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



izing and working in with other everlasting flowers for 

 winter bouquets. Hardy biennial ; two feet high. Pur- 

 ple and white mixed 5 



HORDEUn JUBATUM— (Ornamental Grass).— A beauti- 

 ful ornamental grass for forming winter bouquets. It 

 somewhat resembles our domestic barley, having heavy 

 bearded heads. Hardy annual; two feet high 10 



HUMEA ELEGANS. — A i-emarkable, handsome plant for 

 decorative purposes. Leaves very fragrant when 

 slightly rubbed. Half hardy biennial; six feet high; 

 red; from New South Wales 10 



HUMULUS JAPONICUS-CJapan Hop).— A rapid growing, 

 perfectly hardy, annual climber of the hop family, of 

 the easiest culture and indispensable for covering un- 

 sightly objects, or verandas, trellises, etc. Sows itself 

 after the first year 15 



HYACINTH BE AN-(Dolichos). -Splendid chmber. with 

 abundant clustered spikes of purple and white flowers, 

 which are followed by exceedingly ornamental seed 

 pods. Tender annual; ten to twenty feet high. 



Lablab purpurea, purple lO 



' ' alba, white 10 



" mixed, the above mixed 10 



Giganteus, tall growing, with large purple flowers 10 



IBERIS— (See Candytuft). 



ICE PLANT— (See Mesembryanthemum). 



IMPATIENS SULTANI— (Sultan's Balsam).— Plant of 

 compact growth; flowers gorgeously colored and pro- 

 duced in great profusion throughout the season. Al- 

 though a green-house plant, it does finely in open 

 border; flowers brilliant rosy-scarlet color, one to one 

 and one-half inches in diameter 25 



INDIAN SHOT-(See Canna Indica). 



IPOMCEA.— Beautiful climbers and exceedingly attractive 

 mixed with other climbers. They are alike good for 

 green-house, for pots and baskets, and for trellises, 

 stumps, arbors, etc. Tender annual; five to ten feet high. 



Coccinea (Star Ipomoea) , fine scarlet 5 



Bona Nox (Good Night) , pure white 5 



Limbata, elegantly blotched and margined with white. . . 5 

 ' ' elegantissima, flowers star shaped with intense 



purple center and pure white margin 5 



Rubra coerulea, immense flowers of bright sky blue 10 



Fine mixed 5 



IPOMGEA QUAMOCLIT— (See Cypress Vine). 



IPOMOPSIS— (See Tree Cypress). 



JACOBy^A — (Seneclo).— Remarkably pretty, free growing, 

 profuse flowering plants. Hardy annuals in open ' 

 border, biennial in green-house. One foot high; dwarf, 

 mixed 10 



JAPAN HOP— (See Humulus Japonicus). 



JASMINE FRUTICANS.-Hardy. deciduous, ornamental 

 shrub, growing three feet high, and producing beauti- 

 ful yellow, very fragrant flowers 10 



JOB'S TEARS— (Coix Lachry ma).— Curious, ornamental 

 grass with broad, corn like leaves, and seeds of a light 

 slate color. Valuable for the formation of winter bou- 

 quets, in connection with everlasting flowers, and 

 strings of handsome beads are formed from the seeds. 

 Hardy annual; three feet high 5 



JOSEPH'S COAT— (See Amarauthus Tricolor). 



KAULFUSSI A.— Beautiful, free blooming little plants of 

 dwarf and compact growth, somewhat resembling the 

 single Asters. Flowers are light blue, pure white, and 

 a most intense violet-purple. A good plant for mixed 

 beds and borders. Hardy annual; six inches high, fine 

 mixed 5 



LANTANA.— These plants are rapid growers, forming 

 small, hardy shrubs, and producing their pink, j^ellow. 

 orange and white flowers in great abundance. Finest 

 French hybrids, mixed, all colors 10 



LARKSPUR— (Delphinium).— The Larkspur is one of the 

 handsomest and most useful of plants, and for large 

 gardens invaluable. 



ANNUAL SORTS. 

 Ajacis (Double Dwarf Rocket 

 Larkspur), hardy annual; ten 



inches high ; mixed 5 



Cardiopetalum, deep blue, heart 

 shaped. Hardy annual; one and 

 one-half feet high 5 



Larkspur. Double Dwarf Rocket. 



Tall Stock flowered (consolida fl. pi.), brightest and 

 best colors mixed. Spikes of double llowers eighteen 

 inches long. Hardy annual : two feet high 5 



Imperiale fl. fpl. (Double Emperor Larkspur), one and 

 one-half feet high, compact and profuse bloomer, hav- 

 ing erect spikes of perfectly double flowers. Mixed 

 colors. . 10 



Consolida candelabrum fl. pi., a type of annual Lark- 

 spur, growing in the form of a branched candlestick: 

 flowers double and of various colors 10 



PERENNIAL SORTS. 



Elatum (Bee Larkspur), has hairj' petals in the center, 



and a fancied resemblance to a bee. Hardy perennial; 



five feet high 5 



Grandiflorum album, large double white flowers. Hardj- 



perennial ; four feet high 10 



Formosum, rich blue and white. Hardy perennial; three 



feet high 5 



Nudicaule, eighteen inches high, with scarlet flowers; 

 fine for rockeries, flower borders, or pot culture; hardy 



perennial 10 



Zaiil, a handsome yellow flowered variety; hardy peren- 

 nial 25 



LATHVRUS LATIFOLIUS-(See Peas). 



LATHYRUS ODORATUS— (See Sweet Peas). 



LIHNANTHES DOUGLASL— A native of California; quite 

 hardy; of prostate habit; stems ten or twelve inches 

 long, crowned with numerous fragrant flowers, each 

 about an inch across. Hardy annual; eight inches high. 

 Yellow and white 5 



LINARIA CYMBALARIA-(Kenilworth Ivy).— A pretty 

 trailing plant for covering rock work, and very useful 

 for hanging baskets. Hardy perennial 15 



LINUM GRANDIFLORUM RUBRUM- (Scarlet Flax).- 

 A beautiful and effective genus of plants, of slender 

 and deUcate growth, and having a profusion of bright 

 flowers. From Algiers. Hardy annual 5 



LOBELIA.— A most elegant and useful genus of plants, of 

 easy culture, and well adapted for bedding, edging, pots 

 -or rockeries. They are employed as universally in gen- 

 eral sumnaer gardens as scarlet geraniums, to beds of 

 which they form a neat and effective edging. 



