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



Hollyhock 



(Althaea rosea) For a background to a flower 

 garden nothing is better than the improved 

 strains we offer of this tall old fashioned garden 

 perennial. The large, richly colored blossoms, 

 about three inches across, ranging from deep yellow and red" to pure white, are 

 set as rosettes around the strong growing floWer stalks. Sow seed in June or 

 July, in open ground, and in the autumn, when the plants have made five leaves, 

 transplant to permanent position two to three feet apart. The following sum- 

 mer they will bloom. All double varieties are hardy perennials: five feet high. 

 Early Flowering. Blooms readily as an annual the first year from seed sown in 

 spring. A wide range of colors in large single or semi-double flowers. .Pkt. 15c. 



Chater's Finest Mixed. Double perfection •' ' 15^' 



Double Blood Red. Oz. SI. 25. Pkt. 10c. Double Lemon Yellow. Oz. §1.35. " lOc 



Deep Rose. Oz. SI. 25. " 10c. " Pink. Oz. S1.25 " lOc. 



" Salmon. Rich salmon color, suffused with pink 



" Pure White. Our special improved strain. Oz. §1.50 



Choice Mixed. All colors. Oz. §1-00 



" Mixed. Oz. T5c 



Humulus Japonicus 



lOc. 



" 10c. 



■' 10c. 



" 5c. 



{Japanese Hop) Hardy annual climber fifteen 



to twenty feet high with rougli lobed leaves, 

 very rough leaf stems and small tlowers. Desirable for covering unsightly ob- 

 jects or shading verandas. Oz. 35c Pkt. 5c. 



Hvar'infVi R«>an (.Dolt'chos lahlab) .4. fine climber ^vith clusters of purple 



AA^av^lillll xjcdll or -n-hite flowers followed by ornamental seed pods. 

 Tender annual; from ten to fifteen feet high. 



Alba. White. Oz. 15c Pkt. 5c. Purpurea. Purple. Oz. 15c Pkt. 5c. 



Mixed. The above mixed. Oz. 15c " 5c. 



IBERIS — (i>ee Candytuft) 



I__ Planf i^lesembryanthemum crystallinum) A curious plant for hanging 



**'*' ^ itim. baskets, rock-work, vases and edgings: leaves and stems succu- 

 lent, appearing as though covered with ice crystals. Tender annual trailer: six 

 inches high. Oz. 25c Pkt. 5c. 



IMMORTELLES— (5ee Acroclinium, Globe Amaranth. Helichrysum, Rhodanthe) 



¥ Beautiful annual outdoor climber of luxuriant growth for 



I T^fimOfi?! covering verandas and arbors, or for scieening unsightly 

 i^ objects. Sow preferably in heat and transplant to open 



border; or sow in open border after the ground becomes warm. Soak seed in 

 luke-warm water before planting. Tender annual; ten to fifteen feet high. 



Setosa (Brazilian Morning Glory) Very vigorous rapid growing vine with large, 

 three-lobed leaves and stems covered w"ith brown hair. Flowers open in morn- 

 ing; salver formed, delicate blue or reddish purple with pink star in center and 

 produced in clusters. Seed black, a little larger than Lirabata. Oz. 40c.. Pkt. 10c. 



Coccinea (Sitar Ipnmcea) Like a Morning- Glorj" but with smaller, rather pointed 

 leaves, and covered with small scarlet, star-shaped flowers. Height often ten 

 feet. Seed small, black. Oz. 20c Pkt. 5c. 



Bona Nox (Evening Glory) Violet blue flowers, open in the evening; similar to the 

 white Moon Flower but not as large; seed as large but darker. Oz. 20c.. Pkt. 5c. 



Limbata mixed. Very large violet or blue flowers with white margins and throats. 

 The leaves are similar to those of Japanese Morning Glory but are less varie- 

 gated. Seed large, black. Oz. 30c Pkt. 5c. 



