FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH.. 



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Centaurea 



Centaiireas embrace some foliage 

 plants but are more generally 

 kno«-u for their hardy Howering 

 annuals which include some of 

 our most graceful and sliowy garden tl. jwers that have long been 

 favorites for cutting. The tali slender straight or slightly branch- 

 ing plants with narrow leaves thrive well in common garden soil. 

 They produce bright colored single and double flowers on long 

 graceful stems and some sorts are fragrant. 



Annual Varieties Cultivated for Their Flowers 



Sow seed in early spring in hotbed and transplant to open 

 ground or sow in open ground as soon as the weather is warm and 

 settled. Cover seed about one-fourth inch deep; thin three or 

 four inches apart. Fine for bedding or borders. The young 

 plants are very sensitive to wet. and care should be taken to pre- 

 vent water standing on the leaves. 



Cyanus (Bachelor's Button, Corn Flower) A well known, hardy 

 border plant, also called "blue bottle" and •"ragged sailor," 

 which does best in carefully prepared gravelly soil. If seed is 

 sown as soon as the ground is fit in the spring' and the flowers 

 picked so as to prevent the plant exhausting itself by seeding, 

 it will furnish a profusion of bright blue, purple, white or pink 

 single flowers from July until late in the autumn. Hardy an- 

 nual; plant one to two feet high. Mixed. Oz. :25c Pkt.'lOc. 



Double Mixed { BacJtelor's Button^ Produces larger, more globular 



flower-heads than the common variety. Oz. 30e Pkt. 10c. 



Odorata {Siceet Sidtdn) An old fashioned hardy annual about 

 eighteen inches high, with long-stemmed, sweet scented, light 



purple flowers Pkt. 10c. 



Marguerite. A most desirable, sweet scented Centaurea. producing 

 on long stems finely laciniated. white flowers, about as large as 

 a carnation, and which remain fresh and beautiful for a long 

 time after cutting. Hardv annual; about eighteen inches high. 



Oz. Sl.OO .' Pkt. 10c. 



Imperialis Mixed. An excellent sweet scented variety, also called 

 Sweet Sultan. The flowers are finely laciniated and are about the 

 size of a carnation. They have long stems and keep well after 

 cutting. Colors range thro'ugh white, rose, lilac, purple and yellow. 

 Hardy annual: about eighteen inches high. Oz. 75c Pkt. 10c. 



Perennial Variety Cultivated for Foliage 



Seed should b? sown under glass and the young plants grown in 



pots or boxes \ atil settled warm weather, when they may be set 



about one foo. apart where wanted for borders or 'bedding. In 



southern latitudes seed maj- also be sown outdoors in faU. 



Gymnocarpa. This is also called Dusty Miller. Valuable because 



of its finely cut silvery gray fodage and graceful drooping habit 



of growth. Half hai'dy perennial: one and one-half to two feet 



high. Oz. 65c Pkt. 10c. 



Chrysanthemum. Morning Star 



Centaurea Cyanus ' Bachelor-s Button") 

 ^^1 ■! These outdoor 



Chrysanthemum i^^^^^ii 



mums" are showy and effective for bedding or borders 

 in the garden and desu'able for cut flowers. Plants be- 

 come more bushy and shapely if pinched back in early 

 grov^irh and the practice of disbudding will result in much 

 larger flowers. These annuals are not the winter flower- 

 ing sorts sold by florists and which are propagated OBly 

 by division of roots. 



Early Blooming Garden Sorts 



Seed may be sown in the open ground after danger of 

 frost is over and the seedlings thinned eight or ten inches 

 apart, but the best results come from sowing under cover 

 early in 3Iay, and transplanting the young plants to open 

 border. Height one and one-half to two feet. 

 Morning Star. Handsome, large, single flowers, bright yel- 

 low with deeper center; excellent for cutting.. Pkt. iOc. 

 Carinatum Eclipse Mixed (TricoJor) Large single flowers 

 in very striking color combinations. The ray florets 

 range 'from pure golden yellow to nearly white, are 

 often ringed or centered purplish scarlet and always 



have a dark brown disc Pkt. lOc 



Coronarium, double white. Very double white flowers, 



with petals reflexed and imbricated Pkt. 10c. 



Coronarium, double yellow. Very attractive, rich golden 

 yellow double flowers, about one inch across; abundantly 



produced Pkt. 10c. 



Mixed. The choicest Carinatum and Coronarium varieties, 



both single and double Pkt, 10c. 



CHEIRANTHUS CHEIRI— (See Wallfloicer) 

 CHEIRANTHUS MARITIMUS — (See Virginian Stock) 

 ^^ • # Cinerarias are easily grown 



§ m yi^ ^M ^ ^ai ^ from seed in the' green- 

 ^^ lllfTl rtf l#T house. Thedarge heads of 

 ^^ ^^* ^^^ *^ brilliant daisy-like flowers 



of many colors, usually sharply margined and with 

 dark eye. are very des'irable in pots. The plants are 

 often as broad a's high and the velvety leaves are 

 shaded on the under side. 



Sow preferably early in fall. They thrive best in a 

 mixture of loam a'nd peat. Perennial, usuallj- one to two 

 feet high. 



Maritima cemdidissima {Dusty Miller) Cultivated for its 

 handsome, silvery white foliage: verj- ornamental as a 

 decorative pot plant, or for bedding. Half hardy peren- 

 nial, one to two feet high. Oz. Sw Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida, choicest mixed. Large flowering " 25c. 



Hybrida, very dwarf, mixed. Large flowered, eight inches 

 high. Blooms profusely; many colors Pkt. 25c, 



