D. M . FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH. 



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^1 V (Mathiola) Sometimes called Gilliflower. 



^^i^^^^l^ Considered almost indispensable where 

 ^^^ I ff^/^ m^ a fine display of flowers is wanted and 

 1^^ ^^^X^Am particularly Valued for edgings, bedding 

 and pot culture. The improved varie- 

 ties we offer of this favorite garden plant produce dense spikes 

 of very fragx'ant and beautiful rosette-like double flowers in 

 a wide range of attractive colors. They are suitable for cut ting, 

 being produced on stems of good length in pleasing contrast 

 with the dark green foliage of the bushy plants. Each of the 

 four types is of long flowering period, and if the earher ones 

 are started indoors, a profusion of fragrant and pleasing 

 flowers is afforded for the entire season. 



Sow outdoors early in spring, using well fertilized, carefully 

 pulverized soil and cover seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil 

 firmly pressed down. Make the rows fifteen inches apart; thin 

 to six inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and 

 transplant. Height of plants, one to one and one-half feet. 



Ezu-ly Flowering Brompton 



A decidedly superior, large-flowering annual strain with the 

 splendid foliage and bloom of the older type but flowering with 

 the German Ten Weeks and decidedly superior in length of stem 

 and size of flower spike. This group is also called Beauty Stocks, 

 Giants of Nice, "Cut and Come Again" and Victoria Stocks. 



Belle of Naples. Old rose or light purplish rose Pkt. 15c. 



Camaldoli. Dark violet or light purplish red " 1 5c. 



Snow White ( Victoria) " 10c. 



Vesuvius. Blood-red or deep purplish red " 1 5c. 



Early Flowering Brompton Mixed. Includes shades of white, old 

 rose, blood-red, purple and violet. Oz. §3.00 Pkt. 5c. 



Double German Ten Weeks (Large Flowering) 



This favorite half-hardy summer blooming annual has de- 

 liciously fragrant flowers and is very desirable for cutting. 

 Double German Ten Weeks, Mixed (Levkojen) Shades of 



white, red, purple, lavender and maroon. Oz. §1.00 Pkt. 5c. 



Double German Ten Weeks, Pure White. Very useful for floral 



work and bouquets. Oz. §2.75 Pkt. 10c. 



Intermediate or Autumnal Stocks 



Sown at the same time as the Ten Weeks, the Intermediate 

 sorts vn\\ succeed them in bloom thus affording flowers con- 

 tinuously until late in the fall. The flowers are larger and are 

 produced on longer, bolder spikes. For indoor blooming, if sown 

 in pots late in summer the plants will bloom the following spring. 



Intermediate White Pkt. 15c. 



" Scarlet " 15c. 



Winter or Biennial Brompton Stocks 



These require a longer time than the Intermediate to grow 

 and cannot endure our winters unless protected. 

 Brompton Mixed. This mixture of Winter or Biennial Bromp- 

 ton Stocks forms bushy plants flowering in the fall outdoors 

 if started in hotbed early in spring and transplanted, or 

 blooming well in winter from seed sown outdoors in summer 

 if plants are taken up in the fall and given cool airy quarters 



indoors; half hardy biennial. Oz. §4.00 Pkt. 10c. 



STRAW FLOWER— CSee Heh'chrijsum and Rhodanfhe) 



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F_ wERiNG Brompton 



Sunflower 



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Sunflower, Double Chri 



( Helianthus) 

 These stately, old 

 fashioned flowers 

 with the newer 

 improved varieties are coming into special favor as 

 a background for lawns and in front of high fences. 

 A'aluable also as a screen to hide unsightly places 

 and sometimes used to mitigate the evil of adjacent 

 swamp holes. Their very tall dense growth and 

 bright yellow disc-like flowers of very large size 

 and long blooming period make them one of the 

 most deserving and iiseful of hardy annuals. 



Sunflowers grow readily in almost any soil but do 

 best on light, rich limestone or alluvial land well 

 supplied with moisture and not shaded by trees or 

 buildings. Sow the seed outdoors in spring after 

 danger of frost is over, pi'eferably in well pulver- 

 ized soil either broadcast or in rows two to three 

 feet apart and cover about one-half inch deep. 

 AMieu the young plants are about four inches 

 high, thin one and one-half to two feet apart to 

 secui'e the best development. 



Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. The most at- 

 tractive of the very double sunflowers. Plant 

 tall, growing seven feet high and blooming pro- 

 fusely all summer. Flowers very large, often 

 eight to ten inches across, very double, with 

 long fringed petals and resemble chrysanthe- 

 mums. The color is a splendid, rich, golden-yel- 

 low, free from any black center. Oz. 30c . . Pkt. 5c. 

 Globosus Fistulosus (Globe, or Dahlia Sunfloiver) 

 This desirable variety produces very large, ex- 

 ceedingly double flowers, often six to eight inches 

 in diameter and of bright yellow color. The plants 

 are usually about five feet high. Oz. 20c. .Pkt. 5c. 

 Stella. The plant of this fine Miniature (cucumeri- 

 folius) variety is spreading with many branches 

 and attains a height of about three feet. The 

 flowers are about three inches in diameter and 

 are of an unusually pure golden yeUow with black 

 discs or centers, and are borne on long stems 

 well above the foliage. Early blooming and pro- 

 duced in abundance throughout a long season. 



Oz. 30c Pkt. 5c. 



SWEET ROCKET— (-See Backet) 



