D. M. FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH, 



85 



Pyrethrum 



Very ornamental, both 

 foliage and flowers. 

 Well adapted for bed- 

 ding and borders. Sow outdoors iu spring as soon 

 as ground can be worked, or tor best results start 

 the seed indoors and transplant after danger from 

 frost is past. (See also Matricaria) 



Parlhenifolium Aureum ( Golden Feather) Beautiful 

 dwarf gold leaved bedding plant. Flowers white. 

 Half hardy perennial, often treated as an annual; 

 height one foot. Oz. 50c .Pkt. 5c. 



Parthenifolium Aureum Selaginoides. Finely cut, 

 fern-like leaves of bright golden yellow color. 

 Extra fine for bedding. Half hardy perennial; 

 twelve to fifteen inches high Pkt. 10c. 



Roseum. Ray flowers two to three inches in diame- 

 ter, carmine-rose with golden yellow center. Fol- 

 iage finely cut. Hardy perennial; two to two and 

 one-half feet high Pkt. 10c. 



IJL J aL One of the most beautif ul ever- 



IxnOQaninc lastlngs; sometimes called Straw 

 Flower. Flowers somewhat bell-shaped, rose with 

 golden center and white with yellow disc, grace- 

 fully poised on slender stems. Blooms should be 

 gathered before fully expanded and dried in the 

 shade. Start under glass, or sow seed outdoors 

 after danger of frost is over. Tender annual; one 

 and one-half to two feet high. Mixed Pkt. 5c. 



RICINUS — (See Castor Bean) 



Rn/<L-of ^uroAf {Hesperis matronalis) Pro- 



I\.UCH.eL, ■JWeeL duces loose clusters of 

 flowers very fragrant during the evening and 

 useful for cutting. Flowers cruciform, somewhat 

 resembling the single Stock but smaller. Seed 

 germinates readily in open ground if sown after 

 danger from frost is past. Hardy perennial. 



Purple. Plants two and one-half to three feet 

 high Pkt. 5c. 



White. About two feet high " 5c. 



1*^ Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. 



f^QGg Plants under ordinary care will com- 

 »*'«'^i' mence to flower when six inches high 

 and about two months old, and will continue to 

 grow and bloom until they form compact bushes 

 about sixteen inches liigh, well covered with 

 single and double flowers. Open the berries and 

 separate the seeds, sowing in pots of rich sandy 

 soil and keep at about 70° F. ancl moderately moist. 

 When plants are about one inch high transplant 

 and give plenty of light and air. Tender perennial; blooming 

 the first year Pkt. 15c. 



ROSE MOS,S—(See Portulaca) 



Very showy bedding or border 

 plants with richly colored, f unnel- 

 _ _ shaped flowers which are purple, 



scarlet, crimson, yellow, bufC, blue or almost black, beauti- 

 fully marbled and pencilled. For early blooming seed may 

 be started indoors as early as the middle of March and the 

 young plants set out in the garden one foot apart, or seed 

 may be sown outdoors after settled warm weather. Useful 

 for cutting. Blooms from August to October. Half hardy 

 annual; about two feet high. 



Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grown annual; long stemmed flow- 

 ers, in many beautiful shades and markings. Oz. 50c. .Pkt. 5c. 



Large Flovirering Mixed. A mi.xture of improved sorts, more 

 compact than the ordinary varieties and with much larger, 

 more richly colored flowers Pkt. 10c, 



(Flowering Sage) Among the most brilliantly 

 colored of garden flowers and extremely 

 useful for bedding; also valuable for pot 

 culture and cutting. Blooms are borne in 

 long spikes well above the foliage and are of fiery red, 

 crimson or blue, continuing iu flower a long time: The 

 densely filled flower 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 first season; height one and one-half to three feet. 



Splendens. Sold also as " Splendens Bonfire." Large, brilliant 

 scarlet flowers are in these plants afforded a rich, dark green 

 background of dense foliage. This variety is most generally 

 used in parks and on extensive lawns, as in growth it is 

 more vigorous than the more dwarf varieties. One of the 

 most striking and effective beilding plants. Two and one- 

 half to three feet high. Oz. S2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



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

 for bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but very attrac- 

 tive in the mixed border. 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 with the claim that they are larger 

 flowered or more floriferous than the old type. We have 

 found none of them more distinctly valuable than this strain 

 in which the plant is more uniformly dwarf, and comes into 

 bloom earlier than most sorts and remains coveied with 

 brilliant red flower spikes a remarkably long time. About 

 two feet high Pkt. 10c. 



SCABIOSA— (See ifourreuig' Bride) SCARLET FLAX— (See Linutn) 



Salpiglossis 



Salvia 



Salpiglossis 



S^ki-vonfliiio Retusus trimaculatus. Also known as 

 Clll^dninUb 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 deco- 

 ration or pot culture. Petals bright yellow with margins 

 and tube of purple-rose, shading from lighter to darker 

 shades. The seed may be sown outdoors after danger of frost 

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

 transplant when weather is suitable. Hardy annual; about 



twenty inches high Pkt. 15c. 



SENSITIVE PLANT— (See Mimosa Pudica) 



^^^•1 (Myrsiphyll'um asparagoides) No twining 



^SJY^I 13 'Jf 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 vi-ithout wilting several days after being 

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

 winter. The seed germinates very slowly. The process may 

 be hastened somewhat by soaking the seed in hot water for 

 ten hours before pl.inting, but even then it is often six or 

 eight weeks before the plants make theii' appearance. Tender 



perennial climber, ten feet high. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



^1 "a (Antirrhinum) This 



^^«« #« ««^^Jk«#« ^v>^v««« vieW known old border 

 OnaijCll anOO ^nd bedding plant of 

 *^***^r^^^* *^0 long blooming season 



is now one of the best perennials suitable for flowering as an 

 annual. The long showy spikes of curiously shaped tubular 

 flowers with irregular spreading lobes and finely marked 

 throats are fragrant as w-ell as brilliantl.v colored. They are 

 very desirable for cutting as the spikes of bloom are borne 

 well above the dark glossy leaves and keep fresh 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, preferably in rich loamy soil in a 

 sunny situation, setting one foot apart each way and giving 

 them plenty of water; or sow the seed in August or Sep- 

 tember and cover the plants with a mulch on the approach of 

 cold weather. These fall-sown plants may be transplanted 

 into pots and flowered in the house, and in this ease give them 

 the same temperature and treatment as geraniums and 

 carnations. Tender perennial, often treated as annual or bi- 

 ennial; one and one-half to two feet high. 



Majus album. Pure white, hght yellow throat Pkt. 5c. 



Majus brilliant. Crimson and yellow, throat white " 5c. 



Majus Delila. Reddish-violet, white throat " 5c. 



Fine Mixed. Includes all of the best colors. Oz. 35c. .. " -Sc. 

 STIPA PENNATA--(See Feather Grass) 



