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



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Chrysanthemum Inoicum 



YSANTHEMUM JAPANESE. 



Chrysanthemum Coronarium, Double Yellow. 



Coronarium , double white 5 



" " yellow 5 



sulphureum flore pleno, produces charming double 



flowers of a delicate lemon or sulphur shade 10 



Mixed 5 



^^^ The following varieties are for pot culture, for bloom- 

 ing in the house in icinter, and for florists for cutting 

 for bouquets. 



Frutescens, Marguerite, or Paris Daisy.— This variety, 

 under the name of Marg:uerite has attained great popu- 

 larity among florists. The pretty, star shaped. Avhite 

 flowers are freely produced and the plant will grow 

 under almost any circumstances; perennial 10 



Indicum fl. pi., half hardy perennial, very double; 

 mixed colors 25 



Japonicum fl. pi., Japanese variety. Flowers of pecuhar 

 form, and much beaut}'-, combining numerous shades 

 of color. Half hardy perennial 25 



Superb mixed double, seed from the finest Chinese and 

 Japanese varieties extant, which we offer in mixture. . .25 

 CINERA'RIA.— Green-house perennials, which can be plant- 

 ed out in summer. They thrive best in a mixture of 

 loam and peat, and cuttings root freely under glass. 

 One to three feet high. 



riaritima candidissima, extremely handsome, silvery- 

 white foliage; very ornamental as a decorative pot 

 plant, or for bedding purposes 10 



Hybrida, very dwarf, growing only eight inches high. 

 Blooms profusely; many colors; desirable 25 



CINERARIA.— Hybrida flore pleno, the flowers are per- 

 fectly and evenly double, being entirely made of 

 ligulate florets, as in double Jacobaea. The colors run 

 through all the shades peculiar to the Cinerarias 25 



Hybrida, choicest mixed, from the best named varieties 



Extra choice 25 



CLARKIA. — The flowers are pretty and of many colors, 

 double and single. Hardy annual ; one and a-half feet 

 high. 



Pulchella flore pleno, double, beautiful, rich magenta 

 color 5 



Pulchella integripetala, rosy crimson 5 



Ele^ans flore pleno, double rose 5 



nixed, best and finest varieties 5 



CLEriATIS.— Well known and universally admired climb- 

 ers, some of the varieties being remarkable for the 

 beauty of their blossoms. Fine for covej'ing arbors, 

 verandas, etc., as the.y cling readily to almost any 

 object. Most of the kinds are hardy, herbaceous per- 

 ennials, but some little protection in northern latitudes, 

 through winter, is advised. 



Virginiana (Virgin's Bower), a rapid climber with white 

 Jblossoms, growing twenty feet in a single season 10 



Verticellata, produces beautiful blue flowers from June 

 to September, on long peduncles from the axils of the 

 leaves. Grows eight to ten feet in a season 10 



Plammula, a luxuriant climber with clusters of small, 

 white, fragrant flowers in August and September. 

 Sometimes called Sweet Virgin's Bower 10 



Mixed, mixture of seeds saved from Jackman's finest 

 hj'bTids of the large flowering types. Should furnish a 

 large percentage of fine flowered plants 10 



INTHUS D 



AMPIERI. 



'INERARIA 



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CLIANTHUS DAHPIERI. -Curious green-house shrub, 

 with singularly beautiful foliage, and ma.irnificeut clus- 

 ters of long, drooping flowers, somewhat resembling a 

 parrot's beak. Does not bear transplanting and should 

 be kept rather dry. .4»i())i<; the nio.<:t magniflctnt 

 bloo))ii)ig pla)its i)i cultivation. Bright scarlet flowers. vX> 



COB/CA SCANDENS.— .V fine, rapid growing climber, with 

 handsome foliage and lar,sre. bell shaj^ed flowers, green 

 at first, but rapidly (.'hanging to a beautiful deep violet- 

 blue. A well established plant will run fifty feet in a 

 season, covering a large veranda with handsoine foliage 

 and beautiful flowers. Tender perennial 10 



