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D. M. Ferry 6l Co'S Descriptive Catalogue. 



baskets. Requires light, rich soil. Halt-hardy annual; 



one-half foot high. 



Brachycome, iberidifolia, blue lo 



" alba-flora, white lo 



" mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed lo 



BR.I^A -(Omamental Orass). 



Very useful ornamental grass, much sought for in 

 forming winter bouquets and wreaths; one foot high. 

 Briza, maxima, large ; attractive 5 



■' gracilis, slender ; dwarf 5 



BRO'^VAI^I^IA. 



Handsome, profuse blooming plants, covered with 

 pretty blue and white blossoms throughout the whole 

 summer. Sow in hot-bed and transplant to border in 

 June, one foot apart. The plants are quite minute 

 when they first come up, and should be protected from 

 the hot sun, or they will be destroyed. Half-hardy an- 

 nual : one and a half feet high. 



Browallia. 



Bro^vallia, elata, Roezlii, this variety makes a com- 

 pact plant eighteen inches high, and pro- 

 duces pure white and blue flowers of twice 



the size of the older sorts 15 



*' data, fine mixed 10 



BRYOI^OPSIS. 

 An ornamental climber of the gourd family, bearing 

 green fruits, which change in color as the season ad- 

 vances, to bright scarlet striped with white. Very 

 handsome, and of rapid growth. Tender annual climb- 

 er ; ten feet high. 



Bryonopsis, laciniosa erythrocarpa 5 



CACAl,IA-(See Tassel Flower). 



cai^a:ndi«.i:nia. 



Fine, dwarf plants for growing in masses, having 

 fleshy leaves and succulent stems like the portulaca, 

 and producing an abundance of blossoms, which, when 

 fully expanded, make a beautiful appearance, and suit- 

 able for edgings, rockeries, and clumps; in bloom a 

 long time. The seed should be sown in hot-bed, early 

 in spring, and planted out in June, in rich, sandy loam, 

 in masses. Tender annual, but perennial if protected 

 in winter ; one-half to one foot high. 

 Calandrinia, grandiflora, rosy lilac 5 



" umbellata, crimson 5 



CAI^AMI»EI^IS. 



A beautiful, tender climber from Chili, with delicate 

 foliage, and bright orange blossoms in racemes, freely 

 produced late in the season. The plants should be 

 started early in hot-bed, and potted when five leaves 



have formed, and planted out in June. Tender per- 

 ennial, fifteen feet high. 

 Calampelis, {£ccrer//ocar/!{s), scaher 10 



CAI^CEOI^AK-IA. 



A favorite and 

 universally admired 

 genus, remarkable 

 for their large, beau- 

 tifully spotted blos- 

 soms, which are very 

 showy, and from 

 which an almost 

 countless number of 

 hybrids have been 

 raised. They are 

 perennial, are grown 

 in pots in the conser- 

 vatory, green-house, 

 and garden ; but few 

 flowers are held in 

 greater esteem. They 

 prefer a turfy loam, 

 a mixture of peat and 

 Calampelis, Scaber. sand, or a rich open 



garden mold, and are propagated from seed or cuttings. 

 Some of them are herbaceous perennials, others shrubby 

 evergreens. 



Calceloaria, hybrida grandiflora, flowers of im- 

 mense size ; seed saved from finest specimens. 



Very choice 25 



" hybrida tigrina, flowers of the largest dimen- 

 sions; beautifully maculated or spotted. Seed 



saved from choicest collection 25 



" rugosa, bedding variety; shrubby; grown in 

 and out of doors. Mixed seed, saved from the 



Ji7iest shrubby sorts only 25 



" hybrida pumila compacta tigrina, a 7ieiv 

 very dwarf variety, only ten inches high, and 

 of compact growth. Flowers oi/ine /orin and 

 bearttiful color: desirable for contrast with 



taller sorts 25 



" finest hybrids mixed, seed saved only from 

 the most perfect flo'ivers, embracing many of 

 recent introduction ; all desirable 25 



Calceolaria. 



CAI^HI«DI.TI^A-(See Marigold). 

 CAI.I.A. 



., An old and very desirable plant, either as an aquatic 

 or for the ornamentation of the drawing room and con- 

 servatory. Thrives in any light, rich soil when plenti- 

 fully watered. The seeds, which should be sown in 



