D. M. FERRY & CO"S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



ular of 

 plants. 



Probably the 



GOLEUS'^'^^^ ^°""'° 



COLEUS. 



and most pop- 

 ornamental foliage 

 Leaves are of many 

 shapes, shades and 

 colors and near], 

 all have a rich ve' 

 vety appearance of 

 extraordinary beau- 

 ty. No lawn should 

 be without these 

 decorative plants. 

 Tender laerenuial. 

 inest Hybrids, mixed. 



Pkt. 2 Sets 

 Large Leaved, mixed, ex- 

 tra choice. ..Pkt. 35cts 

 Large Leaved, Copper 

 Colored. This Coleusis 

 of great merit and is 

 worthy of a prominent place 

 in greenhouse and garden. The 

 leaves are large and the plants 

 grow about two feet in height. 

 The foliage is a beautiful bronze 

 or copper color and is quite dis 

 tinct. Unlike all other varie 



ties of Coleus this variety comes perfectly true from seed Pkt. 35cts 



..COLUMBINE.. 



(Aquilegia). Every well regulated lawn has a space de- 

 voted to hardy perennials, and no bed of perennials would be 

 complete without a dile proportion of Columbines. They are 

 of the easiest culture and when once established will furnish 

 for many years a magnificent display of the handsomest 

 flowers, each spring and summer. The beds should be kept 

 clear of weeds and given each year a liberal dressing of well 

 rotted manure. Hardy herbaceous perennials; two to three 

 feet high. 



Cceruiea hybrida, double, a vigorous growing, very hand- 

 some variety with blue and white flowers Pkt. 1 Octs 



Californica hybrida, one of the handsomest of all the colum- 

 bines, having orange, red and yellow flowers Pkt. lOcts 



Vervseneana fol. variegatis, plants variegated with double 



rose colored blossoms; exceedingly beautiful. . Pkt. lOcts 



Mixed double, best and finest colors " Sets 



CONVOLVULUS MAJOR~CSee Morning Glory}. 

 COIX LACHRYMA— (-See Job's Tears). 

 COREOPSIS— (See Calliopsis). 

 CUCURBITA— (See Gourds). 



COLUMBINE. 



(Dii-arf Morning Glory). Dwarf plants of trailing, branch- 

 ing habit, each covering a space about two feet in diameter. 

 At mid-day they are completely covered with a mass of most 

 brilliant. manyVolored blossoms which remain open in clear 

 weather till evening. Half hardj- annual; one foot high. 

 Tricolor, bright blue, shaded to white; yellow throat. 



Pkt. octs 



AIbu5, pure white "" 5cts 



Mixed " 5cts 



A very effective autumn flowering plant. Quite hardy and 

 rapid growing, forming bush-like plants four to eight feet 

 high and covered with large, single, dahlia-like flowers. 

 Should be started in this latitude in March and trans- 

 planted to open ground about June 1st. 



Hybrida, large white. This variety produces a profusion of 

 large, pure white flowers which being gracefullj- poised on 

 long stems are extremely useful for decorative purposes. 



Pkt. octs 

 Hybrida, Giant mixed " octs 



EARLY FLOWERING COSMOS. 



We have secured an early flowering strain which will pro- 

 duce plants that come into bloom the last of July and are 

 covered with blossoms until late in the autuum. 

 Dawn. An early flowering strain in which all the flowers are 



white Pkt. octs 



Early Flowering, mixed. Comparatively dwarf plants, pro- 

 ducing both w liite and colored flowers, coming into bloom 

 much earlier than the giant forms Pkt. octs 



/>%//>■ Jl|li|p|i| Well-known and universally admired 

 1. 1 1,1 /I VI I \\ tuberous rooted plants producing ex- 

 Vfivri-/tiffii-ii eeedingly handsome, red and white 



flowers. Tender perennial; one foot high. 



Persicum, mixed, of great beauty and many colors. 



Pkt. I octs 



Persicum, giganteum, mixed, characterized by beautiful 

 foliage antl profuse bloom; each flower is from" two to two 

 and a half inches long. Very choice Pkt. 20cts 



PVDriFCC l/IHIF (Ipovtnn Qua mod it y \ most 

 ■ .frl/r^A will beautiful climber, with deli- 

 Vllill-VJv7 flllL ^,j^^^ ^j.^,.,. ^,.^^.„ feathery foli- 

 age, and an abundance of bright, star-shapeil. rose, scarlet 

 or white blossoms, which contrast most beautifully with the 

 graceful foliage. Tender annual; about fifteen feet high. 



Scarlet Pkt. octs 



White "• 5cts 



Mixed *' 5cts 



rk A HI I A P^t'^ ^^^^ single and double strains of this 

 1 1/1 II I I f\ magnificent race of plants may be had in the 

 *"■■■■-■'■ greatest variety and beauty from seeil. If 

 planted early and forced they can be made to flower the first 

 season. Teiider herbaceous perennials. 

 Finest double, mixed, seed saved from choicest double flotr- 



er.< Pkt. locts 



Finest single, mixed, brilliant flowei-s nmning through a 



wide range of striking colors Pkt. lOcts 



l\tr Diihlia roots, see page 'J5. 



