HOLLYHOCK 



D. M . FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, 



LJ^.^^L.^^^ C^-^^^-Z^^^^ A hardy perennial plant from two 

 HeUCnera ibangUinea to three feet hlghf easily grown 



from seed and producing long spikes of brilliant crimson flowers. 



These ai-e very desirable in the garden or as cut flowers. If started 



early indoors will bloom abundantly the first season but the second 



season will give more and finer flowers Pkt. 10c. 



UiUio^iic AI^»<i/>omie A very vigorous plant of easiest cul- 

 m DISCUS /A.rricanUb ture growing about two feet high and 



producing large, handsome cream colored single flowers. Hardy 



annual Pkt. 5c. 



The modern hollyhock is entire- 

 ly diflierent and more beautiful 

 than the plant of twenty years 

 ago being nuich more compact in growth, the flowers 

 larger, richer colored and the double varieties are 

 fuller and of better form. For a background to a 

 flower garden there can be nothing better. Hardy 

 perennial; five feet high. 

 Chater's Finest Mixed. Double varieties of the great- 

 est perfection Pkt. 15c. 



Double Blood Red... Pkt. 10c. Double Pink " 10c. 

 " Deep Rose — *' 10c. "Salmon" 10c. 



" Lemon Yellow " 10c. 

 Double Pure White. A special strain of our own devel- 

 opment in which the plant is more compact and ear- 

 lier blooming and the flowers larger and of better 



shape than those of the old white Pkt. 10c. 



Double Choice Mixed, a well proportioned mixture of 



all colors Pkt. 10c. 



Double Mixed " 5c. 



Humulus Japonicus tSnl^I'lSZl^f/ot 



ing fifteen to twenty feet and desirable for covering 

 unsightly objects dv shading verandas Pkt. 5c. 



H-u-a/^iMfVi R^an A fine chmber prodvicingabun- 

 Oyacmin Oean dantly clusters of purple or 



white flowers which are followed by ornamental seed 



pods. Tender annual; ten to twenty feet high. 



Alba. White. Pkt. 5c. 



Purpurea. Purple '♦ 5c. 



Mixed. The above mixed " 5c. 



IBERIS— ("See Candytuft). 



(Mesenibryanthemum Cr^ystalUmmi) . 



A curious plant for hanging baskets, 

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

 lent, appearing as though covered with ice crystals. 

 Tender annual trailer; six inches high Pkt. 5c. 



Compact growing plants 



producing a constant 

 succession of brilliant rose-scarlet flowers. Very de- 

 sirable for pot culture or the open ground. .Pkt. 35c. 



A beautiful climber for the green- 

 house or the open air. Blooms 

 earlier and more profusely in 



rather poor soil but gives more vigorous plants and 



attractive foliage if soil is rather rich. Tender an- 

 nual; ten to flfteen feet high. 

 Setosa. {Brazilian Morning Glory). A vigorous rapid 



growing vine with lai-ge, handsome, three-lobed leaves and 



stems covered with brown hair. The flowers are delicate 



blue or reddish purple and are produced in clusters. One 



of the most distinct and beautiful Ipomoeas Pkt. 10c. 



Coccinea. {Star Iponicea). The plant is like that of the 



Morning Glory but is covered with a profusion of small, 



brilliant red, star shaped flowers Pkt. 5c. 



Bona Nox. {Evening Glory). Violet blue " 5c. 



Limbata mixed. Very large and beautiful violet or blue 



flowers with white margins and throats Pkt. 5c. 



Fine mixed " 5c. 



IPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT— (See Cypress Vine). 



IPOMOPSIS— (See Tree Cypress). 



JAPAN HOP— (See Humulus Japonicus). 



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Ice Plant 



Impatiens Sultani 



Ipomoea 



LARKSPUR 



Tr\V>'« X**sir« (C'o*-^ iflc/ir?/??ia). Curious ornamental 

 UUU o 1 Cdld grass with broad, corn-like leaves and 



seeds of a light slate color. Valuable for the formation of 



winter bouquets in connection with everlasting flowers. 



Strings of handsome beads are made from the seeds. 



Hardy annual ; three feet high Pkt. 5c. 



JOSEPH'S COAT— (See Amaranthus Tricolor'). 



ICnrVlia iMexican Fire Bush, or Summer Cypress). A 



*^'^^***"' quick growing annual foliage or hedge plant 

 very easily grown, remarkably symmetrical and attrac- 

 tive throughout summer and fall. It resembles a dimin- 

 utive fir tree, the foliage is as fine as moss and of a clean, 

 bright green color. Early in the fall innumerable little 

 flowers appear and the whole bush gradually takes on a 

 deep red tinge, hence one of its names. Hardy annual. 



Scoparia. About three feet high Pkt. 5c. 



Trichophylla. Foliage distinctly feathery; about two and 

 one half feet high Pkt. 5c. 



{Delphinium) The Lark- 

 spur is one of the hand- 

 somest and most useful of 

 plants and for large gardens is invaluable. 



Double Dwarf Rocket, mixed. Produces beautiful spikes 



p^t double flowers in many shades. Hardy annual; one 



Woot high Pkt. 5c. 



Cardiopetalum. An ornamental, free blooming plant; flow- 

 ers deep blue, heart shaped. Hardy annual; one and one 

 half feet high Pkt. 5c. 



Tall Stock Flowered, mixed. {Consolidafl.pl.). 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. {Imperiale fl. pi.). Compact and profuse 

 bloomer having erect spikes of very double flowers. Hardy 

 annual; one and one-half feet high. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5c. 



Consolida Candelabrum fl. pi. Grows in the form of a 

 branched candlestick; flowers double and of various 

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



Nudicaule. Scarlet flowers; fine for rockeries, flower bor- 

 ders or pot culture. Hardy perennial; eighteen inches 

 high Pkt. 10c. 



Blatum. {Bee Larkspur). Flowers are an intensely blvie 

 color and have hairy petals in the center which give them 

 a fancied resemblance to a bee. Hardy perennial; five 

 feet high Pkt. 5c. 



Formosum. Flower large, rich blue, with small white cen- 

 ter. Hardy perennial; three feet high; blooms from July 

 to November , Pkt. 5c. 



Cashmerianum. A most floriferous and valuable peren- 

 nial, flowering the first year from seed sown early in 

 spring. The flowers are dark blue and one to two inches 

 across and resemble a monk's hood. Height about one 

 and one-half feet Pkt. 10c. 



LATH YR US LATIFOLIUS— (See Perennial Peas). 



LATHYRUS ODORATUS— (See Sweet Peas). 