Fine mixed. The four above varieties mixed. Oz. 20c " 5c. 



Early Flowering Sky Blue (Ipomoea grandiflora rubra coenilea) Early and very 

 free flowering. Very desirable. (See further description, page 2) Pkt. 15c. 



IPOMCEA GRANDIFLORA— (See Moon Flower) IPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT— (See Cypress Vine) 



IPOMCEA PURPUREA— l-See Morning Glory) IPOMOPSIS— (See Tree Cypress) 



JAPANESE HOP— (See Humulus Japonicus) JOSEPH'S COAT — (See Amaranthus tricolor) 



(Coix lachrynia) Curious ornamental grass with broad, corn-like leaves and lustrous slate colored seeds 

 used for beads. Valuable for winter bouquets with everlasting flowers. Plant outdoors early in spring in 

 hills three feet apart, fouror five seeds in a hiU, and cover half an inch deep. Hardy annual; three feet high. Oz. 15c. Pkt. 5c. 



l^ L " 'T'»^^V|»».^l»»7.|la (Mexican Fire Bush, or Summer Cypress) A quick growing foliage or hedge plant, very sjTn- 



^.OCnio. 1 ncnopnyila metrical and attractive in summer and fall. Tne foliage is as fine as moss and of clean, "bright 

 green color. Early in the fall innumerable little flowers appear and the bush takes on a deep red tinge. Sow outdoors early in 

 spring, covering one-fourth inch deep. Jlake the rows two feet apart and thin eighteen inches apart. For eiirlier blooming 

 start indoors and transplant to open ground. Hardy annual; about two and one-half feet high. Oz. 35c Pkt. 5c. 



f onf-atlA '^^^ plants form small shrubs, producing in late summer and autumn an abundance of heliotrope-like clusters 



L^^a^^HA of single, fragrant flowers that change color. Succeeded by green berries that turn to a deep blue. Start 



Larkspur, Formosum 



Job's Tears 



under glass and transplant when liancror rif frost is over. 



Larkspur 



K.0CH1A k Mexican Fire Bush) 



Tender perennial; about two feet high. 

 Finest French Hybrids mixed. Oz. 30c Pkt. 5c. 



(Delphinium) The Larkspur with its long 

 clustered spikes of beautiful irregular 

 _ flowers, often with long spurs, is especially 



valuable for its shades of blue. The annual forms are very de- 

 sirable for bedding and the perennials are strikingly effective as a 

 background for borders and for planting among shrubbery. Seed 

 of annual varieties may be sown outdoors early in spring. For 

 earlier blooming start v"ery early indoors or sow in fall. Thin one 

 to one and one-half feet apart. The perennial sorts are sown in 

 fall or early in spring. 



Annual Varieties 



Double Dwarf Rocket mixed. Beautiful spikes of double flowers 

 in many shades. Hardy annual: one foot high. Oz. 25c. . .Pkt. 5c. 



Ceirdiopetalum. Deep blue, heart-shaped, one foot high " 5c. 



Tall Stock Flowered, mixed (Consolida fl. pi.) Flowers double, 

 bijrne on spikes about fifteen inches long. Colors rose, white and 

 sliades of blue. Hardy annual: two feet high Pkt. 5c. 



Double Emperor I Imperiale fl. pi.) Compact and prof use bloomer 

 having erect spikes of very' double flowers. Hardy annual: one 

 and one-half feet high. Mixed Colors Pkt. 5c. 



Perennial Varieties 



Elatum (Bee LarJcspur) Flowers intensely blue with hairy petals 

 in the center giving them a fancied resemblance to a bee. Hardy 

 perennial: three to five feet high, Pkt. 5c. 



Formosum. Flowers large, deep blue, small white center. Hardy 

 perennial; three to five feet high; long blooming season. Some- 

 times called Mexican Larkspur Pkt. 5c. 



LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS— (See Beas, Everlasting) 



LATHYRUS ODORATUS— (See Su;eet Peas) 



