D. M. Ferry &. Go's Descriptive Catalogue. 



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SEXSIXIVE I»I^AT*JX-f?Iimosa). 



An interesting 

 and curious 

 plant, with 

 globular heads 

 of pink flowers, 

 well known for 

 the extreme ir- 

 ritability of its 

 leaves and foot 

 stalk?;, which 

 close and droop 

 at the slightest 

 touch, or in 

 cloudy, damp 

 weather, and 

 during the 

 night. The 

 plant is most 

 irritable in the 

 Sensitive Plant. prejitest heat, 



and if the upper branches be touched and droop, touch- 

 ing the lower ones, the whole plant will api>ear as if 

 wilted and dying. Start in hot-beds, or pots, and tran<i- 



SAI^VIA. 



The Salvia, or Flowering Sa.:,'c, is a very ornamental* 

 plant, flowering in spikes of fiery red, crimson and blue, 

 and continues in blos>om,in open ground till frost,when 

 the plants can be removed to ilie green-house and will 

 continue in bloom a long time. Start the plants in hot- 

 bed, and transplant into light, rich soil, about one foot 

 apart. Tender annual ; one to five feet high. 

 Salvia, splendens compacta, the finest salvia 

 grown, being literally covered with blossoms ; 



grows well from cuttings 15 



' Roemeriana, deep crimson; beautiful; one foot. 10 

 " patens, one of the brightest and purest of all 

 blue flowered plants, and holds a pre-eminent 

 position , 20 



SAZXVIXAI.IA. 



Very pretty, dwarf, trailing plants, excellent for rock 

 work, borders or edging of beds. It is so completely 

 covered with flowers as to nearly hide the foliage. The 

 flowers are double, and of a brilliant golden yellow, re- 

 sembling a miniature doub e zinnia in form. Single va- 

 rieties are not worth cultivating. Sow where required, 

 in open ground, in spring, and thin to six inches apart; 

 the plants will then cover the ground. Hardy annual ; 

 six inches high. 

 Sanvitalia. Procumbens, f». pi 10 



SCABIOVS — '.See Mourning Bride). 



SCAHI^EX KI.AX— ^See Linum). 



SHDV9I. 



A species of 

 1 o w, succulent 

 plants, some of 

 which are re- 

 markably pret- 

 ty; grow readily 

 upon stones, 

 rock.s, walls and 

 roofs of houses; 

 are admirably 

 adapted for the 

 center of hang- 

 ing baskets. 



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 Sedum. 



Sedum, CEeruleum, the common blue sedum. fre- 

 quently known as Blue Stonecrop. Hardy 

 annual ; six inches high 10 



-r^x. 



plant into a warm situation, six inches apart. Tender 



annual ; two feet high. 



Mimosa, pudica 5 



s^nii^AX. 



No climbing plant in cultivation surpasses this for 

 graceful beauty of its foliage. In cut flowers, and for 

 wreaths, etc , it is indispen- 

 sable to florists. Its hard 

 texture enables it to be kept 

 several days after being cut, 

 without wilting. Nothing 

 is finer for clothing statu- 

 ettes, vases, etc. Soak the 

 seed in warm water twelve 

 hours, and plant in pots, in 

 hot-bed or green-house, in 

 February, and keep in a 

 warm, moist place. One 

 plant in a two-inch pot is 

 enough. After they have 

 completed their growth, and 

 the foliage begins to turn 

 yellow, turn the pots on 

 their sides and withold water 

 till August, when the little 

 bulb vhich has formed, can 

 be repotted in good, rich earth, and watered freely, and 

 it will grow all winter. The seed germinates very slowly. 

 Tender perennial climber ; ten feet high. 



Smilax, Myrsiphyllum asparagoides 15 



S3JAI»IlRAGO:^ AntirrfiiTTim). 



T h e S n a p- 

 dragon is an old 

 favorite border 

 plant, with 

 dark and glos- 

 sy leaves, and 

 large, curiously 

 shai>ed flowers 

 with fi n ely 

 marked throats. 

 They have been 

 much improved 

 by careful sa- 

 le c t i o n, and 

 now are realK' 

 magnificent 

 flowers. They 

 blossom thei 

 first season 

 from seed sown 

 in sprmg, but 

 the blossoms wil 

 Succeeds best in dry, loamy 

 two feet high. 

 Antirrhinum majus album, pure white 5 



" majus brilliant, crimson, white throat 5 



" ** Delila, white throat 5 



"■ fine mixed, all the best colors 5 



SOEA^iUM. 



A class of beautiful ornamental, fruit bearing plants. 

 They are useful for conservatory decoration, and pre- 

 sent a beautiful appearance in the drawing room. Most 

 of the varieties are half-hardy perennial shrubs, and 

 can be planted out when danger of frost is over. The 

 foliage is beautiful, but the fruit is the chief attraction, 

 being very beautiful in appearance, but not edible. 

 Solanum, pseudo capsicum, covered with a profu- 

 sion of miniatiirf , peppershaped, scarlet fruit 10 



" hybridum compactum, large orange-scarlet 

 berries, produced abundantly. Klegant for 

 iioiise or green-hr.iisp derorationduringwinter i j 



Snapdragon. 



be much stronger the second season, 

 soil. Tender p>erennial ; 



