FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH 



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Primula Sinensis 



D»C.«««.^«^ CwTAMinn ( CE'?iof/iera) Large, showy 



rrimrOSe, tVening saucer-shaped blossoms. 



usually fully expanded only towards and during evening. 



The blossoms are yellow or white and are very freely 



produced. 



Acaulis Alba (Low Wliite Evening) This sort produces 

 many large flowers about three inches across which open 

 clear white and turn to deep primrose pink. Sow in open 

 ground early in spring. Make rows fifteen inches apart; 

 thin six inches apart in row. Hardy perennial: six 

 inches high Pkt. 10c. 



Lameu-ckiana (Shoicy Evening) Superb spikes of large, 

 bright yellow blossoms about three inches across. Sow 

 in open ground early in spring, or if blooms are wanted 

 the first season, start very early in hotbed and trans- 

 plant. Hardy perennial but blooms the first year: height 

 four feet. Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c. 



T^ • 1 O • • (Chinese Prim- 



rrimula omensis 'p^ TMsbeau 



A A A«AA«>«s«i^ m^^mm.'^^M.^^^m^^ tl f U 1 Winter 



blooming pot plant is especially valuable in that its 

 brightly colored and finely formed flowers and prettily cut 

 foliage may be had in perfection from November until 

 late in spring. 



Sow seed indoors in well drained, shallow pans or boxes 

 from April to last of Jtily, to insure flowering the following 

 winter. For best results use finely sifted leaf mold, loam 

 and sand in equal parts. Cover slightly and pJace the pans 

 in a temperature of about 60° F. Water with a fine spray. 

 If covered too deeply or if allowed to dr\- after being wet 

 the seed will not germinate. Transplant into pots and keep 

 in a cool place so that the plants will grow slowly until 

 ready to bloom. Seed may also be sown in fall. Green- 

 house perennial, six to ten inches high. 



Single Fringed, Scarlet. Deep scarlet Pkt. 25c. 



;' Choicest Mixed. Vs Oz. S2.50 " 25c. 



Choicest Fern Leaved Mixed " 25c. 



Double Fringed Mixed. Very choice: shades of red. rose, 

 white, etc. The seed we offer can be depended on to pro- 

 duce a very large proportion of double flowers. .Pkt. 25c. 



Very ornamental, both foliage 

 and flowers. Well adapted for 

 bedding and borders. Sow out- 

 doors in spring as soon as ground can be worked, or for best 

 results start the seed indoors and transplant after danger 

 from frost is past. (See also Matricaria) 

 Parthenifolium Aureum (Golden Feather) Beautiful dwarf 

 gold leaved bedding plant. Flowers white. Half hardy 

 perennial often treated as an annual; height one foot. 



Oz 50c Pkt. 10c. 



One of the most beautiful everlastings. 

 Sometimes called Straw Flower. The 

 flower-heads are somewhat bell-shaped, becoming when 

 mature fully expanded and sometimes reflexed. They are 

 gracefully poised on slender stems. The mixture we offer 

 includes rose with golden center and white with yellow 

 disc. Blooms should be gathered before fully expanded 

 and dried in the shade. 



Start under glass, or sow seed outdoors after danger of 

 frost is over. Tender annual: one and one-half to two feet 

 high. Mixed. Oz. §1.00 Pkt lOc 



Pyrethrum 



Rhodanthe 



RICINUS— (See Castor Bean) 



Rrir*lr<»f ^lAT^atfif (Hesperis matronalis) Produces loose 

 IxUCivdy OWCCL clusters of flowers very fragrant during 

 the evening and useful for cutting. Flowers cruciform, some- 

 what resembling the single Stock but smaller. 



Seed germinates readily in open ground if sown after danger 

 from frost is past. Hardy perennial. 



Purple. 

 White. 



Plants two and one-half to three feet high Pkt. 10c. 



About two feet high " lOc. 



f^^C^ good care will commence to flower when six inches 

 ^^^^^'^^ high and about two months old. and continue to 

 grow and bloom until they form compact bushes about sixteen 

 inches high, well covered with single and double flowers. 



Open the berries and separate the seeds, sowing in pots of ricli 

 sandy soil and keep at about 70° F. and moderately moist. When 

 plants are about one inch high transplant and give plenty of light 

 and air. Tender perennial: blooming the first year Pkt. 15c. 



Salpiglossis 



Very showy bedding or border plants 

 with richly colored, funnel-shaped 

 flowers which are borne on long 



graceful stems. The flowers of purple, scarlet, crimson, yellow. 



buff, blue or almost black are beautifully veined or penciled and 



are excellent for cut flowers. They are easily grown and are 



most desirable for beds or borders. 



For early blooming seed may be started indoors as early as 

 the middle of March and the young plants set out in the garden 

 one foot apart, or seed may be sown outdoors after settled warm 

 weather. Blooms from August to October. Half hardy annual: 

 about two feet high. 



Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grown large, long stemmed flowers, 

 in many beautiful shades and markings. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



Large Flowering Mixed. A mixture of improved dwarf, very 

 large flowering sorts, more compact than ordinary varieties and 

 with nu;ch larger more richly colored flowers Pkt. 10c. 



