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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Salvia 



(Flowering Sage) Among the most 

 brilliantly colored of garden flowers 

 and exti-emely viseful for bedding; also 

 valuable for p(jt culture and cvitting. 

 Blooms are borne in long spikes well above the foliage and 

 are of fiery red, crimson or blue, continuing in flower a long 

 time. The densely filled flower spikes are often eight to ten 

 inches long and include thirty or more tube-like florets, one 

 to two inches in length. 



Start early in heat and transplant into light soil one to 

 two feet apart; or seed can be sown outdoors after danger 

 from frost is past. Tender perennial, but blooms the first 

 season ; height one and one-half to three feet. 



Splendens. Sold also as '' Splendens Bonfire." The large, 

 brilliant scarlet flowers are in very sti-iking contrast with 

 the rich, dark green background of dense foliage. This 

 variety is most generally used in parks and on extensive 

 lawns, as it is more vigorous than the dwarf varieties. 

 One of the most distinct and effective bedding plants. 

 Two and one-half to three feet high. Oz. $2.00. .Pkt. 10c. 



Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered 

 under different names claiming they are larger flowered 

 or more floriferous than the old type. We have found 

 none more valuable than this strain in which the plant is 

 more uniformly dwarf, and comes into bloom earlier than 

 most sorts and remains covered with briUiant red flower 

 spikes a remarkably long time. Height of plant about 

 two feet Pkt. 10c. 



Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known; not as well 

 suited for bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but 

 very attractive in the mixed border or in the green- 

 house. Height of plant, about one and one-half to two 

 feet Pkt. 15c. 



SCABIOSA— (See Mourning Bride) 

 SCARLET FLAX— (See Linum) 



Scarlet Runner Beans 



A rapid growing an- 

 nual climber, bearing 

 sprays of brilliant scarlet pea shaped blossoms. Used either 

 as a snap or shell bean for eating as well as being desirable 

 for ornamental purposes. Seed may be planted out of doors 

 as soon as danger of frost is past. Vines ten to twelve 

 feet high. Oz. 15c Pkt. 10c. 



Snapdragon 



Q/«Vki'7'aT>fVtiie Retusus Trimaculatus. Also known as 

 OdllZdninUb Butterfiy Flower or Poor Blan's Orchid. 

 Dainty compact branching plants with finely cut foliage, covered 

 when in bloom with clusters or spikes of brilliantly colored 

 butterfiy -like flowers. Valuable for garden decoration or pot 

 culture. Petals bright yellow with margins and tube of carmine 

 or purple-rose, shading from lighter to darker shades. 



The seed may be sown outdoors after danger of frost is past, 

 where the plants are to remain; or start inside and transplant 

 when weather is suitable. Hardy annual; about twenty inches 



high Pkt. 15c. 



SENSITIVE PLANT— (See Mimosa Pudica) 



0^^«1 (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) No twining 



^tT^l la V plant in cultivation surpasses this in graceful 

 ^^*****'^'*^ beauty of foliage. Indispensable to florists for 

 table and house decoration. The hard texture of its small glossy 

 green leaves permits the long delicate sprays of foliage to be 

 kept without wilting sevei'al days after being cut. 



Planted in spring it makes a fine pot plant for fall and winter. 

 The seed germinates very slowly. The process may be hastened 

 some\A'hat by soaking the seed in hot water for ten hours be- 

 fore planting, but even then it is often six or eight weeks be- 

 fore the plants make their appearance. Tender perennial 

 climber, ten feet high. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



^1 •■ {Antirrhinum) (Large 



*^-Mra j-> mri. .i^l ■— ri. JVJ-t-Tfc. Flowering) This border 

 OOfiLDQlCLS^Oll and bedding plant of long 



■*^*^^^£^^^* ^^O blooming season is now 



one of the best perennials suitable for flowering as an annual. 

 The long showy spikes of curiously shaped tubular flowers with 

 spreading lobes and finely marked throats are fragrant as well as 

 brifliantly colored. They are very desirable for cutting as the 

 spikes of' bloom are borne well above the dark glossy leaves and 

 keep fresh for a long time. 



For blooms the first season outdoors, sow seed very early 

 under glass and transplant to open border as soon as the ground 

 is warm and dry, in rich loamy soil in a simny situation, setting 

 one foot ap.^.rt each way and giving them plenty of water; or sow 

 seed in August or September and cover plants with a mulch on 

 approach of cold weather. These fall-sown plants may be trans- 

 planted into pots and flowered in the house, and in this case give 

 them the same temperature and treatment as geraniums and 

 carnations. Tender perennial, often treated as annual or 

 biennial; one and one-half to two feet high. 



Majus album. Pure white, light yellow throat Pkt. 10c. 



Majus brilliant. Grimson and yellow, white throat " 10c. 



Majus Delila. Reddish-violet, white throat " 10c. 



Fine Mixed. An extra fine mixture including all the best colors. 

 Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



