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M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



Rhodanthe 



One of the most beautiful everlastings. Flowers bell- 

 sliaped, gracefully poised on slender stems. Blooms 

 should be gathered before fully expanded and dried in the shade. Tender 

 annual; one and one half to two feet high. 



Manglesi. Rich i-ose, with golden center Pkt. 5c. 



Maculata Alba. White, yellow disc, fragrant '• 5c. 



Mixed " 5c. 



RICINUS— (See Casfor^eaji). 



Rrfcr*lr^'f" (Hesperis MatroiiaUs). Produces clusters of flowers very 

 fVUv.'lVd fragrant during the evening. Seed germinates readily in open 

 ground. Hardy perennial, one and a half feet high. 



Sweet, Purple Pkt. 5c. 



Sweet, White " 5c. 



T^^^Of Multiflora Dwarf -A- valuable addition to our list of 

 Ixl l^r.. P^^^^i-,,,1 TiAi^^A flowers, especially so because of the 

 M,^\^t^LA Ferpetual, Mixed. ^^^^ ^j^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^g blooming plants 



can be raised from seed. Plants under ordinary care will commence to tiower 

 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. 



ROSE CAMP]OU— (See Agrostemma Coronaria). 



ROSE OF HEAVEf^— {See Agrostemma Cceli-Rosa). 



O * » m/^ f /^COIO "^ery showy bedding or border plants with 



^ /\ I I' I fijLIJ!S!S I ^ richly colored, funnel shaped flowers which 



*^ ^^*^*^ •*-' are purple, scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, 



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

 sown indoors by the middle of March, or later, or may be sovna. outdoors in 

 early spring; useful for cutting. Blooms from August to October. Half 

 hardy annual; about two feet high. {See colored x>late^ page g). 



Fine Mixed. Hybrid varieties Pkt. 5c. 



{Floivering Sage). Among the-most brilliantly color- 

 ed of garden flowers and extremely useful for bed- 

 ding; also valuable for pot culture. Blooms are 

 borne in long spikes well above the foliage and are 

 of fiery red, crimson or blue color, continuing in flower a long time. Start 

 early in heat and transplant into light soil one to two feet apart. Tender 

 perennials; but bloom the first season; height two 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 Pkt. 10c. 



Golden Leaved. This is a variety of Salvia Splendens which comes true from 

 seed and has rich yellow leaves, contrasting beautifully with the brilliant 

 scarlet flowers Pkt. 25c. 



Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known " 15c. 



Lord Fauntleroy. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered under 

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

 erous than the old type. We have found none of them more distinctly 

 valuable than this strain in which the plant is more uniformly dwarf and 

 floriferous and the flower spikes longer than in the common stock, so we 

 strongly recommend it as a decided improvement. The plant is uniformly 

 dwarf, averaging only about twenty inches high. In habit it is exceedingly 

 free blooming bearing above the dark green foliage brilliant crimson spikes 



which are longer than those of the common sorts Pkt. 15c. 



Procumbens, fl. pi. Very pretty, dwarf trailing 

 plants which are so completely covered with flow- 

 cis a'5 to nearly hide the foliage. Double flowers of 

 a brilliant, golden yellow, resembhng a miniature double zinnia. Excellent 

 for rock work, borders or edgings. Hardy annual; six inches high. .Pkt. 5c» 



Salvia 



Sanvitalia 



Snapdragon 



Smilax 



Salvia Splendens 



SCABIOSA— (-See Mourning Bride). 

 SCARLET FLAX— (-See imwm). ' - - 



^ I • -1 Retusus trittiaculatus. Decid- 



^/»hi»yo*lThllC edlv superior in size of flower 



l^\.^AlI^C«.llt.AlU0 ^qJ brilliancy of coloring. 



Petals bright yellow with margins and tube of purple-rose, 



shading from lighter to darker shades Pkt. 15c. 



No t\\aning plant in cultivation surpasses 

 this in graceful beauty of foliage. Indispen- 

 sable 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 hast- 

 ened 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 Pkt. 5c. 



(Antirrhinum). An old 

 border plant with dark 

 and glossy leaves and 



long spikes of curiously 



shaped, bi~liantly colored flowers with finely marked throats. 

 Snapdragons have been much improved of late years by care- 

 ful selection and blossom the first season from seed sown m 

 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 treat- 

 ment as geraniums and carnations. Tender perennial; one 

 and a half to two feet high. 



Majus Album. Pure white, light yellow throat Pkt. 5c. 



Majus Brilliant. Crimson, yellow and white throat. . . " 5c. 



Majus Delila. Brilliant crimson, white throat " 5c. 



Fine Mixed. All the best colors " oc. 



Snapdragon 



