome 

 red and white flowers. Seed sown in spring, 

 by autumn will produce a little bulb which 

 if potted will bloom the following spring. 

 Tender perennial; one foot high. 



Persicum, mixed. Of great beauty and 

 many colors Pkt. 15c. 



Persicum giganteum, mixed. Characteriz- 

 ed by beautiful foliage and profuse bloom; 

 each flower is from two to two and a half 

 inches long. Very choice Pkt. 30c. 



r^VPPF^Cl \/|MP {Ipomoea QuamocUt) . A 



Vx 1 * *v*-'»J»J V ll^I-i most beautiful climber 

 with delicate, dark green, feathery foliage and an 

 abundance of bright, stai'-shaped, rose, scarlet or 

 w^hite blossoms which contrast most effectively with 

 the graceful foliage. Tender annual; about fifteen 

 feet high. 



Scarlet Pkt. 5c. 



White " 5c. 



Mixed " 5c. 



COREOPSIS— (-See Calliopsis) 



Cyclamen 



Cyclamen 



QiGANTEUW 



