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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



^^ • {Dianthus Caryophyllus) "Carnation," "Pink," "Clove Pink," "Florists' Pink," are names 



a ^ IMW^ ^ Tl #^m applied by different people to the same or to different plants of several species as well as to 

 ^^^^£ 1 1^1 ■ |fBjj[ 1 hybrids between them. They are all easily grown from seed and very free blooming, the flowers 



^^^^ being bright colored and with a most delicious dove-like fragrance. 



Some varieties are best adapted for p(jt culture and make fine house plants; others do best in beds in the open ground. 

 The improved varieties we offer are suitable also for cutting. They produce very double, semi-circular blooms with thick 

 wax-like petals and long pod-like calyx. The plants are branching but compact and erect, with slender, bluish green foliage. 

 The bursting of the calyx may be prevented by using ashes or some form of potash. Where size and quality of flowers are 

 desired rather than pi-of usion of bloom, all except the terminal buds should be removed. This is the method employed by 

 florists to obtain the larger longer-stemmed beauties. Half hardy perennial, usually treated as a biennial. 



Large Flowering Carnations Best Suited for Pot Culture 



The choicest varieties sold by florists are propagated from cuttings but very beautiful double flowers just as good in form 

 and more fragrant, although not as large, can be produced from the seed we offer. Sow under glass in the greenhouse or hotbed 

 from January to March. Use well prepared soil, cover lightly and keep in a temperature of about 60° V. Sprinkle with a fine 

 spray. Wlien the young plants are of a sufficient size transplant them out of doors two feet apart each way, or the seed may 

 be sown in peroaaiient bed as early in spring as weather will permit. 

 Double Perpetual Flowered Mixed. An exceedingly beautiful variety producing very double flowers of various shades and colors. 



Plants closely branched and very symmetrical. Seed saved from choicest double flowers Pkt. 25c. 



Fine Double Selves. Seeds from finest self-colored named varieties grown in the open ground; many beautiful shades. . " ' lOc*. 



Fine Double Striped. Seed from fine named striped sorts. " 1 5c. 

 Choicest White Ground. Seed from choice, large flowered, 

 named varieties, with nearly white petals bordered or tinted 

 with red or purple. A very choice picotee strain... . Pkt. 35c. 

 Double Picotee Fine Mixed. A magnificent strain of 

 double Picotees. Seed from choicest French, German, Italian 

 and English named sorts. Certain to produce a large propor- 

 tion of double and finely formed and colored flowers in a 



great variety of shades and markings. Oz. $2.50 Pkt. 15c. 



Double Choice Mixed. A mixture containing many of the very 



choicest colors and types Pkt. 10c. 



Double Fancy Picotee Extra Fine Mixed. Extra fine seed 

 from named varieties, petals bordered, spotted, and splashed. 

 An extra choice mixture certain to give flow^ers of splendid 

 quality in good proportion Pkt. 25c. 





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Castor Bean 



Varieties Adapted to both Pot and Outdoor Culture 



Seed may be sown outdoors early in spring, using well 

 pulverized soil, preferably sandy loam. Blake rows one foot 

 apart and cover seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly 

 pressed down. When two inches high, thin to eight or ten 

 inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors. 



There are usually only a few flowers obtainable in the open 

 ground the first year, but if the plants are protected through 

 the winter they will bloom freely the second season. In southern 

 latitudes seed may also be sown outdoors in fall. Half hardy 

 perennials, fifteen inches high, except Marguerite which can 

 be treated very successfully as an annual. 



Early Double Snow White. A splendid grenadin sort for 

 either pot culture or the garden. The plants are vigorous, 

 erect and bushy; come into flower very early and furnish 

 abundant bloom for a long time. The flowers are large, 



double, clear white and wonderfully fragrant Pkt. 25c. 



Marguerite Finest Mixed. The plants of this wonderfully fine 

 strain may be made to bloom in four months. Flowers large, 

 double, deeply fringed, very fragrant and appear in very 

 attractive shades of color. Plants semi-dwarf. One of the 

 best carnations in cultivation. Especially desirable for bed- 

 ding as an annual and for cutting. (?!z. fl.SO Pkt. 5c. 



