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M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Pyrethrum 



Very ornamental, both foliage and 

 flowers. Well adapted for bedding 

 and borders. Sow outdoors in 

 spring as soon as ground can be worked, or for best results 

 start the seed indoors and transplant after danger from frost 

 is past. (See also 2Iatricaria) 



Parthenifolium Aureum (Golden Feather) Beautiful dwarf gold 

 leaved bedding plant. Flowers white. Half hardy perennial, 

 often treated as an annual; height one foot. Oz. 50c. .Pkt. 5c. 



RVti-k^^Q-nfl-kA 0°^ of the most beautiful everlastings. 

 Ivnoaa.I11.ne sometimes caUed Straw Flower. The flower- 

 heads are somewhat bell- shaped, becoming when mature fully 

 expanded and sometimes reflexed. They are gracefully poised 

 on slender stems. The mixture we offer includes rose with 

 golden center and white with yellow disc. Blooms should be 

 gathered before fully expanded and dried in the shade. The 

 leaves are glaucous, clasping and are oval or elliptical in shape. 

 Start under glass, or sow seed outdoors after danger of 

 frost is over. Tender annual; one and one-half to two feet 



high. 3IIXED. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



RICINUS— (See Castor Bean) 



R r»r» lr#af C-^Aj-^^f (-H^sperzs inafj-onaZzs) Produces loose 

 rvuci^CL; iJWCCl clusters of flowers very fragrant dur- 

 ing the evening and useful for cutting. Flowers cruciform, 

 somewhat resembling the single Stock but smaller. 



Seed germinates readily in open ground if sown after danger 

 from frost is past. Hardy perennial. 



Purple. Plants two and one-half to three feet high Pkt. 5c. 



White. About two feet high " 5c. 



T^ Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. Plants under 



IX OS6 SO*^d care will commence to flower when six inches 

 * ^^'•^^^ high and about two months old. and continue to 

 grow and bloom until they form compact bushes about six- 

 teen inches high, well covered with single and double flowers. 



Open the berries and separate the seeds, sowing in pots of 

 rich sandy soil and keep at about 70° F. and moderately moist. 

 When plants are about one inch high transplant and give 

 plenty of light and air. Tender perennial; blooming the first 

 year Pkt. 15c. 



Salpiglossis I 



ery showy bedding or border 

 plants with richly colored, funnel- 

 shaped flowers which are purple, 

 scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, blue or almost black, beauti- 

 fully marbled and penciled. 



For early blooming seed may be started indoors as early 

 as the middle of March and the young plants set out in the 

 garden one foot apart, or seed may be sovm outdoors 

 after settled warm weather. Useful for cutting. Blooms 

 from August to October. Half hardy annual; about two 

 feet high. 



Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grown large, long stemmed 

 flowers, in many beautiful shades and markings. 

 Oz. 50c .Pkt. 5c. 



Large Flowering Mixed. A mixture of improved dwarf, 

 very large flowering sorts, more compact than ordinary 

 varieties and with much larger, moi'e richly colored 

 flowers Pkt. 10c. 



Salvia 



(Floicering Sage) Among the most 

 brilliantly colored of garden flowers 

 and extremely useful for bedding; 

 also valuable for pot culture and cut- 

 ting. Blooms are borne in long spikes well above the 

 foliage and are of fiery red. crimson or blue, continuing 

 in flower a long time. The densely filled flower spikes 

 are often eight to ten inches long and include thirty 

 or more tube-like florets, one to two inches in length. 



Start early in heat and transplant into light soil one to 

 two feet apart; or seed can be sown outdoors after danger 

 from frost is past. Tender pei-ennial. but blooms the first 

 season; height one and one-half to three feet. 



Splendens. Sold also as '•' Splendens Bonfire.'' The large, 

 brilliant scarlet flowers are in very striking contrast with 

 the rich, dark green background of dense foliage. This 

 variety is most generally used in parks and on extensive 

 lawns, as it is more vigorous than the dwarf varieties. 

 One of the most distinct and effective bedding plants. 

 Two and one-half to three feet high. Oz. §2.00. . .Pkt. 10c. 



Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known: not as well 

 suited for bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but 

 very attractive in the mixed border or in the green- 

 house. Height of plant, about one and one-half to two 

 feet. . . . = , .Pkt. 15c. 



Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been 

 offered under different names claiming they are larger 

 flowered or more floriferous than the old tji^e. We have 

 found none more valuable than this strain in which the 

 plant is more uniformly dwarf, and comes into bloom 

 earlier than most sorts and remains covered with brilliant 

 red flower spikes a remarkably long time= Height of 

 plant about two feet. . = Pkt. 10c. 



SCAB OSA— (See Mourning Bride) 

 SCARLET FLAX— (See Linum) 



^r'lii'rarsfViiic Retusus Trimaculatus. Also known as 

 OCIll^dntnUS Butterfly Flower or Poor Man's Orchid. 

 Damty compact branching plants with finely cut foliage, 

 covered when in bloom with clusters or spikes of brilhantly 

 colored butterfly -like flowers. Valuable for garden decoration 

 or pot culture. Petals bright yellow with margins and tube of 

 carmme or purple-rose, shading from lighter to darker shades. 

 The seed may be sown outdoors after danger of frost is 

 past, where the plants are to remain; or start inside and trans- 

 plant when weather is suitable. Hardy annual; about twenty 

 inches high p^t, i^;.^ 



SENSITIVE PLANT— (See Mimosa Pudica) 



Q^^*l (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) No twining 



^ITl 1 1 3.x plant m cultivation surpasses this in graceful 

 beauty of foliage. Indispensable to florists 

 for table and house decoration. The hard texture of its small 

 glossy green leaves permits the long dehcate sprays of foliage 

 to be kept without wilting several days after being cut. 



Planted in spring it makes a fine pot plant for faU and 

 winter. The seed germinates very slowly. The process may 

 be hastened some\\hat by soaking the seed in hot water for 

 t^n 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. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



^ ^ (Antirrhimim) This 



^1^ ^ 1^^ V*^ ilf^\'W% (Large Flou-ering)hovdev 

 hDnSiljCLT SiSOTl f^d Redding plant of 

 M ^J long blooming season 



is noAv one of the best perennials suitable for fiowering as an 

 annual. The long showy spikes of curiously shaped tubular 

 fiowers with spreading lobes and finely marked throats are 

 fragrant as well as brilliantly colored. They are very desirable 

 for cutting as the spikes of bloom are borne well above the dark 

 glossy leaves and keep fresh for a long time. (See Jf'ront cover) 

 For blooms the first season outdoors, sow seed very early 

 under glass and transplant to open border as soon as the 

 ground is warm and dry, in rich loamy soil in a sunny situation, 

 setting one foot apart each way and giving them plenty of 

 water: or sow seed in August or September and cover plants 

 with a mulch on approach of cold weather. These fall-sown 

 plants may be transplanted into pots and flowered in the house, 

 and in this case give them the same temperature and treatment 

 as geraniums and carnations. Tender perennial, often treated 

 as annual or biennial; one and one-half to two feet high. 



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



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



Majus Delila. Peddish-violet, white throat " 5c. 



Fine Mixed. An extra fine mixture including all the best 

 colors. Oz. 50c. H lb- §1-50 , Pkt. 5c, 



