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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Pansies 



Pansies are now produced in an almost infinite variety of colors and markings. Their brilliancy 

 of shading, extended season of blooming and long keeping characteristics make them general 

 favorites. The strains now offered are far superior to the old Heart's Ease or Viola Tricolor 

 and the esteem in which they were held by older generations has been heightened by the greater 

 variety and more brilliant colors of the improved sorts. We have been interested in the bringing 

 forward of advanced types of very large varieties in this country as well as in Europe, and our stocks are the very best 

 obtainable. We spare neither pains nor expense to satisfy the most critical trade. Every year we visit the gardens of 

 the most expert specialists and are in position to give our customers the benefit of their knowledge. 



We have annually both out of doors and under glass extensive trials of Pansies from the most successful European growers 

 and from prominent seedsmen. While the variations in shades of color and markings appear almost limitless our list includes 

 the very best strains the world produces. 



Seed may be sown indoors very early in spring, or a little later in the open ground, and transplanted when an inch high. 

 Such plants will commence to bloom in June, If sown in July, the plants will bloom in the fall, or if sown in September, the 

 following spring. Well pulverized soil should be used and the seeds covered one-eighth to one-fourth inch deep with fine soil 

 firmly pressed down. The largest and best fiowers are produced by young plants which have been grown rather slowly in a 

 partially shaded situation, and in very rich soil; coolness and moisture are necessary. A situation sheltered from high winds 

 and exposed to the morning sun is most favorable and frequent sprinklings are advantageous. Grown indoors pansies make 

 a good winter blooming pot plant. Hardy perennial but usually grown as an annual or biennial. Four to six inches high. 



LARGE FLOWERING 

 King of the Blacks (FoAist) Large velvety, pure black Variegated and Striped. Flowers are beautifully striped in 



blossoms. This 

 Oz. $1.25 



probably the darkest flower grown 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Meteor. The fiowers are large, rich, velvety red or maho- 

 gany. Excellent for massing or edgings. Very hardy. 



Oz. $1.50. 



.Pkt. 10c. 



Pure Yellow. Brilliant, deep lemon yellow color, large flower- 

 ing variety. Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 10c. 



various colors, very rich and attractive. Oz. $1.50. . .Pkt. 10c. 



Violet White Edged. Flowers are deep warm violet, edged 

 white. Oz. $1.25 pkt. 10c. 



White. Flowers large and of fine form. An early and very 

 floriferous strain. Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Choice Mixed. Seeds saved from large flowering sorts. A 

 special mixture in a wide range of colors, shades and mark- 

 ings. Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 10c. 



GIANT FLOWERING 



Bugnot's Very Lairge Stained Mixed. An exceptionally 



atti-active mixture of very large, blotched and stained 



flowers of fine circular form and usually somewhat 



rufiied. Each petal distinctly blotched, and its margin 



usually veined. Sturdy plants. Many shades. % Oz. 



$1.25 Pkt. 15c. 



Emperor William. Deep lavender-blue petals, dark Prus- 

 sian blue about the eye; very large flowering. Oz. 



$1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Ferry's Superbissima Blotched. Very large flowers of 



exceptionally fine form and substance, usually ruffled 



and beautifully veined and blotched in all the finer and 



deeper shades and colors found in pansies. Plants are 



very vigorous and floriferous. Superior to rather than 



simply different from old strains. ^ Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 15c. 

 Giant Blue Black. Very large flowers; a rich velvety purple, 



almost black Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Flowering Parisian Mixed. The flowers of this 



splendid mixture are of largest size, very fine form and 



range of colors, often in the lighter shades. Each 



petal is usually beautifully blotched. Oz.$2.00. .Pkt. 10c. 

 Giant Trimardeau Mixed. Our stock of this variety pro- 

 duces as large pansies as can be grown. Flowers of 



richest, most varied shades, well rounded form and 



generally marked with three large blotches. Plants 



very hardy and vigorous. We recommend this mixture 



as one sure to give general satisfaction where conditions 



are at all suitable for pansy growth. Oz. $2.00. Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Yellow (Trimardeaii) Very large yellow flowers 

 with large black centers. A very distinct and attrac- 

 tive variety Pkt. 15c. 



Lord Beaconsfield. The lower petals are very deep violet- 

 purple, shading in upper petals to white, slightly tinted 

 with purple. The flowers are' very large and flnely 

 formed. Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Odier, or Very Large Stained Mixed. Kno^vn also as 



Cassier's. Very large flowers, distinctly veined and each 

 . petal beautifully blotched. This is a very fine strain 



of pansies with a wide range of splendid colors. Sturdy 



plants, very vigorous and floriferous. Oz. $4.00. Pkt. 15c. 



Extra Choice Mixed. From best named flowers of very 



large size. An extra fine Trimardeau mixture, very 



superior in size, form, coloring and substance. Oz. 



" $1.50. -1 Pkt. 10c. 



■ P^^ _ FttOiI'I Sk cf in €T (Lathyrus latifolius) An easily gro^vn, hardy perennial chmber with smaller flowers lacking 

 £^Ccl9^ l-^VCl iCJLoLiil^ the fragrance of Sweet Peas, but producing for many weeks a succession of blossoms in 

 clusters of eight to ten each. Only a few flowers can be expected the second season but in the third and fourth, the 

 plants then being well established, an abundance of foliage and blooms is afforded. The plants die down late in the fall 

 and start again in the spring. 



Sow the seed outdoors early in spring, using well prepared soil and covering the seed about one inch deep with flne soil 

 firmly pressed down. The perennial sorts are suitable for covering stumps and fences, and on a trellis will often grow 

 five to six feet. 



, Mixed. Includes white, rose and purple flowers. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



PELARGONIUM— (-See Geraniuiii) 



" P^„|.«f ^~^-^~fc Handsome, half hardy, herbaceous perennials about two feet high and very desirable for bedding and 

 A dlioLf^lllilll borders. They usually bloom the first year, especially if started early. The flowers are bell-shaped or 

 tubular, an inch and a half long, and are borne in racemes or spikes. The colors include white and various shades of rose 

 and purplish red striped with white. 



Sow outdoors after danger of frost is past. It is well to use some mulching for protection through winter. 



Gloxinoides Mixed • Pkt. 10c. 



Pansy, Giant Trimardeau 



