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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Nicotiana 



Handsome bedding 

 plants of the tobacco 

 family, valuable for 

 long and free blooming. The flowers are 

 salver-shaped, \\ith long tubular corollas. 



Sow outdoors when ground is warm and 

 dry, covering the fine seed one-eighth inch deep 

 or for earlier blooming start in boxes indoors 

 and transplant to open ground when danger of 

 frost is past. Allow at least eighteen inches to 

 each plant for proper development. Half hardy 

 annuals; about three feet high. 



Affinis. Flowers large, white and fully expand- 

 ed only in the morning or evening or on 

 cloudy days. Very fragrant. Oz. SOc.Pkt. 10c. 



Sanderae, Mixed. Flowers white, carmine-rose 

 or violet, a little smaller than Affinis and un- 

 like it, in full bloom diiring the day. Very 

 floriferous Pkt. 10c. 



NIG ELLA— (See Love-in-a-Mist) 

 CENOTHERA— (See Primrose) 



Pansies 



Pansies are now 

 produced in an al- 

 most infinite vari- 

 ety of colors and 

 markings. Their 

 brilliancy of shading, extended season of bloom- 

 ing and long keeping characteristics make them 

 general favorites. The strains now offered are 

 far superior to the old Heart's Ease or Viola 

 Tricolor and the esteem in which they were held 

 by older generations has beea Heightened by the 

 greater variety and more brilliant colors of the 

 improved sorts. We have '-^'^u interested in the 

 bringing forward of advanced types of very 

 large varieties in this country as well as in 

 Europe, and our stocks are the very best obtain- 

 able. AVe spare neither pains nor expense to 

 satisfy the most critical trade. Every year we 

 visit the gardens of the most expert specialists 



and are in position to give our customers the Nicotiana Affinis 



benefit of their knowledge. 



We have annually both out of doors and under glass extensive trials of Pansies from the most successful European growers 

 and from prominent seedsmen. While the variations in shades of color and markings appear almost limitless our list includes 

 the very best strains the world produces. 



Seed may be sown indoors very early in spring, or a little later in the open ground, and transplanted when an inch high. 

 Such plants will commence to bloom in June. If sown in July, the plants will bloom in the fall, or if sown in September, the 

 following spring. Well pulverized soil should be used and the seeds covered one-eighth to one-fourth inch deep with fine soil 

 firmly pressed down. The largest and best flowers are produced by young plants which have been grown rather slowly in a 

 partially shaded situation, and in very rich soil; coolness and moisture are necessary. A situation sheltered from high winds 

 and exposed to the morning sun is most favorable and frequent sprinklings are advantageous. Grown indoors pansies make 

 a good vdnter blooming pot plant. Hardy perennial but usually grown as an annual or biennial. Four to six inches high. 



LARGE FLOWERING 



(See colored plate on page opposite) 

 King of the Blacks (Faust) Large velvety, pure black blossoms. This is probably the darkest flower grown. Oz. $5.(X). ..Pkt. 10c. 



Meteor. The flowers are large, rich, velvety red or mahogany. Excellent for massing or edgings. Very hardy " 10c. 



Pure Yellow. Brilliant, deep lemon yellow color, large flowering variety, fj Oz. 50c " 10c. 



Variegated and Striped. Flowers are beautifully striped in various colors, very rich and attractive. K Oz. $1.00 " 10c. 



Violet White Edged. Flowers are deep warm violet, edged white. Oz. $1.50 " 10c. 



White. Flowers large and of fine form. An early and very floriferous strain. Oz. $1.75 , " 10c, 



Choice Mixed. Seeds saved from large flowering sorts. A special mixture in a wide range of colors, shades and markings. 



Oz. $1.75. 



.Pkt. 10c. 



GIANT FLOWERING 



(See colored plate on page opposite) 

 Bugnot's Very Large Stained Mixed. An exceptionally attractive mixture of very large, blotched and stained flowers of fine 



circular form and usually somewhat rufifled. Each petal distinctly blotched, and its margin usually veined. Sturdy plants. 



Many shades. }4 Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 15c. 



Navy Blue. Deep lavender-blue petals, dark blue about the eye; very large flowering. H Oz. $1.00 " 10c. 



Ferry's Superbissima Blotched. Very large flowers of exceptionally fine form and substance, usually ruffled and beautifully 



veined and blotched in all the finer and deeper shades and colors found in pansies. Plants are very vigorous and floriferous. 



Superior to rather than simply different from old strains. }^ Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 15c. 



Giant Blue Black. Very large flowers; a rich velvety purple almost black " 10c. 



Giant Trimeu-deau Mixed. Our stock of this variety produces as large pansies as can be grown. Flowers of richest, most 



varied shades, well rounded form and generally marked with three large blotches. Plants very hardy and vigorous. We 



recommend this mixture as one sure to give general satisfaction where conditions are at all suitable for pansy growth. 



Oz. $2.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Flowering Parisian Mixed. The flowers of this splendid mixture are of largest size, very fine form and range of colors 



often in the lighter shades. Each petal is usually beautifully blotched. Oz. $3.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Yellow (Trimardeau) Very large yellow flowers with large black centers. A very distinct and attractive variety. 



Oz. $2.50 f...: : Pkt. 15c. 



Lord Beaconsfield. The lower petals are very deep violet purple, shading in upper petals to white, slightly tinted with purple. 

 The flowers are very large and finely formed. Oz. $4.00 Pkt. 10c 



Odier, or Very Large Stained Mixed. Known also as Cassier's. Very large flowers, distinctly veined and each petal beautifully 

 blotched. This is a very fine strain of pansies with a wide range of splendid colors. Sturdy plants, very vigorous and 

 floriferous Pkt. 15c. 



Extra Choice Mixed. From best named flowers of very large size. An extra fine Trimardeau mixture, very superior in size, 

 form, coloring and substance. Oz. $2.50 Pkt. 10c. 



