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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Balsam 



BABY'S BREATH— (See Qypsophila) 

 BACHELOR'S BUTTON— (See Centaurea) 



D 11 «% \/imA (Cardiospennum halicacabuni) A favorite with 



DSlllOOn V me children, being remarkable for its inflated mem- 

 branous capsules containing the seed. It is sometimes called "Love-in- 

 a-PufE."' A rapid and graceful climber. Flowers small, white. The 

 round black seed is marked with a white heart-shaped spot. Sow seed 

 outdoors in open ground early in spring and give the plant some sup- 

 port to run upon. Tender annual; six feet high. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



(Lnpatiens Balsamina) Known also as Lady Slipper. 

 The brilliantly colored double rose-like flowers of 

 this well-known border and bedding annual are 

 thickly set along the branches of the erect bushy plants. The dainty 

 individual flowers, often two inches across, are borne on very short stems 

 and when cut they show to best advantage floating in a dish of water. 

 The colors range from white to dark purple, and are either self colored 

 or spotted and striped. 



Balsams are tender and should be started in boxes indoors or in the 

 open ground when danger of frost is past. The plants prefer a rich, moist 

 or even wet sandy loam, and must not suffer for moisture. They do best 

 if allowed eighteen inches apart each way in a sunny situation. Larger 

 and more double flowers will be obtained if some of the young shoots are 

 cut out when quite small, or by transplanting two or three times. Hardy 

 annual; one to two feet high. 



Double or Camellia Flowered 

 Pure White. Well adapted for florists' use and for bouquets, very 



double. Oz. 75c Pkt. 10c. 



Dark Red. ( Atrosanguinea plenissima) Very double, dark red blossoms 



Pkt. 10c. 



Solferino. Flowers satiny white, streaked and spotted with crimson 



and lilac. Oz. 75c Pkt. 10c. 



Extra Fine Mixed. Striped and blotched sorts of various colors. Oz. 



75c Pkt. 10c. 



Tall Mixed. About two feet high. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



Dwarf Mixed. About one foot high. Oz. 60c " 10c. 



BEANS — (See Scarlet Runner Beans) 



Very desirable for pot culture or for bedding out 

 in partially shaded locations. Suitable also for 

 _ Avindow boxes. Sow seed in March in shallow 



boxes or small pots plunged in moss. 



Tuberous Rooted Begonias 

 The tuberous rooted varieties, if planted early in a temperature of 

 sixty to seventy degrees, will with proper care give an abundance of 

 bloom the flrst year. At the end of the season they may be dried off by 

 withholding water, the tubers kept in a dry place free from frost and 

 planted the following spring, when they will bloom more freely than 

 before. 

 Single Mixed. The seed we offer will produce the finest single flowers in 



various shades ranging from white to deep red Pkt. 25c. 



Double Mixed. The largest and best double or semi-double flowers, 



including shades of pink, red, scarlet and light yellow Pkt. 35c. 



Fibrous Rooted Begonias 

 The Semperflorens varieties of fibrous rooted Begonias are ex- 

 ceptionally desirable for edgings or border plants. They succeed Balsam 

 equally well in either sunny or partly shaded locations and flower con- 

 tinuously from early summer until fall. They are also very attractive as pot plants for winter flowering indoors. 

 Vernon (Semperflorens atropurpurea) Flowers brilliant, rich red. set off perfectly by the abundant, glossy green leaves, which 



are broadly margined with bronze and purple. Hardy and floriferous: the best of the semperflorens class Pkt. 15c. 



Semperflorens alba. A very useful variety, well adapted for house or outdoor culture. Plants of compact dwarf habit, and 



under proper treatment almost continuous bloomers. Easily grown; flowers very attractive blush white Pkt. 15c. 



Semperflorens rosea. Like Semperflorens alba, except that flowers are rose colored " 15c. 



BELLIS — (See Daisy) 



(Tecoma radicans. Trumpet Vine) One of the most showy, certainly one of the best 

 _ hardy, deciduous flowering climbers for covering verandas, arbors, trunks of trees, old 



walls, etc. Vines should be moderately pruned and well trained so as to afford a good circulation of air, thus insuring more 

 and better bloom. The flowers produced in clusters are trumpet shaped, two to three inches long and of orange red color. 

 The foliage is very attractive and unusually free from insects. It not only is one of the best climbers, but planted on the 

 lawn makes a pretty bush of drooping habit, if the tops are cut back. Sow seed in well prepared beds, either in autumn or 



very early in spring, in drills, and keep free from weeds. Hardy perennial, often growing thirty feet Pkt. 10c. 



BUTTERFLY FLOWER— (See Schizanthus) 



A much admired genus distinguished by its abundance of large, showy, sac-shaped or slipper-like 



Begonia 



Bignonia Radicans 



Calceolaria 



flowers which are creamy white and various shades of yellow often splashed, spotted or blotched 

 with dark reddish brown, two plants rarely having flowers marked exactly alike. Leaves large, 



felty, close growing. Under proper conditions can be growm indoors to perfection, making an exceedingly decorative plant. 

 Start the seed at any time, except during hot weather, in a temperature of about 60° F. Herbaceous annuals or shrubby 



evergreen perennials. Plants one to one and one-half feet high. 



Hybrida grandiflora. Large self colored flowers Pkt. 25c. 



Hybrida tigrina. Flowers beautifully spotted " 25c. 



Finest Hybrids Mixed. Seeds saved only from the most perfect flowers; all desirable " 25c. 



^^ 1 J 1 ^■^'^'^ Marigold) A well-known, old-fashioned annual that has long been in favor. During the past 



i^a I g¥l fl 11 la ^^^ years they have greatly increased in popularity and are now largely used by florists for cut flowers. 



^^***^^**^****** They are of easy culture, succeeding in almost any soil and are in bloom from early summer till 



frost. Plants are one and one-half to two feet high. 



For the best results plait seed early indoors and transplant to place when danger from frost is past. Satisfactory results 



may also be obtained from sowings made out of doors after ground is warm and dry. Plants should be thinned to twelve inches 



apart in the row. 



Double Oremge King (Calendula oj^cinalis) Very large double flowers of rich deep golden orange color. Very attractive in 

 beds or borders, also flne for cuttmg Pkt. 10c. 



Double Lemon Queen {Calendula officinalis) Very large double flowers of a pleasing shade of lemon or sulphur yellow. . " lOc 



Double Meteor (Calendula officinalis fl. pi.) Large beautifully imbricated, double flowers; petals yellow, striped or edged 

 with orange. Desirable for beds, borders and backgrounds. One and one-half to two feet high. {See colored plate, 

 pane 5.) Oz. 20c Pkt. 1 Oc. 



Double Mixed. A choice mixture of several shades of yellow, orange and primrose " 10c. 



CALIFORNIA POPPY — (See Eschscholtzia) 



