D. M. FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH. 



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/^1|-^'»-|M|r« Greenhouse perennial plants produc- 

 ^-***^'^****^ ing soft, velvety green leaves, and 

 rich, beautifully colored trumpet-shaped flowers. Glox- 

 inias thrive best in an equal mixture of leaf mold, loam 

 and sand. If started in E'ebruary will usually bloom the 

 latter part of summer. Seed may also be sown in fall. 

 The plants are delicate and not easily grown, but the 

 flowers are of such beauty that one generally feels 

 amply repaid for the effort. 



Hybrida Mixed. A strain of the richest color and variety 

 of markings. Plants ten to twelve inches high.Pkt. 25c. 



Gourd 



(Cucurbita) A very extensive genus 

 of trailing annuals with curiously 

 shaped yellow fruit, commonly 

 known as Ornamental Gourtls. The 

 vines are of easy culture and make a rapid growth, so are 

 much used for covering old fences, trellises, stumps, etc. 

 The foliage is ornamental, and the markings of some of 

 the fruit extraordinary. 



Do not plant the seed till danger of frost is over, and 

 select light, rich soil and a sunny situation. Water freely. 

 Tender annual; ten to twenty feet high. 

 Apple Shaped. The fruits are early, nearly round, 



yellow, sometimes striped. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Bottle. This produces handsome, curious, bottle-shaped 



fruits. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Corsican. Smooth, turban-shaped fruit. Oz. 30c.. " 10c. 

 Dish Cloth. Long, gjreen, corrugated fruit, the inside 



fibrous mass of which, when shell and seeds are re- 

 moved, makes an excellent sponge. Oz. 30c.. .Pkt. 10c. 

 Hercules' Club. Distinctly club-shaped, the longest of 



all the varieties. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Japanese Nest Egg. Used as nest eggs; fruits are white, 



do not crack and are not injured by heat or cold. 



Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Orange. Also known as Mock Orange. Nearly, round, 



orange-colored. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Pear Shaped, Ringed. Green and yellow, beautiful bi- 



colored fruit, upper half yellow, lower half green. 



Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Pear Shaped, Striped. Fruits green, with cream colored 



striping, sometimes changing to yellow. Oz. 30c. Pkt. 10c. 

 Powder Horn. In the form of a powder horn. 



Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Siphon or Dipper. Useful for dippers; fruits long, 



bottle-shaped, with straight or slightly crooked neck. 



Oz. 30c „ Pkt. 10c. 



Mixed. Oz. 25c " 10c. 



Delicate, free -flowering plants 

 covered with star-shaped flowers, 

 valuable for mist-like effects and as trimming in bou- 

 quets; also for hanging baskets or edgings. Sometimes called 



Gypsophila 



Gourds 

 "Will thrive in almost any well prepared 



Baby's Breath, 

 ground but does best on a limestone soil. Make handsome specimens dried. 



Elegans Large Flowering Pure White. An improved large- 

 flowering strain, superior to the common Elegans not only in 

 size of flowers but also in color. A very charming sort for 

 combining in bouquets with Sweet Peas or other cut flowers. 

 Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Elegans Mixed. Very small, delicate white and rose-pink 

 flowers. Hardy annual; one foot high Pkt. 10c. 



Muralis. Charming, easily grown border plants having very 

 small pink flowers. Hardy annual; six inches high.. Pkt. 10c. 



HEDYSARUM— (-See French Honeysuckle) 



H ELI A NTH US— (See Sunflower) 



Helichrysum 



Heliotrope 



Helichrysum 



(Everlasting) Sometimes called 

 Straw Flower. Large fidl, double 

 daisy-like flower heads with prominent centers and stiff over- 

 lapping scales, produced in various shades of bright yellow 

 and scarlet on stems of good length. Desirable as dried speci- 

 mens and for use in making winter bouquets. For this purpose 

 the flowers should be gathered when on the point of ex- 

 panding. 



Sow early in spring; thin to one foot apart each way. 

 Hardy annual; two to two and one-half feet high. 

 Monstrosum, fl. pi., mixed. Largest double flowers. 



Oz.40c Pkt. 10c. 



Well-known and much admired 

 border and bedding plants, highly 

 valued for the olue color and fra- 

 grance of their branching clusters of small salver-shaped 

 flowers as well as the duration of their bloom. 



Sow the seed early in spring, in mellow soil indoors, and 

 when plants are one to two inches high, prick out into pots. 

 Transplant to place when three to four inches high. Will live 

 outdoors through the winter in a warm climate. Desirable also 

 as a pot-plant for indoor blooming from fall sown seed. Half 

 hardy perennial: one and one-half to two feet high. 



Anna Turrell. Violet-blue Pkt. 10c. 



King of the Blacks. Deep purple, almost black " 10c. 



Dark Varieties Mixed. Very choice. Oz. $1.25 " 10c. 



HESPERIS MATROUAUS— (See Eocket) 



A vigorous branching 

 plant, of easy culture, 

 with pretty foliage and large, light yellow or cream-colored 

 blossoms, dark purple in the center. The flowers are exceed- 

 ingly showy, saucer-shaped, often two to three inches across; 

 not of very long duration, but continue to bloom from early 

 summer till October. The seed should be planted early, and 

 the plants should be thinned to one foot apart each way. 

 Hardy annual; about two feet high, Oz, 20c Pkt. 10c. 



Hibiscus Africanus 



