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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Salvia 



{Flowering Sage) Among the most 

 brilliantly colored of garden flowers 

 and extremely useful for bedding; 

 also valuable for pot culture and cut- 

 ting. Blooms are borne in long spikes -well above the 

 foliage and are of fiery red. crimson or blue, continuing 

 in flower a long time. The densely filled fiower spikes 

 are often eight to ten inches long and include thirty 

 or more tube-like florets, one to two inches in length. 

 Start early in heat and transplant into light soil one to 

 two feet apart; or seed can be sown outdoors after danger 

 from frost is past. Tender perennial, but blooms the fli'st 

 season; height one and one-half to three feet. 



Splendens. Sold also as " Splendens Bonfire." The large, 

 brilliant scarlet flowers are in very striking contrast witli 

 the rich, dark green background of dense foliage. This 

 variety is most generally used in parks and on extensive 

 lawns.' as it is more vigorous than the dwarf varieties. 

 One of the most distinct and effective bedding plants. 

 Two and one-half to three feet high. Oz. S^.OO. . .Pkt. 10c. 



Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known; not as well 

 suited for bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but 

 very attractive in the mixed border or in the green- 

 house. Height of plant, about one and one-half to two 

 feet Pkt. 15c. 



Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been 

 offered under different names claiming they are larger 

 flowered or more floriferous than the old type. We have 

 found none more valuable than this strain in which the 

 plant is more uniformly dwarf, and comes into bloom 

 earlier than most sorts and remains covered with brilliant 

 red flower spikes a remarkably long time. Height of 

 plant about two feet Pkt. 1 Oc. 



SCABIOSA— (See Mourning Bride) 

 SCARLET FLAX— (See Linum) 



Scarlet Runner Beans ^ulfSfX^rTelrfn^g 



sprays of brilliant scarlet pea shaped blossoms. Used either 

 as a snap or shell bean for eating as well as being desirable 

 for ornamental purposes. Seed may be planted out of doors 

 as soon as danger of frost is past. Vines ten to twelve 

 feet high Pkt. 10c. 



Snapdragon 



Salvia 



QoVki'7 0'nl-l-kiie Retusus Trimaculatus. Also known as 

 eDCniZaninUS Butterfly Flower or Poor Man's Orchid. 

 Dainty compact branching plants with finely cut foliage, 

 covered when in bloom with clusters or spikes of brilliantly 

 colored butterfly -like flowers. Valuable for garden decoration 

 or pot culture. Petals bright yellow with margins and tube of 

 carmine or purple-rose, shading from lighter to darker shades. 

 The seed may be sown outdoors after danger of fros: is 

 past, where the plants are to remain; or start inside and trans- 

 plant when weather is suitable. Hardy annual; about twenty 



inches high Pkt. 15c. 



SENSITIVE PLANT— (See Mimosa Pudica) 



O •! (Myrsiphyllmn asparagoides) No twining 



^ITfl 1 1 ^ V plant in cultivation surpasses this in graceful 

 ^^*******^^ beauty of foliage. Indispensable to florists 

 for table and house decoration. The hard texture of its small 

 glossy green leaves permits the long delicate sprays of foliage 

 to be kept without wilting several days after being cut. 



Planted in spring it makes a fine pot plant for fall and 

 winter. The seed gei-minates very slowly. The process may 

 be hastened somewhat by soaking the seed in hot water for 

 ten hours before planting, but even then it is often six or 

 eight weeks before the plants make their appearance. Tender 

 perennial climber, ten feet high. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



/^ m (Antirrhinum) This 



Wy^ ^ V^^«»Qk 4rV^%V% (Large Floifering)hordev 

 iDTlCiXjOTcLSOTl ^^^ bedding plant of 

 m^AMk^^^^^^^m ^^Am^^%^M.M. ^^^^ blooming season 



is now- one of the best perennials suitable for fiowering as an 

 annual. The long showy spikes of curiously shaped tubtdar 

 flowers with spreading lobes and finely marked throats are 

 fragrant as well as brilliantly colored. They are very desirable 

 for cutting as the spikes of bloom are borne well above the dark 

 glossy leaves and keep fresh for a long time. 



For blooms the first season outdoors, sow seed very early 

 under glass and transplant to open border as soon as the 

 ground is warm and dry, in rich loamy soil in a sunny situation. 

 setting one foot apart each way and giving them plenty of 

 water: or sow seed in August or September and cover plants 

 with a mulch on approach of cold weather. These fall-sown 

 plants may be transplanted into pots and flow^ered in the house, 

 and in this case give them the same temperature and treatment 

 as geraniums and carnations. Tender perennial, often treated 

 as annual or biennial; one and one-half to two feet high. 



Majus album. Pure white, light yellow^ throat Pkt. 10c. 



Majus brilliant. Crimson and yellow, throat white. . . " 10c. 



Majus Delila. Reddish-violet, \vhite throat " 10c. 



Fine Mixed. An extra fine mixture including all the best 

 colors. Oz. 50c. M lb. $1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



