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



clusters of lilac flowers which continue to open in suc- 

 cession for a long t-'me lead the plant a tropical aspect, 

 and make it one of the most valuable ornamental foli- 

 age plants for garden and lawn decoration. Seeds, if 

 sown early in spring, in hot-bed, will produce large 

 plants by middle of summer. 



"Wigandia, caracasana 25 



1VISXAR.IA. 



One of the most beautiful 

 and rapid growing of hardy 

 climbers, growing, when well 

 (established, in good soil, from 

 fifteen to twenty-five feet in 

 a season. Frequently blooms 

 both in spring and fall ; the 

 pale blue, pea shaped flowers 

 are borne in long, droof>ing 

 clusters similar in size and 

 shape to a bunch of grapes. 

 It thrives best in a light, rich 

 soil, and should be trained 

 against a south wall or veran- 

 da. Seeds should be sown in 

 mellow loam early in the 

 spring; if a green-house or 

 hot-bed is available, start in winter, and when plants 

 are a foot high, transplant into situations where they 

 are to remain. 



Wistaria, mag-nifica 20 



JKKR-AWPXHEMUM. 

 Of neat, compact habit, free flowering, and of the 

 easiest cultivation. The leaves are covered with a sil- 

 very down, and the flowers are pure white, deep purple 

 and yellow, single and double. If gathered before fully 

 opened, and dried in the shade, they will retain their 

 beauty for years. They make fine winter bouquets 

 alone or mixed with grasses. Sow in spring, and thin 

 to one foot apart. Hardy annual ; one foot high. 



Xeranthemum, mixed 10 



ZUA ]M[Al25E:-(Striped Japanese 



Corn). 

 An ornamental foliage plant, of much beauty. It is a 

 species of corn, witli laiire foliage, the leaves being beau- 



Wistaria. 



Zea Maize 

 tifiilly striped with white and green. Half-hardy an- 

 nual, from Japan; six feet high. 



Zea Japonica, fol. variegatis, striped foliage 5 



25I1V1SIA. 

 A very showy plant, with large, double flowers, which 

 when fully expanded, form hemispherical heads, become 

 densely imbricated, and might easily be mistaken for 



.innia. 



dwarf dahlias. 

 The colors run 

 through all the 

 shades of car- 

 mine, lilac, 

 scarlet, 'purple, 

 crimson, yel- 

 low, to pure 

 white. If any 

 single blossoms 

 appear, they 

 should be at 

 once pulled up. 

 Sow the seed 

 early inspringi 

 in open ground 

 and transplant 

 to one and a half feet apart, in good, rich soil, or start 

 under glass for early blooming. Half-hardy annual; one 

 and a half feet high. 



Bjy care/til selection and several years' cnltivation^ 

 the Eiiropean Jlorists have obtained the following 

 distinct varieties of this valuable plant. The seeds 

 ive ojfer catt be entirely relied uJ>on to reproduce the 

 different colors^ almost without sporting. 



Zinnia, double carmine 10 



'' " scarlet 10 



" " purple 10 



" crimson 10 



" orange 10 



" lilac 10 



'* " deep scarlet 10 



" " deep purple 10 



alba plenissima, pure white. . ...10 



" choice mixed, very fine 10 



'' miiced 5 



" elegans plenissima. Emperor Francis 

 Joseph, a new, extra double variety of supe- 

 rior quality; deep purple upon orange ground; 



beautiful 10 



Haageana fl. pi., a perfectly double variety, 

 of deep orange color, finely margined with 

 bright golden yellow; beautifully imbricated, 



representing a depressed globular cone 10 



" Darwini, fl. pi., a distinct class of zinnias of 

 most beautiful form and every conceivable 

 shade of color. There are four classes known 

 as nana compacta, major; pyramidalis and 

 vitata^ about twelve colors in each class. 

 The seed we offer comprises a mixture of all 

 the above classes 



Double Zinnia, 



