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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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PENT5TEnON. — Choice named varieties, seed 



saved from collection, of best varieties 10 



PERILLA~(Nankinensis atropurpurea laciniata). 



—Ornamental foliage plants similar to Coleus. 

 Fine for bedding vrith silver leaved plants. Foli- 

 age metallic bronze. Same culture as for Coleus. 



Half hardy annual 5 



PERIWINKLE-(See Vinca). 



Pansv, Bugnot's Verv Large Stained. 



PANS Y._violet, white edge J 10 



Lord Beaconsfield, the grounl color is purple-violet, 

 shading off in top petals only to a whitish hue 10 



Snow Queen, or Snow Flalce {flowers of a delicate, pure 

 white) 10 



Trimardeau, very large flowered, mixed, an entirely dis- 

 tinct and beautiful race with flowers of the richest and 

 most varied shades of color. Plants of vigorous and 

 compact growth, and the flowers, which possess unus- 

 ual substance and consistency, are each marked with 

 three large blotches or spots 10 



Peacock. A beautiful, large flowered variety of English 

 origin. The upper petals are a handsome shade of ultra- 

 marine blue, much resembling the blue spots on a pea- 

 cock's wings, hence its name. We advise all our cus- 

 tomers to try this, as it will be sure to please them 10 



Red Flowered, Victoria. The blooms are of good sub- 

 stance and form, and deep claret-red color, similar to 

 that of the blood-red variety of single wall flowers 25 



Bugnot's Very Large Stained, mixed, a large flowering 

 race; plants vigorous, with short stalTcs bearing well 

 above the foliage large flowers of fine form and sub- 

 stance. Extra fine 50 



Extra choice, mixed, from choicest named flowers 15 



Choice mixed 10 



Fine mixed 5 



Collection of thirteen splendid varieties 1 00 



PASSION FLOWER— (Passiflora). — A most interesting 

 and well known order of climbers, bearing singularly 

 beautiful flowers. 



Coerulea, half hardy deciduous climber, with blue and 

 white flowers of remarkable beauty 10 



Coccinea (Disemma), magnificent green-house climber, 

 with brilliant scarlet blossoms in the form of a double 



coronet or crown 20 



PEAS (Lathyrus).— A perennial climber, producing a suc- 

 cession of white, rose and purple blossoms in clusters. 

 Suitable for trellises, arbors, etc. Hardy perennial; ten 

 feet high. 



Latifolius, rose 10 



" white 15 



" mixed 15 



Odoratus— (See Sweet Peas). 



PENNISETUM LONGISTVLUM- (Ornamental Grass). - 



Useful for the formation of winter bouquets. Heads 

 barbed and feathery, and present a beautiful appear- 

 ance when mixed with Gomphrenas and other immor- 

 telles. Will grow in any common soil. Hardy annual; 

 two feet high 5 



PENTSTEnON.— Handsome, half hardy, herbaceous per- 

 ennials, much in favor for bedding out. Flowers bell- 

 shaped in racemes or spikes constantly produced 

 throughout the season. 

 Hartwegi, splendid mixed; flowers brilliant and very 

 striking; two feet high 10 



Pebilla. 

 |3frT| I /Vl I A —Petunias are unsurpassed for mass- 

 I l_ I lJ/^l/\« ing in beds. Their richness of 

 color, duration of bloom, and easy culture, will always 

 render them popular. They do well sown in open bor- 

 der in spring, or earlier in cold frame or hot bed, and 

 transplanted eighteen inches apart. Tender perennial,, 

 but bloom profusely the first season. One and a-half 

 feet high. 



Nyctaginiflora, pure white 5 



Hybrida, Countess of Ellesmere, deep rose,white throat. 10 

 Hybrida, finest striped and blotched, saved from striped 



and blotched varieties only 10 



Hybrida inimitabilis nana compacta multiflora (inimit- 

 able dwarf), compact, eight inches in height, covered 



with regularly striped flowers 15 



Hybrida, fine mixed 5 



LARGE FLOWERING SECTION. 



Hybrida grandiflora marginata, green edged varieties. .20 



" Prince of Wurtemberg, rose 20 



" Princess of Wurtemberg, purple 20 



" grandiflora superbissima, splendid large throat.25 



Petunia, Hvsrioa Grandiflora Superbissima. 



Hybrida largft flowering, brilliant rose. A new variety 



with large 'flowers of the brightest shade of rose we 



have ever seeti in a single petunia. One of the most 



desirable in the list 25 



