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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Portulaca 



PORTULACA 



Sometimes called Moss Rose. Few flowers make such a dazzling display of color in the bright 

 sunshine as a bed of portulacas. The glossy cup-shaped single flowers and roselike double 

 flowers, about one inch across, range through many shades of red, white, pink, orange, yellow, 

 striped, etc. Plants low growing or creeping with thick, fleshy stems tinged with red and small 

 quill-shaped leaves. Desirable also for edgings. They are in bloom through a long season. 



Sow seed outdoors, after weather is warm and settled, where the plants are to stand in rows one foot apart. They should 

 have a sunny situation. Well pulverized soil should be used but it does not need to be rich. Cover seed about one-eighth 

 inch deep. Thin to two inches apart. For massed beds seed can be sown broadcast, the soil sifted on and the whole bed 

 carefully pressed with a board. For earliest blooming start under glass and transplant to place after danger of killing 

 frost is over. Tender annual; about nine inches high. 



Single Varieties 



Alba. Pure white. Oz. 40c Pkt. 5c. Aurea. Deep golden. Oz. 40c .Pkt. 5c. 



Fine Mixed. A Avide range of colors. Oz. 3oc " 5c. 



Double Varieties 



The S92:l w3 oITer can be depended upon for a large proportion of fine, very double flowers and the few that come single 

 can be pulled out if desired. 



Double White Pkt. 10c. Double Orange Pkt. 10c. 



" Sccirlet. Very bright and attractive " 10c. " Mixed. Many beautiful shades. Oz. ^8.75.... " lOc. 



POOR MAN'S ORCHID— (See SchizantJms) 



P*»ir«'»»rkc^ F-sTrf^nina- ((^noihera) Large, showy 

 1 rillirObe, IwVcillllg saucer-shaped blossoms, usu- 

 ally fully expanded only towards and during evening. The 

 blossoms are yellow or white and are very freely produced. 

 Acaulis Alba (Loiv White Evening) Plants of prostrate habit, 

 the leaves lying on the ground, smooth and divided un- 

 equally like a dandelion leaf. This sort produces many large 

 flowers about three inches across which open clear white 

 and turn to deep primrose pink. Sow in open ground early 

 in spring. Make rows fifteen inches apart: thin six inches 



apart in row. Hardy perennial: six inches high Pkt. 5c. 



Lamarckiana. (Showy Evening) Superb spikes of large, bright 

 yellow blossoms about three inches across. Sow in open 

 ground early in spring, or if blooms are wanted the first 

 season, start very early in hotbed and transplant. For best 

 development make rows two and one-half feet apart and thin 

 fifteen inches apart in the row. Plants branching, Avith lanceo- 

 late to oblong dark green leaves, somewhat roughened and 

 pubescent. Hardy perennial but blooms the first year; 



height four feet. Oz. 20c Pkt. 5c. 



T^ • 1 O • • (Chinese Primrose) 



Primula bmensis ™%Y„ri™toi 



plant is especially valuable in that its brightly colored and 

 finely formed flowers and prettily cut foliage may be had in 

 perfection from November until late in spring. The splendid 

 salver-formed flowers are produced in large clusters. 



Sow seed indoors in well drained, shallow pans or boxes 

 from April to last of July, to insure floAvering the foUoAving 

 AA^inter. For best results use finely sifted leaf mold, loam 

 and sand in equal parts. Cover slightly and place the pans 

 in a temperature of about 60° F. Water Avith a fine spray. 

 If covered too deeply or if alloAved to dry after being wet 

 the seed will not germinate. Transplant into pots and keep 

 in a cool place so that the plants AAnll grow slowly until 

 ready to bloom. Seed may also be sown in fall. Greenhouse 

 perennial, six to ten inches high. 



Single Fringed, Scarlet. A deep shade; very attractive . Pkt. 23c. 



II II Choicest Mixed. Vg Oz. $2.50 || 25c. 



Choicest Fern Leaved Mixed " 25c. 



Double Fringed Mixed. Very choice: shades of red, rose, 

 white, etc. The seed Ave offer can be depended on to pro- 

 duce a very large proportion of double flowers Pkt. 25c. 



Very ornamental, both foliage and 

 floAA-ers. Well adapted for bedding 

 and borders. Soav outdoors in 

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

 start the seed indoors and transplant after danger from frost 

 is past. (See also Matricaria) 



Parthenifolium Aureum (Golden Feather) Beautiful dwarf gold 

 leaA-ed bedding plant. Flowers AA^hite. Half hardy perennial, 

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



Rhodanthe 



Pyrethrum 



One of the most beautiful everlastings. 



Sometimes called StraAV Flower. The flower- 

 heads are somewhat bell- shaped, becoming Avhen mature fully 

 expanded and sometimes reflexed. They are gracefully poised 

 on slender stems. The mixture we offer includes rose Avith 

 golden center and white Avith 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 otitdoors after danger of 

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



high. Mixed. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



RICINUS— (See Castor Bean) 



Kr»flr*»fr C.,^^^|. (-Hesperus «! of ?-onaZis) Produces loose 

 ^^'-'*^**'*^^ hJWCCl clusters of flowers very fragrant dur- 

 ing the evening and useful for cvitting. FloAvers cruciform, 

 someAvhat resembling the single Stock but smaller. 



Seed germinates readily in open ground if soAA^n 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. 



Y\ Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. Plants under 



|^^6^ good care Avill commence to floAver when six inches 

 A'^\^*J^^ high and about tAvo months old, and continue to 

 groAV and bloom until they form compact bushes about six- 

 teen inches high, Avell 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. 1 5c. 



Salpiglossis 



Very shoAvy bedding or border 

 plants Avith richly colored, funnel- 

 shaped floAvers which are borne 

 on long graceful stems. The floAA^ers of purple, scarlet, 

 crimson, yellow, buff', blue or almost black are beautifully 

 veined or penciled and are excellent for cut floAvers. They 

 are easily groAvu and are most desirable for beds or borders. 

 (See colored plate opposite) 



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 soaati outdoors after 

 settled Avarm Aveather. Blooms from August to October. Half 

 hardy annual; about two feet high. 



Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grown large, long stemmed 

 flowers, in manv beautiful shades and markings. 

 Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Large Flowering Mixed. A mixture of improved dAvarf, very 

 large flowering sorts, more compact than ordinary A'aiieties 

 and with much larger, more richly colored floAvers.'.Pkt. lOc. 



