D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



..Comet Aster.. 



Charlotte Roumanille 



A new and valuable addition to the Comet class. The flow- 

 ers are large and well formed with long, straight stems, making 

 them particularly good for bouquets. They keep a long time. 

 The plant is pyramidal in form and grows to a height of about 

 two feet. It remains in bloom until very late. 



Price 15 cents per packet. 



EARLY FLOWERING- 



Cosmos 



The Cosmos has a, beauty distinct from that of any other 

 plant. Its feathery foliage and the soft but brilliant coloring of 

 its abundant bloom make it a universal favorite, but the com- 

 mon varieties are so late that they hardly have time to come 

 into full bloom before they are cut down by frost. 



We have secured an early flowering strain which will produce plants that come into bloom the last of July and are cov- 

 ered with blossoms until late in the autumn. A bed of our Early Flowering Cosmos will not only be a brilliant feature of 

 the garden, but will furnish an abundance of flowers for the house during the late summer and autumn months. 



Comet Aster, Charlotte Roumanille. 



COSMOS, Dawn. An early flowering strain in which I COSMOS, Early Flowering Mixed. 



all the flowers are white Pkt. 5c | white and colored flowers 



See cut page 77. 



Producing both 

 Pkt. 6c 



GIANT JAPANESE 



. MORNING GLORY 



'T'HIS plant has been developed to such a state of perfection that it now produces flowers of immense size and almost end- 

 -*• less variety of color and markings. Some of the flowers are brilliant red. or rich blue self-colored, others are equally 

 brilliant with broad margins of clear white. Some blossoms are striped and dotted with blue or red on white or lemon yel- 

 low ground, others clouded with blue and red; in fact, one may expect to find some new and exquisitely beautiful markings 

 every morning. Not only are the flowers varied but the foliage is equally so; some of it comes plain green, and partis 

 mottled with white, and shades of yellow or yellowish green. The plants do not always produce flowers exactly like those 

 from which the seed came, and often give different colored blossoms at different times, so we only offer the seed in mixture. 

 Our seed was saved from a collection of almost unlimited variety in color and marking of both foliage and flowers, and is 

 the very best it is possible to produce. The seed is sometimes slow to germinate, but if a slight notch is filed or cut in one 

 end and the seed soaked a few hours in lukewarm water the plants will come up more quickly. Pkt. Sets 



See cut page 8k. 



SWrfTPrAS EXTRA EARLY^ 

 JTTLLI I L/iJ... ^BLANCHE fERRY 



THE EARLIEST SWEET PEA 



Coming into full bloom TWO WEEKS before other sorts, and flowering profusely 



the whole season. 



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'E are certain that the stock we offer will produce larger, better colored flowers than any other strain of Extra Early- 

 Sweet Peas. We have carefully compared our Extra Early Blanche Ferry with "Earliest of All" and other strains 

 claiming to be "earliest''' and have found our stock to be superior both in quantity and quality of bloom. Although some 

 of the others may produce a single bloom as early as ours, none of them give a single flower earlier and none come into full 

 bloom as early. The flowers have the bright contrast of color, which has made the Blanche Ferry so popular, the wings 

 being nearly white while the standard is deep rose pink, becoming more intense near the base. The plants are exceedingly 

 hardy, vigorous and floriferous and at the same time very dwarf, making it particularly desirable for green house culture. 

 Inside it occupies less space and gives flowers sooner and in greater abundance than any other Sweet Pea, and it does equally 

 well out of doors, needing less trellising than other kinds; in fact, it can be grown outside with great satisfaction without 

 any support whatever. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



