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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



P^AC F VAflAQfinO" il^^Mji'us latifolius) An easily grown, hardy perennial climber with smaller flowers lacking 



* Ca,Oj 1.^ V C* AC%9 Lltlg the fragrance of Sweet Peas, but producing for many weeks a succession of blossoms in 

 clusters of eight to ten each. Only ? few flowei-s can be expected the second season but in the third and fourth, the 

 plants then being well estabUshed, un abundance of foliage and blooms is afforded. The plants die down late in the fall 

 and start again in the spring. 



Sow the seed outdoors early in spring, using well prepared soil and covering the seed about one inch deep with fine soil 

 firmly pressed down. The perennial sorts are suitable for covering stumps and fences, and on a trellis will often grow 

 five to six feet. 



Mixed. Includes white, rose and purple flowers. Oz. 50c Pkt, 10c. 



PELARGONIUM— (-See Geranium} 



P^rttllT (Po^onia herbacea Chinensis) Well known herbaceous perennial plants, with very double flowers and abundant 



* CWlljr dark green foliage, which may be grown either from seed or roots. 



The seed is of very slow growth, and germination may be hastened somewhat by cutting or filing carefully a notch through 

 the shell of the seed, preferably on the rounding side. Rich, well prepared soil should be used and the seed covered one-half 

 inch deep; keep well moistened and at a temperature of 50° to 60°. If the seed be sown in a cold frame in autumn, the plants 

 will be large enough to transplant the following spring, and a year later will bloom. Plants about three feet high 

 Double Mixed Pkt. 2 5c. 



PERIWINKLE— (See Vinca) 



(Peony Roots are listed in our autumn Bulb Catalogue.) 



Petunia 



P^««^Q|.^.M#%n Handsome, half hardy, herbaceous perennials about two feet high and very desirable for bedding and 

 • dllOlwillVllI borders. They usually bloom the first year, especially if started early. The flowers are bell-shaped or 

 tubular, an inch and a half long, and are borne in racemes or spikes. The colors include white and various shades of rose 

 and purplish red striped with white. 



Sow outdoors after danger of frost is past. It is well to use some mulching for protection through winter. 

 Gloxinioides Mixed Pkt. ICc. 



Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. They are also used along walks and driveways 

 and are often grown in window boxes. Their richness of color, duration of bloom and easy cul- 

 ture will always make them popular. They endure drought exceptionally well. The seed we 

 offer is the result of careful hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a propor- 

 tion of double flowers as any. 



In some strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five inches across: in others, they are deeply fringed: still others 

 have star-like markings radiating from the throat and extending nearly op quite to the outer margin of 'the blossom; again, 

 others have full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red-purple and are variously striped and blotched. 



Plant the seed, which is exceedingly fine, in a warm open, sunny place. Seeds may be sown directly in the open ground; or 

 for early results the plants may be started in cold-frame, hot 

 bed or in pots indoors, in a temperature averaging sixty to 

 seventy degrees. Water with a fine spray and do not permit 

 the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and should not 

 be trusted in the open until danger of frost is over. Any good, 

 friable garden soil, well pulverized and in good condition may 

 be usedTand the seed covered with about one-eighth to one- 

 foiirth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. The rows should 

 be two feet apart. Thin to eighteen inches apart. The plants 

 begin to bloom when small and contiixtie until cut off by frost. 

 Tender perennial, blooming the first year; about one and one- 

 half feet high. 



Petunias may also be grown under glass in winter. The 



best method is to sow seeds late in summer and grow stocky 



plants in pots, but old plants can be lifted on the approach of 



cold weather, cut back and taken inside for winter bloom. 



Single Dwarf Compact {[nimitahle Dwarf) Bushy plants only 



about eight inches high, covered with small flowers, generally 



striped or blotched. In many the markings are as beautifully 



star-shaped as in the strain offered as ■'Star''petunia.Pkt. 15c. 



Countess of Ellesmere. Flowers single, deep rose, white throat, 



very small. A good bedder Pkt, 10c. 



Nyctaginiflora. Flowers white, fragrant. A good white bedding 



variety; very floriferous Pkt. 10c. 



Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched 

 flowers in a wide range of brilliant colors. A fine bedder. 

 Oz. SI. -35 , .Pkt. 10c, 



Fine Mixed. An excellent variety of markings including white, 

 stripes and shades of rose, red and purple. A very satisfac- 

 tory mixture. Oz. 75c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large percent- 

 age of double flowers in a good range of colors Pkt. 20c. 



LARGE FLOWERING PETUNL^S 



Large Flowered Mixed- Plants vigorous and flowers very 

 large; some striped, others self colored, xs Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 10c. 



Fringed and Stained Mixed. Very attractive, deeply fringed 

 flowers in a variety of colors Pkt, 20c. 



Superbissima Mixed, Flowers of immense size, superbly color- 

 ed with tliroats beautifully veined. We have carefully com- 

 pared other strains sold as "Giants of California. "" etc., and 

 have found none superior and many of them not equal to our 

 strain of this magnificent varietj^ Pkt. 25c. 



Brilliant Rose. Large flowers of verj' bright, yet delicate and 

 exceptionally attractive rose color. One of the finest single 

 varieties in cultivation and comes true from seed. . .Pkt. 25c, 



General Dodds. Large, single flowers of an exceedingly rich, 

 dark purple color. A vigorous and very persistent bloomer 

 and there are few garden plants that will make so satisfac- 

 tory a display Pkt. 10c. 



Extra Double Fringed Mixed. Large flowering; many colors: 

 flowers beautifully fringed Pkt. 25c. 



Grandiflora Robusta, fl. pi. Dwarf, of robust growth, forming 

 a compact, upright, branched bush about ten inches in height 

 and fourteen inches in width, with large flowers, many 

 double and in all shades of colors existing in petunias. The 

 latest of the varieties to bloom Pkt, 25c, A Petunia Border 



