FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



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Petunia 



Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. They are also used along walks and driveways 

 and are often grown in window boxes. Their richness of color, duration of bloom and easy cul- 

 ture will always make them popular. They endure drought exceptionally well. The seed we 

 offer is the result of careful hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a propor- 

 tion of double flowers as any. 



In some strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five inchesacross; in others, they are deeply fringed; still others 

 have star-like markings radiating from the throat and extending neai-ly or quite to the outer margin of the blossom; again, 

 others have full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red-purple and are variously striped and blotched. 



Plant the seed, v/hich is exceedingly fine, in a warm, open, sunny place. Seeds may be sown dii'ectly in the open ground; or 

 for early results the plants may be started in cold-frame, hotbed or in pots indoors, in a temperature averaging sixty to 

 seventy 'degrees. Water with a flue spray and do not permit the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and should not 

 be trusted in the open until danger of frost is over. Any good, friable garden soil, well pulverized and in good condition may 

 be used, and the seed covered with about one-eighth to one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. The rows should 

 be two feet apart. Thin to eighteen inches apart. The plants begin to bloom when small and continue until cut off by frost. 

 Tender perennial, blooming the first year; about one and one-half feet high. 



Petunias may also be grown under glass in winter. The best method is to sow seeds late in summer and grow stocky 

 plants in pots, but old plants can be lifted on the approach of cold weather, cut back and taken inside for winter bloom. 

 Single Dwarf Compact {Inimitable Dwarf) Bushy plants only about eight inches high, covered with small flowers, generally 



striped or blotched. In many the markings are as beautifully star-shaped as in the strain offered as "Star" petunia Pkt. 15c. 



Countess of Ellesmere. Flowers single, deep rose, white throat, very small. A good bedder *' lOc! 



Nyctaginiflora. Flowers white, fragrant. A good white bedding variety ; very floriferous " lOc! 



Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched flowers in a wide range of colors. A fine bedder. Oz. 90c " lOc." 



Fine Mixed. An excellent variety of markings including white, stripes and shades of rose, red and purple. Oz. 50c " lOc*. 



Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a lax'ge percentage of double flowers in a good range of colors " 20c.' 



LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 



Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowers very large; some striped, others self colored, xb Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Fringed and Stained Mixed. Very attractive, deeply fringed flowers in a variety of colors " ' 20c.' 



Superbissima Mixed. Flowers of immense size, superbly colored with throats beautifully veined. We have carefully compared 

 other strains sold as "Giants of California," etc., and have found none superior and many of them not equal to our strain 



of this magnificent variety Pkt. 25c. 



Brilliant Rose. Large flowers of very bright, yet delicate and exceptionally attractive rose color. One of the finest single 



varieties in cultivation and comes true from seed Pkt. 25c. 



General Dodds. Large, single flowers of an exceedingly rich, dark purple color. A vigorous and very persistent bloomer 



and there are few garden plants that will make so satisfactory a display Pkt. 10c. 



Extra Double Fringed Mixed. Large flowering; many colors; flowers beautifully fringed "' 25c. 



Grandiflora Robusta, fl. pi. Dwarf, of robust growth, forming a compact, upright, branched bush about ten inches in height 

 and fourteen inches in width, with large flowers, many double and in all shades of colors existing in petunias. The latest 

 of the varieties to bloom Pkt. 25c. 



P#2krtr|V' {Po^oiiia herbacea Chinensis) Well known herbaceous perennial plants, with very double flowers and abundant 

 » CUlljr dark green foliage, which may be grown either from seed or roots. 



The seed is of very slow growth, and germination may be hastened somewhat by cutting or filing carefully a notch through 

 the shell of the seed, preferably on the rounding side. Rich, well ;'prepared soil should be used and the seed covered one-half 

 inch deep; keep well moistened and at a temperature of 50° to 60°. If the seed be sown in a cold frame in autumn, the plants 

 will be large enough to transplant the following spring, and a year later will bloom. Plants about three feet high. 



Double Mixed Pkt. 25c. 



(Peony Roots are listed in our autumn Bulb Catalogue.) 

 PERIWINKLE— (See Vinca) 



f^|_ I ¥^ J« (Large Flowering) Unequalled in the magnificent display of their many and 



r^hlQV fJlTllllfllTf^Ol^Ol brilliantly colored flowers. The plants are hardy bushlike annuals Avith many 

 * A*«.v^.«^ •■-^* v**Aa*am^^Aav*A broad flat-topped clusters of nearly round and star-shaped flowers. They are 

 of easiest culture and bloom profusely through a long season. Especially attractive in masses or ribbon beds of contrasted 

 colors; useful as window-garden plants and very desirable for combining in mixed bouquets. 



Seed is usually sown very early in spring outdoors in rows one foot apart. A sunny situation is desirable. Well pulverized 

 soil, preferably rich and mellow, should be used and the seed, which germinates rather slowly, covered with about one-fourth 

 inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. Thin to four inches apart. For very early blooming, seed may be sown outdoors in 

 fall, or started indoors and transplanted early in April. Hardy annual; one foot high. 

 Alba. Pure white, very desirable. Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. Rosy Chamois. Deep salmon-rose. Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. 



Black Warrior. Very deep maroon. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Isabellina. Creamy yellow. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Kermesina Alba Oculata. Rosy crimson, white eye. 



Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Lilac. With white center. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Rosea. Rose, with distinct eye. Oz, 90c " 10c. 



Scarlet. With maroon center. Oz. 90c. 



Splendens. Crimson, pure white eye; one of the finest 

 of this strain. Oz. 90c 



Violet. Deep violet-blue, white eye. Oz. 90c 



Extra Choice Mixed. Best large flowered varieties. 

 Our mixture is unexcelled for profusion of bloom 

 and wide range of brilliant colors. Oz. 75c 



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Phlox Drummondi 



