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M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Pansies 



Pansies are now pi'oduced in an almost infinite variety of colors and markings. Their brilliancy 

 of shading, extended season of blooming and long keeping characteristics make them general 

 favorites. The strains now offeied are far superior to the old Heart's Ease or Viola Tricolor 

 and the esteem in which they were held by older generations has been heightened by the greater 

 variety and more brilliant colors of the improved sorts. We have been interested in the bringing 

 forward of advanced types of very large varieties in this country as well as in Europe, and our stocks are the very best 

 obtainable. We spare neither pains nor expense to satisfy the most critical trade. Every year we visit the gardens of 

 the most expert specialists and are in position to give our customers the benefit of their knowledge. 



We have annually both out of doors and under glass extensive trials of Pansies from the most successful European growers 

 and from prominent seedsmen. While the variations in shades of color and markings appear almost limitless our list includes 

 the very best strains the world produces. 



Seed may be sown indoors very early in spring, or a little later in the open ground, and transplanted when an inch high. 

 Such plants will commence to bloom in June. If sown in July, the plants will bloom in the fall, or if sown in September, the 

 following spring. Well pulverized soil should be used and the seeds covered one-eighth to one-fourth inch deep with fine soil 

 firmly pressed down. The largest and best flowers are produced by young plants which have been grown rather slowly in a 

 partially shaded situation, and in very rich soil: coolness and moisture are necessary. A situation sheltered from high winds 

 and exposed to the morning sun is most favorable and frequent sprinklings are advantageous. Grown indoors pansies make 

 a good winter blooming pot plant. Hardy perennial but usually growm as an annual or biennial. Four to six inches high. 



LARGE FLOWERING 



King of the Blacks (Faust) Large velvety, pure black 

 blossoms. This is probably the darkest flower grown. 

 Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Meteor. Flowers are large, rich, velvety red or mahogany. Ex- 

 cellent for massing or edgings. Very hardy. Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 10c. 



Pure Yellow. Brilliant, deep lemon yellow color, large flower- 

 ing variety. Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Variegated and Striped. Flowers are beautifully striped in 

 various colors, very rich and attractive. Oz. $1.50. . .Pkt. 10c. 



Violet White Edged. Flowers are deep warm violet, edged 

 white. Oz. $1.25 pkt. lOc. 



White. Flowers large and of fine form. An early and very 

 floriferous strain. Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Choice Mixed. Seeds saved from large flowering sorts. A 

 special mixture in a wide range of colors, shades and mark- 

 ings. Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 5c. 



Collection of eight splendid veirieties 50c. 



GIANT FLOWERING 



Bugnot's Very Large Stained Mixed. An exceptionally attractive mixture of very large, blotched and stained flowers of 



fine circular form and usually somewhat rufQed. Each petal distinctly blotched, and its margin usually veined. Sturdy 



plants. Many shades. J/g Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 15c. 



Emperor William. Deep lavender-blue petals, dark Prussian blue about the eye; very large flowering. Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Ferry's Superbissima Blotched. Very large flowers 



of exceptionally fine form and substance, usually 



ruffled and beautifully veined and blotched in all 



the finer and deeper shades and colors found in 



pansies. Plants are very vigorous and floriferous. 



Superior to rather than simply different from 



old strains, i^ Oz. $1.50 Pkt.l5c. 



Giant Blue Black. Very large flowers; a rich velvety 



purple, almost black Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Flowering Parisian Mixed. The flowers of 



this splendid mixture are of largest size, very 



fine form and range of colors, often in the 



lighter shades. Each petal is usually beautifully 



blotched. Oz. $2.00 .Pkt. 5c. 



Giant Trimju-deau Mixed. Our stock of this variety 



produces as large pansies as can be grown. 



Flowers of richest, most varied shades, well 



rounded form and generally marked with three 



large blotches. Plants very hardy and vigorous. 



We recommend this mixture as one sure to give 



general satisfaction where conditions are at all 



suitable for pansy growth. Oz. $2.00 Pkt. 5c. 



Giant Yellow (Trimardeau) Very large yellow 



flowers with large black centers. A very dis- 

 tinct and attractive variety Pkt. 15c. 



Lord Beaconsfield. The lower petals are very 



deep violet-purple, shading in upper petals to 



white, slightly tinted Avith purple. The flowers 



are very large and finely formed. Oz. $1.25.Pkt. 10c. 

 Odier, or Very Large Stained Mixed. Known also 



as Cassier's. Very large flowers, distinctly veined 



and each petal beautifully blotched. This is a 



very fine strain of pansies with wide range of 



splendid colors. Sturdy plants, very vigorous 



and floriferous. Oz. $4.00 Pkt. 1 5c. 



Extra Choice Mixed. From best named flowers of 



very large size. An extra fine Trimardeau mix- 

 ture, very superior in size, form, coloring and 



substance. Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



■Peas, Everlasting }^?f,LT 'a n 



easily grown, hardy perennial climber with smaller 

 flowers lacking the fragrance of Sweet Peas, but 

 producing for many weeks a succession of blos- 

 soms in clusters of eight to ten each. Only a 

 few flowers can be expected the second season 

 but in the third and fourth, the plants then being 

 well established, an abundance of foliage and 

 blooms is afforded. Tlie plants die down late in 

 the faU and start again in the spring. 



Sow the seed outdoors early in spring, using 

 well prepared soil and covering the seed about one 

 inch deep with fine soil firmly pressed dowm. The 

 perennial sorts are suitable for covering stumps 

 and fences, and on a trellis will often grow five 

 to six feet. 

 Mixed. Includes white, rose and purple flowers. 



Oz. 25c .Pkt. 5c. 



PELARGONIUM— (See Geranium^ ^ Peas, Everlasting 



