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D. M. Ferry & Co'S Descriptive Catalogue. 



Canterbury Bell, double white lo 



'• blue lo 



•' " " mixed, blue and white. . lo 



" '• single, mixed 5 



•' " calycanthema, mixed, one of 



the newer sorts ; flowers large, of fine form, 

 white.lilac, rose and purple. Hardy perennial . 10 



Stately and highly ornamental plant, desirable not 

 ■only for the beauty of its spikes of flowers, but for its 

 ■elegant foliage. The leaves are a rich, deep green, three 

 feet long and six inches wide, very handsome as they 

 unfold themselves. Start the plants in hot-bed in pots, 

 and transplant in June, and blossoms will appear in July 

 or August. Soak the seed thoroughly before planting, 

 and keep in a warm spot. The roots can be kept in the 

 green-house from year to year, and then it becomes 

 perennial. Tender annual in open ground ; four to six 

 feet high. 



Canna, Indica (Indian Shot), scarlet blossoms 10 



'■ gaboniensis, yellow flowers ; fine 15 



" nigricans, orange blossoms 15 



" Warszewiczii, bright red flowers; striped foli- 



acre ; \-ery beautiful ; four varieties mixed . .10 

 CARDIOSPHR-MUIfl -(See Balloon Vine). 

 •C A r:n AXIOMS and PICOXHE— (Oi- 

 atitlius Caryopliyllus). 



No flower can surpass 



in delicacy of marking, 



<^f£.., ■^^.•y^a^S form, or delicious fra- 



■l isC '«^ig'*^*;>)Wr''^^B'^^ grance, the rich hued 

 ' ^ Carnation. It has 

 %Z?^^]^S^\;^^^^^^^3 7 always been one of the 

 most esteemed of the 

 florist's collection, and 

 there is no flower more 

 desirable for the gar- 

 den. The seed will not 

 produce all double 

 flowers, though a good 

 percentage will be 

 double, and of all shades 

 and colors, many being 

 very fragrant. Sow 

 under glass in green- 

 house or hot-bed, and 



Extra Fine Double Picotee. when of sufficient size, 



transplant two feet apart each way. New and choice 

 varieties are obtained from seed. Half-hardy peren- 

 nial ; one and a half feet high. 



■Carnation, fine double selves, one color 15 



■■ fine double striped 2c 



■■ double dwarf, early -flowered ....20 



'• perpetual flowered, seed saved from 



choicest double flowers 25 



" choicest white ground 50 



" Italian 50 



" German 50 



' double Grenadin, a splendid variety for flor- 

 ists ; very early, charming double scarlet flow- 

 ers. Exceedingly valuable for making bou- 

 quets, as the color is so brilliant as to render 



it very conspicuous .... 25 



•' extra fine mixed double Picotee 25 



" extra choice double mixed, seed saved from 

 the choicest French^ Gervtan, Italian^ and 

 English stocks. A large proportion of this 

 seed will produce double flowers, and will be 



appreciated by the florist 25 



■*' double mixed, good seed producing many dou- 

 ble flowers of all shades and colors, many be- 

 ing very fragrant 10 



CASTOR BEAI*^— (Iticiiiusj. 



Tall majestic plants for lawns, with leaves of glossy 

 green, brown, or bronzed metallic hue, and long spikes 

 of prickly capsules of scarlet and green. An elegant 

 plant for a lawn, and of very quick growth in rich soil. 

 Plant in hot-bed, and transplant when three leaves have 

 formed, or plant where they are required. Tender an- 

 nual ; eight to ten feet high. 



Castor Bean. 



Ricinus, sanguineus, splendid red fruit in clusters ; 



blood red stalks . . 10 



" tricolor, leaves spotted 10 



" giganteus, leaves of large size, richly veined 



and marbled ; ten feet high lO 



" communis major (Palma Christi), the com- 

 mon Castor Oil Bean 5 



'■ mixed 10 



CA'rA]MA:NCHE. 



A plant from the south of Europe. The flowers are 

 white with a violet center, and blue with purple center, 

 quite double, somewhat resembling a pink, and extreme- 

 ly showy. It will blossom more freely in light, well 

 drained soil ; will begin to bloom in July or August 

 from seed sown in April. Hardy perennial ; one and a 

 half to two feet high. 



Catananche, coerulea, blue, purple center 5 



" bicolor, white, violet center 5 



" mixed 5 



CAXCHKI^Y— (Silene). 



An easy growing, free flowering plant, producing 

 dense umbels of white, red and rose pink-like blossoms. 

 The plant is covered with a glutinous moisture, from 

 which flies cannot disengage themselves, hence the name 

 Catchfly. After having been once grown, the seed will 

 sow itself in the ground. Hardy annual; one foot high. 



Silene, armeria, alba, white 5 



" " rubra, red •• 5 



" " rosea, rose 5 



" " mixed 5 



CEDROISEI^I^A. 

 A beautiful, hardy, herbaceous, perennial plant, hav- 

 ing fragrant leaves, and producing long spikes of salvia 

 shaped, crimson blossoms, which remain a long time. 

 Three feet high. 



Cedronella, cana 10 



CHI^ASTRITS— (Climtoingr Bitter- 

 sweet). 



Hardy, deciduous climber, producing yellow blossoms 

 early in the season, and later, ripened fruit, which is 



