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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Balloon Vine 



Balsam 



Begonia 



{Cardiospermuni kalicacabum) A favorite with 



children, being remarkable for its intiated mem- 

 branous capsules containing the seed. It is sometimes called "Love-in- 

 a-Puff/' A rapid and graceful climber. Flowers small, white. The 

 round black seed is marked with a white heart-shaped spot. Sow seed 

 outdoors in open ground early in spring and give the plant some support 

 to run upon. Tender annual; six feet high. Oz. 25c. Pkt. 5c, 



(Impatiens Balsamina) Known also as Lady 

 Slipper. The brilliantly colored, double rose- 

 like flowers of this well-known border and bed- 

 ding annual are thickly set along the branches 



of the erect bushy plants. The dainty individual flowers, often two 



inches across, are borne on very short stems and when cut they show 



to best advantage floating in a dish of water. The colors range from 



white to dark purple, and are either self colored or spotted and striped. 

 Balsams are tender and should be started in boxes indoors or in 



the open ground when danger of frost is past. The plants prefer a rich, 



moist or even wet sandy loam, and must not suffer for moisture. They 



do best if allowed eighteen inches apart each way in a sunny situation. 



Larger and more double flowers will be obtained 'if some of the young 



shoots are cut out w^lien quite small, or by transplanting two or three 



times. Hardy annual; one to two feet high. 



Double or Camellia Flowered 

 Pure White. Well adapted for florists' use and for bouquets, very 



double. Oz. Toe, Pkt. 10c. 



Dark Red. (Atrosanguinea plenissima) Very double, dark red blos- 

 soms Pkt. 10c. 



Solferino. Flowers satiny white, streaked and spotted with crimson 



and lilac. Oz. 75c Pkt. 5c. 



Extra Fine Mixed. Striped and blotched sorts of various colors. 



Oz. 75c Pkt.Sc. 



Tall Mixed. About two feet high. Oz. 50c " 5c. 



Dwarf Mixed. About one foot high. Oz. 6Uc " 5c. 



BEANS — {See Scarlet Runner Beans) 



Very desirable for pot culture or for bedding 

 out in partially shaded locations. Suita^ble 

 also for window boxes. Some varieties are 

 grown for their foliage, but most sorts when 

 gi-^en proper care produce abundantly large clusters of brilliantly 

 beautiful wax-like flowers of flne form and substance. 



Sow seed in March in shallow boxes or small pots plunged in moss. 

 Begonia seed is extremely small and great care should be taken in open- 

 ing the packet and planting. Open the packet directly over the sur- 

 face to prevent any seed being lost. The surface of the soil should be 

 very smooth and the seed carefully scattered on the surface and 

 lightly pressed in. The moss should be kept quite damp, but the sur- 

 face of the soil should not be watered. Moisture can be retained in the 

 soil by placing a glass over the box or pots. When the plants are 

 large enough to handle, transplant into small pots, and to larger sized 

 pots as required. For winter or spring blooming, sow from August to 

 September. For outdoor bedding, select a shady moist situation, 

 making the bed rich with well rotted manure and leaf mold, if obtain- 

 able. The young plants started indoors may be set out when the 

 weather is warm and settled. Water thoroughly every day. Tender 

 perennial, blooming the flrst year if started early, one foot high. 



Tuberous Rooted Begonias 



The tuberous rooted varieties, if planted early in a temperature of 

 sixty to seventy degrees, will with proper -^are give an abundance of 

 bloom the flrst year. At the end of the season they may be dried off by 

 withholding water, the tubers kept in a dry place free from frost and 



planted the following spring, when they wdll bloom more freely than Balsam 



before. 



Robusta Perfecta. Plants are of robust, compact habit; dark green f ol iage and brilliant, double, cinnabar-scarlet flowers. Pkt. 25c. 

 Single Mixed. The seed we offer will produce the finest single flowers in various shades ranging fi'om white to deep red. " 25c. 

 Double Mixed. The largest and best double flowers, including shades of pink, red, scarlet and light yellow " 35c. 



Fibrous Rooted Begonias 



Of the kinds offered under this head Begonia Rex is grown for its very attractive ornamental foliage, while the others are 

 among the most desirable for flowering in the house, or in partly shaded local ions ouldooi-s. 

 Vernon ( Semper fior ens atropurpurea) Flowers brilliant, rich red, set off perfectly by the abundant, glossy green leaves, which 



are broadly margined with bronze and purple. Hardy and floriferous; the best of the semperflorens class Pkt. 15c. 



Semperflorens alba. A very usf'ful variety, well adapted for house or outdoor culture. Plants of compact dwai'f habit, and 



uHiler proper treatment almost continuous bloomers. Easily grown; flowers very attractive blush white Pkt. 15c. 



Semperflorens rosea. Like Semperflorens alba, except flowers are rose colored " 15c. 



Rex. Ornamental leaved varieties. Leaves very large, and are either a rich crimson tinted bronze, or emerald Mied, having the 



upper surface zoned or spotted with silvery white. Finest mixed ; Pkt. 25c. 



BELLIS— (-See Daisy) For Begonia Bulbs, see Bulbs and .Roots, page 100. 



Bignonia Radicans 



(Teconia radicans. Trumpet Vine) One of the most showy, certainly: one of the best 

 hardy, deciduous flowering climbers for covering verandas, arbors, trunks of trees, old 

 walls, etc. Vines should be moderately pruned and Avell trained so as to afford a good circulation of air, thus insuring more 

 and better bloom. The flowers produced in clusters are trumpet shaped, two to three inches long and of orange red color. 

 The foliage is very attractive and unusually free from insects. It not only is one of the best climbers, but planted on the 

 lawn makes a pretty bush of drooping habit, if the tops are cut back. Sow s?ed in well prepared beds, either in autumn or 



very early in spring, in drills, and keep free from weeds. Hardy perennial, often growing thirty feet. Pkt. 10c. 



BUTTERFLY FLOWER— (See Schizanthus) 



^^ 1 1 • A much admired genus distinguished by its abundance of large, showy, sac-shaped or slipper-like 



^L^S.lC60ld.iridL fio'^^'^i'S which are creamy white and various shades of yellow, often splashed, spotted or blotched 

 'Sk^i.»A'w>v^^i^JL«»%A A** with dark reddish brown, two plants rarely having flowers marked exactly alike. Leaves large, 

 felty, close growing. Under proper conditions can be grown indoors to perfection, making an exceedingly decorative plant. 



Start the seed at any time, except during hot weather, in a temperature of about 60° F. Herbaceous annuals or shrubby 

 evergreen perennials. Height about one to one and one-half feet. 



Hybrida grandiflora. Large self colored flowers Pkt. 25c. 



Hybrida tigrina. Flowers beautifully spotted . " 25c. 



Finest Hybrids Mixed. Seeds saved only from the most perfect flowers; all desirable r. . " 25c. 



CALENDULA — {See Marigold) . CALIFORNIA POPPY — {See Eschscholtzia) 



