D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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ASTER-Truffaut's Perfection (Paeony Flowered).— 



Snow White 15 



Light Blue 15 



Rose 15 



Crimson 15 



Scarlet, White Edged 15 



.Mixed, a fine range of colors 15 



Comet 



Comet.— This new and distinct class of Asters resembles 

 very much the Japan Chrysanthemum in size and shape 

 of flowers. They have a wide range of handsome 

 colors and are extremely floriferous. Finest mixture 

 of all colors 15 



Shakespeare, mixed, plants form compact bushes, ten 

 to twelve inches in diameter, and six inches high. Ex- 

 tremely handsome: very double. All colors mixed 15 



Very DLwarf, or Pygmsea.— This beautiful gem is very 

 dwarf and forms a charming tuft of leaves close to the 

 ground, surmounted bj' bright, perfect flowers. Vari- 

 ous colors m i.ved 10 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum, flowers large, three to four 

 inches in diameter, later than the above; height ten 

 inches. All colors mixed . 15 



Dwarf Victoria, like tall Victoria in habit Of great 

 utility for edgings and pot culture. Height twelve 

 inches. All colors mixed .10 



Pyramidal Bouquet, dwarf, forming a complete pyra- 

 midal shaped bouquet, carrying from fifteen to twenty 

 flowers, and completely hiding the foliage; height one 

 foot. A fine range of colors mixed 10 



Triumph, deep scarlet, 

 one of the finest 

 dwarf asters yet pro- 

 duced; height one 

 foot 15 



Diamond , h a s 1 a r g e 

 double flowers of rich 

 and varied colors. 

 One of the be.st for 

 cut flowers; eighteen 

 inches higii. All col- 

 ors mixed 15 



Rose, large flowered, 

 flowers double, oval, 

 resembling a double 

 rose in shape; colors 

 verj- brilliant; height 

 eighteen inches. All 

 colors m ixed 15 



Imbricated Pompon, 

 flowers of perfect 

 form and so double 

 as to ajipear spheri- 

 cal ; height eighteen 

 .10 



Imbricated Pompon. 



inclies. .4// colors mixed 





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COCARDEAU, OR CrOWN. 



German, Quilled, flowers large, freely produced and of 

 brilliant colors; height eighteen inches. Mixed, all 

 colors 5 



Lilliput, characterized by the diminutive size and 

 abundance of the flowers; fine for cut flowers; height 



^ one and one-half feet. All colors m ixed 10 



ASTER— Paeony Flowered, flowers four to five inches in 

 diameter: height two feet. Mixed, many colors 10 



Victoria.— These are only equaled in perfection of form, 

 and variety and purity of colors hy Truffant's Pceoiiy 

 Flov-ered " The petals of the latter curve upward and 

 inward, while those of the Victoria out and down, over- 

 lapping like the petals of the double Dahlia. Height 

 about two feet. 



Bright Red 15 



Pure White 15 



White, turning to 



azure blue 15 



Peach Blossom. .15 



Violet 15 



nixed, including 

 all colors 10 



Cocardeau, or 

 Crown, an excel- 

 lent variety ; flow- 

 ers white center- 

 ed and surround- i 

 ed with many 

 bright colors; 

 height two feet. 

 Mixed, allcolors.lO 



Goliath, riont 

 Rose, splendid 

 variety : flowers a 

 charming peach 

 color: plants 

 large, branching. 15 



Goliath, Mont 

 Blanc, similar to 

 3Iont Rose, ex- 

 cept with white 

 flowers 15 



Goliath, crimson, 

 valuable for flor- 

 ists 15 



Giant Emperor, snow white: flowers very double, and of 

 enormous size ; height two feet .10 



Washington, flowers the largest of any of the Asters, 

 often four to six inches in diameter: plants two feet 



high. Mixed colors 15 



AURICULA— (Primula).— Called also Primula Auricula 

 and French Cowslip. This is an old and well-known 

 lavorite. Culture i^ame as for Primrose. Tender per 

 ennial: height six inches. 



Alpine, the most hardy variety . 15 



Finest prize, mixture of all the choicest varieties . 20 



AZALEA INDICA.— Spring flowering shrubs, universally 

 admired for their beautiful flowers, which are produced 

 in great profusion. Finest m ixed 25 



BACHELOR'S BUTTON— (Centaurea Cyanusl.— This is 

 the widelv known and ever popular ■' Corn Flower " or 

 '■Corn Bottle"" 

 which, if the seed 

 is sown just as 

 soon as the ground 

 is fit in spring, 

 will furnish a pro- 

 fusion of white, 

 blue and pink 

 flowers from Juh- 

 until late in au- 

 tumn. Hardy an- 

 nual: two to three 

 feet high 5 



BALLOON VINE- 



( Cardiospermum 

 halicacabum ). — 



Remarkable for 

 its inflated mem- 

 branous cap- 

 sules: sometimes 

 called Love-in-a- 

 Puff . A rapid and 

 graceful climber. 

 Tender annual; 

 six feet high. 

 Flowers white ... 10 



BALSAM— Clmpatiens"). —Known as Lady Slijiper and 

 Touch-3Ie-Not . Balsams have been so greatly improved 

 by cidtivation that with proper treatment and good seed 

 a' single flower is the excej^iou now rather than the 

 rule Hardy annual: one to two feet high. 



Double Solferino, satiny wliite, streaked and spotted 

 with crimson and lilac. " Very choice 10 



Double Camellia, as double as a Camellia, which they 

 resemble: white, blotched with various colors 10 



nixed, double rose, has perfectly double, rose like blos- 

 soms of almost every shade and color 10 



Double dark red, {<itrosangui)iea phnissima), a very 

 double, dark red variety, liighly recommended 10 



Double pure white, we'll adapted for florists, for bou- 

 quets: very double '20 



Mixed, double dwarf, about one foot high 5 



Double, tall, grows about two feet high 5 



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