D. M. FERRY & CO. 



DETROIT, MICH 



85 



Pyrethrum 



Very ornamental, both foliage and 

 flowers. Well adapted for bedding 

 _ and borders. Sow outdoors in 



spring as soon as ground can be worked, 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 



leaved bedding plant. Flowers white. Half hardy perenuial, 



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

 Parthenifolium Aureum Selaginoides. Finely cut, fern-like 



leaves of bright golden yellow color. Extra fine for bedding. 



Half hardy perenuial; twelve to fifteen inches high. .Pkt. 10c. 

 ni, _ J__,|.l. _ One of the most beautiful everlastings. 

 IxnOClalllllC Sometimes called Straw Flower. The flower- 

 heads are somewhat bell-shaped, becoming when mature fully 

 expanded and sometimes reflexed. They are gracefully poised 

 on slender stems. The mixture we offer includes rose with 

 golden center and white with 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 outdoors after danger of 

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



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



RICINUS — {See Castor Bean) 



n__l__|. C_„_— f (flespens mafroreaKs) Produces loose 

 IxOCtVCl.) iJWeei clusters of flowers very fragrant dur- 

 ing the evening and useful for cutting. Flowers cruciform, 

 somewhat resembling the single Stock but smaller. 



Seed germinates readily in open ground if sown 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. 



^> Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. Plants under 



t^QC A good care will commence to flower when six inches 

 *^*"^^' high and about two months old, and continue to 

 grow and bloom until they form compact bushes about six- 

 teen inches high, well 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. 15c. 



ROSE MOSS -( See Po)-ht?aca) 



^ 1 • I • Very showy bedding or border 



^O ImCrlOQQIQ plants with richly colored, funnel- 

 "^***Jf'*5*'^*'"**' shaped flowers which are purple, 

 scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, blue or almost black, beauti- 

 fully marbled and pencilled. 



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 sown outdoors after 

 settled warm weather. Useful for cutting. Blooms from Au- 

 gust to October. Half hardy annual; about two feet high. 

 Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grown large, long stemmed flow- 

 ers, in many beautiful shades and markings. Oz. 50c. .Pkt. 5c. 

 Large Flowering Mixed. A mixture of improved dwai'f , very 

 large flowering sorts, more compact than ordinary varieties 

 and with much larger, more richly colored flowers. .Pkt. 10c. 



^^ « • (J^Tofoermg Sage) Among the most brilliantly 

 ^^^ 1^71 ^ colored of garden flowers and extremely 

 fc. j ^TL 1 ^f 1 1%. useful for bedding; also valuable for pot 

 ^^^^ ^^ culture and cutting. Blooms are borne in 



long spikes well above the foliage and are of fiery red, crimson 

 or blue, continuing in flower a long time. The densely filled 

 flower spikes are often eight to ten inches long and include 

 thirty or more tube-like florets, one to two inches in length. 

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

 feet apart; or seed can be sown outdoors after danger from 

 frost is past. Tender perennial, but blooms the fii'st season; 

 height one and one-half to three feet. 



Splendens. Sold also as "Splendens Bonfire." The large, 

 brilliant scarlet flowers are in very striking contrast with the 

 rich, dark green background of dense foliage. This variety is 

 most generally used in parks and on extensive lawns, as it is 

 more vigorous than the dwarf varieties. One of the most 

 distinct and effective bedding plants. Two and one-half to 



three feet high. Oz. $3.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known; not as well suited 

 for bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but very attrac- 

 tive in the mixed border or in the greenhouse. Height of 



plant, about one and one-half to two feet Pkt. ISc. 



Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered 

 under different names claiming they are larger flowered or 

 more floriferous than the old type. We have found none 

 more valuable than this strain in which the plant is more 

 uniformly dwarf, and comes into bloom earlier than most 

 sorts and remains covered with brilliant red flower spikes 



a remarkably long time. About two feet high Pkt. 10c. 



SCABIOSA — (See Mourning Bride) 

 SCARLET FLAX— (SeeLMMtm) 



^^liiTavifKiie Retusus trimaculatus. Also known as 

 OClll^ailLllua Butterfly Flower or Poor Man's Orchid. 

 Dainty compact branching plants with finely cut foliage, 

 covered when in bloom with clusters or spikes of brilliantly 

 colored butterfly -like flowers. Valuable for garden decoration 

 or pot culture. Petals bright yellow with margins and tube of 

 carmine or purple-rose, shading from lighter to darker shades. 

 The seed may be sown outdoors after danger of frost is 

 past, where the plants are to remain; or start inside and trans- 

 plant when weather is suitable. Hardy annual; about twenty 



inches high p^t. iSc. 



SENSITIVE PLANT— (See Mimosa Pudica) 



Q* "B {Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) No twining 



3¥lfll I2I.X P'^"t in cultivation surpasses this in graceful 



^^ beauty of foMage. Indispensable to florists 



for table and house decoration. The hard texture of its small 

 glossy green leaves permits the long delicate sprays of foUage 

 to be kept without wilting several days after being cut. 



Planted in spring it makes a fine pot plant for fall and 

 winter. The seed germinates very slowly. The process may 

 be hastened somew hat 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 

 perenuial chniber, ten feet high. Oz. 50c pkt. 5c. 



^1 ^ (Antirrhinum) This 



^^mo«^irlw*^ eV^^V% well known border 

 Ib^IlCiPillClH on fi^<l bedding plant of 

 A ^y long blooming season 



is now one of the best perennials suitable for flowering as an 

 annual. The long showy spikes of curiously shaped tubular 

 flowers with irregular spreading* lobes and finely marked 

 throats are fragrant as well as brilliantly colored. They are 

 very desirable for cutting as the spikes of bloom are borne well 

 above the dark glossy leaves and keep fresh for a long time. 



For blooms the first season outdoors, sow seed very early 

 under glass and transplant to open border as soon as the 

 ground is warm and dry, in rich loamy soil in a sunny situation, 

 setting one foot apart each way and giving them plenty of 

 water; or sow seed in August or September and cover plants 

 with a mulch on approach of cold weather. These fall-sown 

 plants may be transplanted into pots and flowered in the house, 

 and in this case give them the same temperature and treatment 

 as geraniums and carnations. Tender perennial, often treated 

 as annual or biennial; one and one-half to two feet high. 



Majus album. Pure white, light yellow throat Pkt. 5c. 



Majus brilliant. Crimson and yellow, throat white " 5c. 



Majus Delila. Reddish-violet, white throat " 5c. 



Fine Mixed. Includes all of the best colors. Oz. 50c. . . " 5c. 



