D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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Very showy bedding or border plants 

 with richly colored, funnel-shaped flow- 

 ers which are purple, scarlet, crimson, 

 yellow, buflf , blue and almost black, beau- 

 tifully marbleO^and penciled. The seed may be 



sown indoors by the middle of March, or later, or may be 



sown outdoors in early spring; useful for cuttmg. Bloom 



from August to October. Half hardy annual; one and a 



half to two feet high. Fine mixed, hybridvartettes.Pkt. 5c 



(Flowering Sage) . Among the 

 most brilliantly colored of gar- 

 den flowers and extremely 

 useful for bedding; also valu- 

 able for pot culture. Blooms are borne in long 

 spikes well above the foUage and are of fiery red, crimson 

 or blue color, continuing in flower for a long time. Start 

 early in heat and transplant into light soil one to two feet 

 apart. Tender perennials, but bloom the first season; 

 height two to three feet. 



Splendens. Brilliant scarlet Pkt. lOcts 



Golden Leaved. This is a variety of Salvia Splendens which 

 comes true from seed and has rich yellow leaves, contrast- 

 ing beautifully with the brilliant scarlet flowers. Pkt.»5cts 



Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known. . . " IScts 



Lord Fauntleroy. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have 

 been offered under different names with the claim that 

 they are larger 

 flowered or more 

 florif erous than the 

 old type. We have 

 found none of them 

 more distinctly 

 valuable than this 

 strain in which the 

 plant is more uni- 

 tormly dwarf and 

 floriferous and the 

 flower spikes long- 

 er than in the com- 

 mon stock, so we 

 strongly r e c o m - 

 mend it as a decid- 

 ed improvement. 

 The plant is uni- 

 formly dwarf, aver- 

 aging only about 

 twenty inches high. 

 In habit it is ex- 

 ceedingly free 

 blooming, bearing 

 above the dark 

 green foliage brilliant crimson 

 spikes which are longer than those 

 of the common sorts Pkt. ^5cts 



Procumbens 

 fl. pi. 



Very pretty, dwarf, traiUng plants; excellent for rock work, borders, 

 or edging of beds. They are so completely covered with flowers as 

 to nearly hide the foliage. Double flowers of a brilliant, golden yel- 

 low, resembhng a miniature double zinnia. Hardy annual; six 

 inches high Pkt. 5cts 



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, (Mimosa pudica) . An interesting 

 ' and curious plant with globular 

 heads of small, pink flowers. The plant is chiefly valued because of 

 the extreme irritabihty of its leaves which close and droop at the 

 slightest touch, or in cloudy, damp weather and during the night. 

 Tender annual; height one and a half feet Pkt. Sets 



Salpiglossis. 



Salvia Lord Fauntleroy. 



No twining plant 

 in cultivation sur- 

 passes this in grace- 

 ful beauty of foliage. 

 Indispensable to florists; its hard texture enables 

 it to be kept several days after being cut, without 

 wilting. The seed germinates very sloivly. The 

 process may be hastened somewhat by soaking the 

 seed in hot water for ten hours before planting 

 but even then it is often six or eight weeks before 

 the plants make their appearance. Tender peren- 

 nial climber; ten feet high Pkt. Sets 



Pseudo Capsicum 

 nanum. 



Ornamental, fruit bearing plants, useful for con- 

 servatory or drawing room decoration. The foli- 

 age is handsome and contrasts finely with the 

 miniature, round, scarlet fruit with which the 

 plant is covered. Tender perennial; about one 

 and a half feet high Pkt. lOcts 



SCABIOSA— (See Mourning Bride). 



SCARLET FLAX— (-See Linum) 



STIPA PEHHMk— {See Feather Grass). 



