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Fine Soil or Sand With Your Poppy Seeds Before Sowing Them 



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FERRY'S SEEDS 



PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon Head) [hP-3 ft.] In mid- 

 summer when hardy borders often lack bloom, this peren- 

 nial comes into flower. From the spreading roots rise many 

 erect, slender, wand-like stems decorated with narrow 

 pointed leaves. Terminally they carry tapering floral 

 spikes 6 to 8 inches long, bearing rows of small tubular 

 blossoms set on four sides of the stem. The ^dividual 

 florets slightly resemble the Snapdragon and are a delight- 

 ful shade of rosy lilac. An effective border plant and de- 

 sirable for cutting. 



Virginica H oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



Pin Cushion Flower (See Scabiosa) 

 Pinks (See Dianthus) 



PlQUERIA TrINERVA 



(See Stevia) 



Physostegia 



This Shows Off Wonderfully Well in Front of Dark 

 Shrubs or Evergreens 



POPPY There is something lacking in your garden or border 

 unless you have poppies of one kind or another. For every 

 ch Id and every gro^-up knows and loves these flowers and 

 associates them with summer. What a glorious not of color 

 they bring, with almost every shade of the rambow avail- 

 able in the wide range of varieties! There are both double 

 and ingfe blossoms,\nd both are delicate m texture and 

 graceful in form. As a rule, the individual flowers do not 

 fast l^ong, but numerous others follow in rapid succession to 

 replace them, and the gay show goes on. 



Shirley IhA-18 in.] This delightful group sprang originally 

 from the common European Field PoPPy.^li\cji everyone 

 knows as the Flanders Field Poppy of the ^\ orld }\ ar 1 he 

 plants with their deeply cut foliage, slender hairy stems, 

 and silky petaled blossoms, often fluted, present a delicate 

 airy picture as they nod in the slightest breeze. 

 Single American Legion This is a dazzUng scarlet with 

 white cross at center. The best substitute for the wild 



Flanders Poppy K oz. 40c 



Single Mixed A superb blend of this beautiful type of 

 Poppy ranging in color from pure white through tones of 

 salmon, pink, and rose to brightest carmme-red . . . .Oz. 40c 

 Double Pink Shades This charming sort with its double 

 and semi-double flowers in several shades of pmk is of great 



merit .' /a oz. 4Uc 



Pkts. 10c each 

 Tall Somniferum [hA-3 ft.] It is to this class that the 

 Opium Poppy of the Orient belongs, but we do not handle 

 the seed of that particular variety^ These ^obust^p ants^are 

 of imposing stature, carry an abundance of thick wide 

 leaves, and bear large flowers on stout stems. 

 Single Mixed A varied collection of single deeply cupped 

 flowers, many with fringed petals. 



Double Carnation Flowered Mixed Perfectly double, 

 globular flowers with fringed petals in many brflliant colors. 

 Double Peony Flowered Mixed Bold double ball shaped 

 blooms, plain edged petals, resembhng the Peony m form. 

 Choice Mixed A wide selection of vivid colors chosen from 

 the Carnation and Peony types. 



Any one of the above: Oz. 30c; pkt. 10c 

 Nudicaule (Iceland Poppy) [hP-Il-18 in.] Here is a hardy 

 Poppy which slightly resembles the delicately formed 

 Sull Shirley. However, the plants are somewhat dif- 

 ferent in habit and contain many shades of yellow and 

 orange which are foreign to their shorter l^ved annual 

 coushis. At its base each plant forms a neat tuft of finely 

 cut leaves above which rise bare wiry stems holding cup- 

 shaped single flowers. Iceland Poppies are valuable ma 

 hardv border or in a permanent rock garden, and when m 

 bud they are desirable for cuttmg. 



Coonara Pink Hybrids Clear shades of salmon pink. A r^ew 

 Australian variety of great beauty. . . .M oz. 60c, pkt. 15c 

 Sunbeam Since it is more thrifty, with finer stems and 

 handsomer flowers, this is an improvernent over the 

 original Iceland strain. The plants wiUproduce Aowersthe 

 firlt season from seed sown early, and the blossoms are un- 

 equalled for cutting. 



n Ypilnw White 



Orange yeiiow 



Any one of the above: H oz. 35c; pkt. 15c 



Mixed ^«-^0^-' P^*-^''^ 



OriPntale [hP-2i o ft.] These are the royal members of the 

 Popp^amily They are majestic in all their characteristics^ 

 w? mnmificent fohage, sturdy stems, huge cup-shaped 

 Sower's crL^kd 'petals, and large decorative pods. 

 InThe hCTbaceous borderthey form a gorgeous picture. 

 Red Glowing scarlet with bases of petals bluish black. 

 Hybrids A splendid coUection in shades of white, rose, 

 lavender, orange, and crimson. 



Each of the above: U oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 

 Poor Man's Orchid (See Schizanthus) 



POTENTILLA (Cinquefoil) [hP-R-12 in.] This traihng 

 Plant quite s milar m habit and foliage to the Strawbenx 

 Sake'sl" excellent addition to the ^-dy Wer^o^^^^^^^^ 

 rock earden It covers the ground well, is daintilj lormea, 

 and the upright branching stems carry a quantity of five- 

 petaled disc-like flowers. 

 Nepalensis (Miss Willmott^) The blossoms are a bve^^ 

 salmon-rose with dark centers 



