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



Petunia 



Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds and are often grown in window boxes. Their 

 richness of color, duration of bloom and easy culture will always make them popular. They en- 

 dure drought exceptionally well. The full, double petunias do not produce seeds. To procure 

 double flowers one must use the seeds saved from single flowers which have been carefully 

 fertilized by hand with pollen from the double ones. The seed we offer is the result of careful 

 hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a proportion of double flowers as any. 



In some strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five inches across; in others, they are deeply fringed; stil! others 

 have star-like markings radiating from the throat and extending nearly 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 in a warm, open, sunny place. Seeds may be sown directly 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 fir.e 

 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 covei-ed with 

 about one-eighth" to one-fourth inch of fine soQ 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 are also sometimes grown under glass in winter. The best method is to sow seeds in late summer or early fall 

 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 beautifuUy star-shaped as in the strain offered as "Star"petunia Fkt. 15c. 



Countess of Ellesmere. Flowers deep rose, white throat; very small 



Nyctaginiflora. Pure wliite flowers, very fragrant; a very floriferous variety 



Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched flowers in a wide range of colors. Oz. 90c 



Fine Mixed. An e.xcellent variety of markings including white, stripes and shades of rose, red and purple. Oz. 50c 

 Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large percentage of double flowers in a good range of colors 



5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 20c, 



LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 



Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowers very large; some striped, others self colored. I'e Oz. Sl-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 beautifuUy veined. We have carefully compared 



other strains sold as "Giants of California," etc., and have found none superior and many of them notequal 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 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 persist- 

 ent bloomer and there are few garden 



plants that will make so satisfactory a 



display Pkt. 10c. 



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 petimias. The latest of 



the varieties to bloom Pkt. 25c. 



Double Fringed Brilliant Rose. Large, 



exceedingly double and fringed 



flowers of most brilliant rose color. 



Very desirable Pkt. 25c. 



Extra Double Fringed. Many colors; 



flowers beautifully fringed.. Pkt. 25c. 



D__«._j.^_,>^_, Handsome, half 

 fentStemOn hardy, herba 



ceous perennials about two feet high 



and very desirable for bedding and 



borders. They usually bloom the first 



year, especially if started early. 



The flowers are "bell-shaped or tubu- 

 lar, an inch and a half long, and are 



borne in racemes or spikes. The 



colors include white and various 



shades of rose and purplish red striped 



with white. Sow outdoors after danger 



of frost is past. It is well to use some 



mulching for protection through 



w-inter. 

 Mixed Pkt. 10c. 



P^nnV (P(£onia herbacea 

 *■ COlljr Chineyisis) Well known 



herbaceous perennial plants 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 care- 

 fully a notch through the shell of the 



seed, perferably on the rounding side. 



Eich, weU 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. 



About three feet high. 



Double Mixed Pkt. 25c. 



(Peony Roots are listed in our autumn 



Bulb Catalogue.) 

 PERIWINKLE— (See Vinca) 



Petuma, Extra Double Fringed 



