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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Pinks 



Poppy, Shirley 

 Snowdrift. Clear white, double and fully as large as the popular Marguerite Carnation ; desirable for cutting. 



(Dicxnthus) The Pinks 

 are old-fashioned favor- 

 ites and as a class are 

 more varied in color than 

 the Carnations but lack 

 their fragrance. Both the single and double 

 Pinks are well adapted for bedding and borders, 

 and are suitable also for cutting as the stems 

 are of good length and the brilhantly colored 

 flowers, often one and one-half to two inches 

 across, contrast vividly with the rather narrow 

 bright light green leaves. 



Seed may be sown in the open ground in 

 spring after danger of frost is past, in the place 

 where the plants are wanted to bloom. Use well 

 pulverized soil, preferablv sandy loam. Make 

 the rows one foot to fifteen inches apart and 

 cover the seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil 

 firmly pressed down. When two inches high, 

 thin six to eight inches apart. Earlier blooming 

 is obtained, in the north, if plants are started in 

 the house. Plants compact, bushy, usually 

 about one foot high. "Where climate permits 

 they may be treated as perennials, but prac- 

 tically are hardy annuals. "When grown how- 

 ever for spring blooming, if in a well drained 

 situation and protected by a light mulch of 

 straw, cut fodder or leaves, the plants are less 

 likely to winter kill than if in a moist unpro- 

 tected part of the garden during the colder 

 months. The plants thus wintered over will pro- 

 duce more and better blooms th^i those of the 

 first season. 



Crimson Belle. Rich, vivid crimson color: flower 

 single, of large size and splendid substance, 



evenly and finely laciniated Pkt. 10c. 



Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully 

 marbled and striped with light shades of red 

 upon lighter ground. Border of petals finely 



cut or laciniated Pkt. 10c. 



Royal Pinks (Heddewigi nohilis) These very 



. large, single flowers afford a wide range of 



colors. Petals deeply cut and fringed and 



flowers in splendid shades from blood-red to 



carmine, pink and even white. Plants dwarf 



and very free flowering Pkt. 10c. 



Heddewig's Single Mixed. A splendid mixture 

 of single flowers of the best shades and beauti- 

 fully marked. Plants dwarf; very free flow- 

 ering. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful variety 



easily cultivated; rich, deep red Pkt. 10c. 



Double Dark Purple. An attractive and par- 

 ticularly useful color in pinks. The flowers 

 are double, of large size, fine form and are 



suitable for cutting Pkt. 15c. 



Double Diadem Mixed {Heddercig's) Very 

 regular, double, and all tints from crimson 

 purple to deep black purple. Oz, 90c. Pkt. 10c. 

 Double Japan Mixed iChinensislaciniatus) The 

 flowers are rich in hue; very double deep 

 fringed petals. Colors vary from white to 

 rose, lilac, carmine, crimson, scarlet, purple, 

 brown and almost black, spotted and striped. 



Oz. 80c Pkt. 10c. 



Double China Mixed {Chinensis) ■\Vhite and 

 dark crimson selves, also white tipped light 

 purple and shades of red with darker blotch- 

 ings. A mixture of double pinks unsurpassed 

 in variety of brilliant coloring and marking. 



Oz. 40c Pkt. 10c. 



.... " 15c. 



(Pcqmver\ These well-known hardy annuals and perennials flower in great profusion throughout the 

 summer. Both the single and double varieties are very desirable for bedding and borders. The flowers 

 are remarkable for their large size, delicacy of tissue and wide range of bright dazzling colors. 



As early in spring as ground can be worked sow the seed, which is quite small, where the flowers 

 are to bloom as the annual varieties do not bear transplanting. Pulverized soil, preferably light 

 sandy loam, should be used. Make rows fifteen inches apart and cover seed one-fourth inch deep, "^'hen two inches high, 

 thin 'from six inches to one foot. To insure continuous bloom during a long season the flowers should be cut regularly 

 and no seed pods allowed to form. 



Poppy 



Annual Varieties 



Shirley. A magnificent variety, producing through a long 

 season large single flowers of charmingly delicate colors, 

 ranging from pure white through shades of pink and rose 

 to brightest scarlet and carmine-red. If cut before the 

 blooms are fully expanded, they Avill keep fresh in water for 

 several days. Hardy annual, about twenty inches high. 

 ;Oz. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



Tulip Flowered. Single bright scarlet tuUp-shaped flowers, a 

 black spot appearing at the base of each petal. Hardy 

 annual, about one foot high. Oz. 60c Pkt. 10c. 



Umbrosum. Verj- rich vermilion; a most showy single variety; 

 hardy annual, about two feet high Pkt. lOc 



Czirdinal. Flowers large and very double, each petal being so 

 finely cut as to give the blossom the appearance of a large 

 ball of brilliant cardinal colored silk. ■ Hardv annual, two feet 

 high. Oz. 25e ' Pkt. 10c. 



Double White Fringed. The finest double white poppy. Plant 

 upright growing and floriferous. Flowers three to four 

 inches across, perfectly double, finely fringed. Hardy an- 

 nual, two feet high Oz. 2oc Pkt. 10c. 



Double Carnation White. Pure white, double showy flowers, 



beautifully fringed. Oz. 15c Pkt. lOc 



Double Carnation Mixed. Large showy double fringed flowers 



of various colors; hardy annual, about two feet high. 



Oz. 15c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Choice Mixed. Very large, double poppies in a variety 



of colors. About two feet high. Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c, 



Perennial Varieties 



Perennial poppies do best in rows one and one-half feet 

 apart and one foot apart in the row. Seed may be sown out- 

 doors either in spring or fall. 



Bracteatum. Flowers very large, single brilliant orange- 

 crimson; base of petals bluish black. A garden perennial of 



most striking appearance: about two feet high Pkt. 10c. 



Orientale. Very large single gorgeous scarlet blossoms; base 

 of petals bluish black. One of the most showy garden peren- 

 nials: about two feet high. Oz. S2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



The Carnation Poppy is an improved double form of the 

 single Papaver Somniferum, used for the extraction of opium. 

 "SVe do not furnish seed of the opium poppy. 



