D. M. FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH. 



A Descriptive List of 



Choice Flower 



With General Directions for Cultivation 



MOST flowering plants will live in almost any soil, but to give them a fair chance to develop, some care 

 should be taken to make the ground suited to their needs. The soil best adapted for flowering plants 

 generally is a light, friable loam, containing a sufficient amount of sand to render it porous. Many 

 flowers are better if produced on plants of vigorous growth, hence a portion of the garden should be prepared 

 by deep digging, thorough pulverization and liberal enriching with large quantities of well-rotted manure. 

 Since some other varieties produce the largest and finest colored flowers when grown on rather light, poor 

 soil, a portion of the garden should not be enriched. 



Cultural directions are given on the packets, and we urge purchasers to study them carefully. While 

 some seeds need special treatment, the following general rules will apply to all. Make the surface of the soil 

 as fine, smooth and level as possible ; do not plant when the ground is wet ; cover each lot of seeds to a uniform 

 depth, which should not be more than four to six times the diameter of the seed; press the soil firmly over 

 the seed; plant in rows so that the starting plants can be seen easily; thin out the young plants to prevent 

 crowding and keep entirely free from weeds. 



Plants are usually divided into three classes. Annuals, Biennials and Perennials. Annuals are plants 

 which normally live but a single season. Biennials are plants living two years; particularly those which do 

 not bear flowers and fruit until the second season. Perennials tend to live from year to year. 



ALL FLOWER SEEDS SENT POSTPAID ON RECEIPT OF PRICE 

 Half ounces will not be supplied of kinds which sell for less than 30 cents per ounce. 



Ar>i*rk/«1iniiim (Everlasting) A very pretty, half hardy A m The annual varieties can be grown 



•'^^*'J*'**"*"*** annual producing white and rose colored, /\ lvyo^««*«v^ very readily either outdoors or in 



double daisy -hke flowers, about one and one-half inches in A^^j^ y XXMM J i I the house and by cutting back the 



diameter. Each flower-head is borne singly on a very long stem; ^ plants properly an almost constant 



leaves small, narrow, alternate. These are "Immortelles" so succession of bloom may be had. Seed can be sown in open 



desirable for wreaths and winter bouquets. ground very early in spring, or may also be sown outdoors in fall. 



Sow the seed in open ground early in spring, preferably in 



light, well prepared soil, and cover with one-fourth inch of fine Carpet of Snow {Compactum procumbens) A comparatively 



soil firmly pressed do wTi. Thin the young plants to four inches new variety growing only three or four mches high Ex- 



apart. Height fifteen inches. ceptionally fine for borders or edgings. Plants covered with 



AIL ■D,,-^^!,-^-^ r\ on^ r»i . ,« a inass of snovv-whitc flowers from early summer until 



Album. Pure white. Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c. autumn Pkt. 10c. 



Roseum. Light rose. Oz. 20c " 10c. 



Mixed, seeds Of the above varieties mi«d.Oz.20c.. " ,0c. ^^f^?»^ltZ'S^'lt^^f^^^^^\^l^t''ri.Z.^i^^^^^ 



X . A beautiful, hardy annual of neat indies high Pkt. 10c. 



Ageratum ^^zt^L^^^^sTJ^^^^^^zi '^roV%fes*Sii?Zd°S"^S%\e^Ta'n\'s"'g^^^^^^^^^ 



ia^R^rbei^„°."cre'^d SblSrn^aS? ^S^^.'S^^'"^ 'E SS^SgEHIScf e'S ^0°.^ 



Sow outdoors after danger from frost is over; or for earlier ?r^J;*H^?^^„*^LV r^ "^On ^ eighteen inches across. 



blooming start under glass and transplant. Cover the seed with ^^^^^ annual. Oz. bUc rKt. luc. 



or^e-eighth to one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. g^^^^ (Maritimum) This very hardy annual for borders, edg- 



Mexicanum. Light blue; about two feet high. Oz. 40c. Pkt. 10c. ing or massing in small beds, comes into bloom early in the 



Io.pe,iaI Dwarf Whit.. Height ten inches. Oz.60e... " 10c. S^,S^'?S ifrJLT%tThTve°"a'^Sa?,'dSeTa^ 



Tom Thumb Dwarf Blue. For edging. Oz. 60c " 10c. grance and are useful in small bouquets. Usually not over 



Mixed. Seeds of the above varieties mixed '* 10c. eight inches high but spreading. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



