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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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\/;««^ A eeniis of ornamental, free flowering greenhouse peren- 



V inca. niais, blooming the first season; glossy, green foliage and 

 handsome flowers. If sown early under glass and transplanted m 

 a warm, sheltered situation will bloom in summer and autumn and 

 may be potted for the house before frost. About fifteen inches high. 



Pure White. Beautiful pure white, circular flowers Pkt. 5c. 



Rosea Alba. White with crimson eye " 5c. 



Rosea. Rose with crimson eye '| 5c. 



Mixed " ^c. 



Tr* I . The violets commonly grown by florists are propagated 



V IOICl from cuttings. The flowers grown from seed are smaller 

 and more delicately colored, but quite as fragrant _ as the named 

 sorts. As a rule violets do well in any good, well enriched soil. The 

 best results, however, are obtained fi'om soil prepared from sod 

 taken from a rather heavy, sandy loam that is well drained. 



Single, Sweet Scented Pkt. 10c. 



VIOLA TRICOLOR— (See Pans?/), 

 VIRGINIA CREEPER— (See Avipelopsis) . 



• • _ Qf4-»/»lr (Cheiranthus maritimus). The plants 

 _ inia,n OlOCiv are covered with a dense mass of beau- 

 tiful blossoms and are very useful for border or edging. A continual 

 succession of blossoms may be kept up the whole season by sowing 

 at intervals through spring and summer. Hardy annual; about 

 nine inches high. 



Red and White, mixed Pkt. 5c. 



^irr 111*1 {Cheiranthus Cheiri). An old favorite 



Vy ^|||10Wr6ir garden floAver. The large, massive 

 ■ ' ***** *x^ ▼▼ Xii'* spikes of the Wallflower are very con- 

 spicuous in beds and borders and are very useful in making bou- 

 quets. Sow the seed early in hotbeds and while the plants are small 

 pi'ick them out into pots and sink the pots in the earth. On 

 approach of cold weather remove the pots to the house and 

 the plants will bloom all winter. Although a woody peren- 

 nial it is best to renew the plants from seed, for they begin 

 to fail after having bloomed one or two years. Tender per- 

 ennial; one and one-half feet high. 



Early Brown. Brownish-red, fragrant flowers; large, thick 



- spikes; early. Tender biennial Pkt. 5c. 



Golden Tom Thunib. Free flowering, of dwarf and compact 

 habit Pkt. 5c. 



Virg 



Mixed Double. 



10c. 



■fT^L*!.]—*- Qrandiflora. A plant with delicate, hand- 

 TV Illl.iaVla. some foliage, producing a constant succes- 

 sion of beautiful violet-blue, bell shaped flowers about half 

 an inch long and borne in drooping clusters. In heavy, wet 

 soils it does not succeed well but in light sandy loam few 

 flowers give more satisfaction. Sow the seed in open border, 

 early in spring. Hardy annual; one foot high Pkt. 5c. 



Wigandia Caracasana S^tamelTi^'SSg 



some shaped leaves, the veins and the stems being covered 

 Avith crimson hair. It grows rapidly and should be formed 

 into a bush. Its large leaves and clusters of hlac flowers 

 which continue to open in succession for a long time give the 

 plant a tropical aspect and make it valuable for garden and 

 lawTi decoration. Seeds if sown early in spring in hotbed will 

 produce large plants by the middle of summer , . .Pkt. 10c. 



Wiefaria PViiTi«»tieic ^"® ^^ *^^ "^^^^ beautiful and rapid growing of 

 loiaiia. v^lilildldis hardy climbers. Frequently blooms both in spring 

 and fall. The flowers are pale blue, pea shaped and are borne in long, drooping 

 clusters, often over a foot in length. Seeds should be sown in mellow loam early in 

 the spring, or in greenhouse or hotbed in winter and when plants are one foot high 

 transplant into situations where they are to remain Pkt. 30c. 



^i^rarifVi^miim ^ ^^^^ flowering everlasting plant of compact habit and of 



'**'*^* ****"*^**1U1I1 the easiest cultivation. The leaves are covered with a silvery 



down and the single or double flowers are pure white, deep purple or yellow. If 



gathered before fully opened and dried in the shade, will retain their beauty for 



years. Hardy annual; one foot high. Mixed Varieties Pkt. 5c. 



7^5* IV/TaiTtf^ (Striped Japanese Corn). Zea Japonicafol. variegatis. A variety 



^-'^** I'lcll^C of corn with ornamental foliage; leaves striped green and white. 



Half hardy annual; six feet high Pkt. 5c. 



ZINNIA 



Zinnia 



Very shov^ plants with large, double, imbricated flowers which, 



when fully expanded might easily be mistaken for dwarf dahlias. 



There is much satisfaction in a bed of Zinnias, for when nearly 

 every other flower has been killed by frost this plant is still in full bloom. Few flowers are more easily grown or bloom 

 more abundantly throughout the season. Sow the seed early in spring, in open ground and transplant to one and one- 

 half feet apart in good, rich soil. Half hardy annual; about eighteen inches high. 



Double, black purple Pkt. 5c. 



Double, yellow Pkt. 5c. Double, magenta Pkt. 5c. 



" scarlet •' 5c. '• orange " 5c. *' dark crimson 



" deep red •• 5c. " white " 5c. " striped, or zebra 



• ' choice mixed, including the above colors, very fine 



Lilliput, double mixed. This strain grows about one foot high and bears a profusion of comparatively small, 



very double, globular flowers about one inch in diameter, very brilliant in color 



Pompon, double mixed. The globular flowers are fully as varied and brilliant in color as the ordinary Zinnia and 



about half its size 



Haageana, double. Dwarf variety with double flowers of a deep orange color, about one and a quarter inches in 



diameter; fine for cut flowers; height one foot 



Mexicana Hybrida, Variegated. A variety of Zinnia distinctive in its well formed single flowers of deep maroon 

 and golden yellow, strikingly contrasted. The flowers are very similar to the popular French Legion of Honor 

 Mangold, but come into bloom much earlier and are more easily grown. Hardy annual; one foot high 



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