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



PINKS 



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PFMXQ'TP lV/ir\M Handsome, half hardy herbaceous perennials 



I^ILil'^ 1 O 1 i:j1V1V-?11I about two feet high and much in favor for 

 bedding out. Flowers bell shaped or tubular, an inch and a half long 

 borne in racemes or spikes, white and various shades of rose and pur- 

 plish red striped with white. The roots should receive some protec- 

 tion in winter. Mixed Pkt. 1 Oc. 



PPOII I A Nankinensis Atropurpurea 



r HiIXll^l^/-^ Laciniata. Ornamental fol- 

 iage plants similar to Coleus. They are of 

 easy culture, growing freely in any good, 

 common garden soil. Fine for bedding with 

 silver-leaved plants. Foliage dark metallic 

 bronze almost black. Half hardy annual; 

 two feet high Pkt. 5c . 



PERIWINKLE— (-See Vinca). 



PHYSALIS FRANCHETI 



(Lanier a Plant). When well grown, plants are 

 about two feet high producing from the axis 

 of each leaf one or more large, brilliant red- 

 colored seed pods which in form and color are 

 suggestive of a Japanese lantern. These con- 

 tain bright, cherry-like fruit which is occasion- 

 ally used for making preserves. It grows 

 readily to a fruiting size the first year from 

 seed, in the warmer latitudes Pkt. 10c. 



(Dia n ihus). Hardy and half 

 hardy biennials and peren- 

 nials but nearly all bloom- 

 ing the first year from seed; of easy culture. 



Seeds may be sown in the open ground where they 



are to remain but better results are obtained, in 



in the north, if plants are started in the house. 

 Crimson Belie. Rich, vivid crimson color; flower 



single and of extraordinary size and substance, 



evenly and finely laciniated Pkt. 10c. 



Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully mar- 

 bled and striped with light shades of red upon 



lighter ground Pkt. 10c. 



Vesuvius. A new color in pinks; a light strawberry red, very distinct and sure t6 



attract favorable attention wherever grown. Flowers nearly two inches across 



with petals deeply laciniated. Hardy annual; one foot high Pkt. 15c. 



Royal Pinks. {Heddewigi nohilis). These very large, single flowers afford a wide 



range of colors. Petals deeply cut and fringed and in splendid shades of 



blood-red to carmine, pink and even white Pkt. 1 Oc. 



Heddewi^'s Single Mixed. Flowers of the best shades and beautifully marked Pkt. Sc. 



Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful variety easily cultivated; its velvety maroon flowers 



are very attractive Pkt. 10c. 



Double Dark Purple. An attractive and particularly useful color in pinks. Flowers double, 



of large size, fine form and suitable for cutting Pkt. 2oc. 



Double Diadem. Very regular, densely double, and of all tints from crimson-purple to deep 



black-purple Pkt, 5c. 



Double Japan. Rich in hue; veiy double, deeply fringed petals. Mixed " oc. 



Double China Mixed. White and dark crimson selfs also white tipped light purple and 



shades of red with darker blotchings Pkt. 5c. 



Heddewig's Double. Flowers very large and double and of various shades of brifliant colors 



Snowdrift. Clear white, very double and fully as large as the popular Marguerite Carnation; desirable for cutting " 15c 



P"VI?FTI-Il?l TIWI Very ornamental both in foliage and flowers. 

 r 1 IVE- 1 iniVClVl (See also Matricaria). 



Parthenifolium Aureum. {Golden Feather). Beautiful gold leaved bedding 



plant. Flowers white ; height one foot Pkt. 5c. 



Parthenifolium Aureum Selaginoides. Finely cut, fern-like leaves of bright 



golden yellow color. Extra fine for bedding. Half hardy perennial; height 



one foot Pkt. 10c. 



Roseum. Ray flowers fully two inches in diameter, carmine-rose with golden 



yellow center. Foliage finely cut. Hardy perennial; two feet high. Pkt. 10c. 



Pink, 

 Single 



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Pkt. 5c. 



PORTULACA 



There are few llowers in cultivation 

 that make such a dazzling display of 

 color in the bright sunshine as a bed 

 of portulacas. They are in bloom 

 from about the first of July until killed 

 by frost in autumn. Sometimes 

 they are started indoors but usually 

 are sown directly Avhere the plants 

 are to stand. The seed requires a 

 moderately high temperature for ger- 

 mination. The soil need not be rich, 

 the plants doing better in hot, rather 

 dry ground. They should have a 

 sunny situation. Tender annual; 

 about nine inches hi^h. 



Alba. 



SINGLE VAH IE-TIES 



Pure white Pkt. 5c. 



Aurea. Deep golden 



Caryophylloides. Carnation 



striped 



Striata. Yellow, striped with 



red 



Fine Mixed 



5c. 



5c. 

 5c. 



DOUBLE VARIETIES 



Not all the plants will come double, 

 but the single ones can be pulled out. 



Double White Pkt. 1 Oc. 



Sulphur " 10c. 



" Rose striped " 10c. 



" Scarlet " 10c. 



" Orange " 10c. 



" Mixed " 10c. 



POOR MAN'S ORCHID— ('S'f'e Schizanthns). 