Double Dwarf Vienna Mixed. Large flowered and comes into 

 bloom early, producing flowers of many colors and beautiful 



markings; a large proportion double. Oz. ^1-50 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Red Grenadin. Comes into bloom very early and the 

 charming, double, scarlet flowers are very valuable for form- 

 ing bouquets Pkt. 15c. 



(Ricinus) Tall majestic plants 

 for lawns or driveways; with 

 broad, beautifully lobed, palm- 

 like leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed metallic hue 

 and long spikes of scarlet, or of green, prickly seed pods. 

 Makes a rapid, vigorous growth in rich soil. Sow seed outdoors after danger from frost is over, preferably in light rich soil, or for 

 earlier blooms start indoors and transplant. For best development each plant should have at least four feet each way. Its rich, 

 luxuriant growth makes it very attractive for a long distance either gro^vn singly or in groups, or as center plants Avith 

 Cannas, Dahlias, etc., giving a semi-tropical effect. Seed beautifully striped or mottled. Tender annual; six to fifteen feet high. 

 Zanzibariensis. AVonderfuUy vigorous, from ten to fifteen feet high. Leaves have a brilliant luster, measuring about thirty inches 



across, ranging in color from bright green to deep bronze. Seed very large, oval. Mixed Varieties. Oz. 35c Pkt. 5c. 



Sanguineus. (TricoZor) Blood red stalks with red venation in leaves; height about six feet. Oz. 35c " 5c. 



Castor Bean, Mixed. A desirable mixture of all the named varieties. Oz. 30c " 5c. 



An odd and picturesque class of plants having colored foliage and in which the innumerable small 

 flowers and seed vessels together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, somelimes 

 gracefully arranged like plumes and sometimes more dense, being corrugated and frilled at the edge 

 like a cock's comb. They orm the gayest possible decoration in beds and borders, retaining their bril- 

 liant coloring often from midsummer until frost. The red Cristata sorts are sometimes cut before fully ripe and dried in the 

 house for winter bouquets. 



Seed may be sown outdoors as early in spring as ground is warm and dry, using if possible light, rich, well pulverized soil, 

 and giving plenty of moisture. For larger and more beautiful plumes start the seed very early indoors and transplant to 

 place when weather is settled. Also adapted for growing in pots in greenhouse and conservatory. Half hardy annuals. 

 Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. Plants pyramidal, branching, two or more feet high, covered with long, brilhantly colored and 



gracefully formed plumes in red, yellow or violet. An excellent mixture of plumosa or feathered celosias Pkt. 5c. 



Triumph of the Exposition. A splendid plumosa variety. Plant of pyramidal form, bearing many exceedingly graceful, 



feather-like spikes of intensely brilliant crimson color. Height two to three feet Pkt. 10c. 



Vaj-iegated. A cristata strain between the plumosa and the dwarf cockscomb types. The plumes are broadened at the top, 



variegated and striped in red and yellow. Height one and one-half to two feet Pkt. 10c. 



Japan. Plant grows two to two and one-half feet high and is covered with spikes which are finely crested and of brilliant colors 

 usually variegated crimson and deep yellow. One of the best of the tall cristata types Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Cockscomb Varieties ( Celosia Cristata ) 

 Giant Empress. This beautiful dwarf plant has bronze leaves Glasgow Prize (President Tliiers) Plant resembles a very large 



and forms very large crimson combs. Height about one comb, densely corrugated; brilliant, deep purplish red. 



foot Pkt. 10c. Foliage dark, not abundant; ten to twelve inches Pkt. 10c. 



DwauHFRose. One foot high; large rose-colored combs. " lOc. Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf growing sorts. 

 Dwarf Yellow. Large yellow combs. Height one foot. . " lOc. Oz. $1.75 Pkt. 5c. 



Carnation 



Celosia 



