D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



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SC/LLA SIBERIOA 



This is the best Scilla for forcing indoors, coming into 

 bloom with Roman Hyacinths. The flowers are true ultra- 

 marine blue and are borne on graceful spikes of six to 

 twelve blooms each; the color is so distinct that no 

 garden should be without them. The 

 bulbs are hardy and may be left in the 

 ground for several years without tak- 

 ing up. This variety is very fine for 

 edgings or planting in small beds. 

 Their pretty star-shaped flowers ap- 

 pear in earliest spring and make a 

 beautiful contrast with the Snowdrop 

 and Crocus. 2 cents each; 1^5 cents per 

 dozen: $1.00 per lOO, postpaid. 



SNOWDROP 



The first to herald the approach 

 of spring, defying the cold and lift- 

 SCILLA SIBERICA. ing its tiny white blossoms to view 



long before the snow has disappeared 



and when no other sign of vegetable life appears. The flow- v 



er is beautiful, and is the more welcome for its being so early. 



They should be planted in beds, in the border, or in clumps 



in the open lawn, and will endure any amount of hard treat- 

 ment; still, no flower better repays care and attention. 



Plant the bulbs in September or October — the earlier the 



better — to enable them to become well established before 



freezing weather. Set about two or three inches deep, and 



one inch apart, in clumps or triple rows; if planted singly 



they are not conspicuous. The bulbs should not be kept 



long out of the ground, and should not be disturbed oftener 



than once in two or three years. 



DOZ. 



Snowdrop, Double 30 



*' Single 15 



" Eiwesii Giant 15 



100 

 $2.00 postpaid. 

 1. 00 " 



1. 00 



It is one of the best hardy herbaceous plants, particu- 

 larly for cemetery purposes, its deep green, glossy leaves 

 remaining bright and beautiful when those of most 

 every other plant are dusty and faded. It bears ^J*^ 

 numerous long, feather-like spikes of- small flowers ^ 

 of the purest white, which are very useful and 

 highly esteemed for bouquets. For this pur- 

 pose it is extensively forced by florists for win- 

 ter flowers. When forcing Spirea Japonica, it 

 should be kept constantly wet. When the 

 clumps are planted in pots, no manure should 

 be added to the earth, and no liquid manure 

 should ever be applied to them when forcing. 

 Spirea Japonica, fine, strong clumps. 20 cents 



each; $2.00 per dozen, postpaid. 



By express, at piirchase7-'s expense, 10 cents 

 each; $1.00 per dozen. 

 Spirea Japonica, Compacta flultiflora, of 



compact growth, good for early forcing, very 



dozen, postpaid. 



By express, at purchaser's expense, 10 cents each 



floriferous. 



SPIREA. 

 20 cents each, 



$2.00 per 



$1.00 per dozen. 



