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FERRY'S SEEDS 



Viscaria, Rose of Heaven 



VIRGINIAN STOCK [hA-6in.] This was a favorite in gardens 

 in the old days, and modern flower lovers should make use 

 of it more often than they do. It can be sown quite early, 

 and as summer comes on it will provide a pretty, fresh 

 effect as an edging or in a low border. The dwarf plants 

 are Hght green and produce quantities of four-petaled 

 single flowers with a faint perfume. These come in shades 

 of red and white. The plants bloom for many weeks. 

 Mixed Oz. 35c; pkt. 10c 



VISCARIA (Rose of Heaven) (hA-12 in.] Another of the 

 colorful annual flowers which the older generation may 

 recall in gardens when they were yoimg. The neat tufted 

 ; plants with pale green leaves bear on fine stems terminal 

 flowers resembling tiny single wild roses. Throughout the 

 summer they bear a wealth of blossoms in shades of red, 

 white, and blue usuaUy with, darker centers. They are 

 effective in clumps. 

 Mixed Pkt. 10c 



XERANTHEMUM (Everlasting) [hA-18 in.] When winter 

 comes the person who has planted this dainty strawflower 

 may have a lasting remembrance of his garden's summer 

 beauty. The erect plants are graced with silvery foliage and 

 carry on long slender stems double flower heads about 1 }/2 

 inches across. These have one or two rows of ray petals 

 around a dense central tuft of shorter, tubular florets. The 

 exterior ray petals come in shades of white, pink, and 

 purple, while the tufts are usually ivory white. Useful for 

 cutting when fresh, but more desirable for drying. 

 Double Mixed H oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



Yarrow (See Achillea) 



WALLFLOWER [hhB] This branch of the Stock or GiUi- 

 flower family is a great favorite throughout Europe; 

 it should be one of the garden's treasures in the milder 

 sections of this country. In our Northern States even the 

 early varieties may not flower out of doors before frost, but 

 if taken up and potted they will furnish beautiful blooms 

 indoors. In addition to the velvety texture of the flowers, 

 they come in wonderfully rich tones of red, yellow, and 

 brown and are dehciously perfumed. 



Single Earliest [12 in.] Four-petaled single flowers with 

 a sweet fragrance characterize this group. The stocky 

 plants branch near the base and send up quite erect 

 stalks with thick lance-like leaves and rather open floral 

 spikes. 



Belvoir Castle Yellow with a bromi bud. 

 Golden Gem A clear golden yellow flower. 

 Paris Brown Handsome soft light brown coloring. 

 Vulcan Flowers in a rich deep blood-red shade. 

 Each of the above: 34 oz. 40c; pkt. 10c 



Double [20 in.] Many shades of orange, yellow, and mul- 

 berry are to be found in this type of wallflower. Each 

 plant normally produces a single vigorous stalk with 

 drooping dark green leaves and a tapering spike thickly 

 set with double flowers. It makes a fine accent plant in 

 the front of the border. 

 Mixed >^ oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



WHITLAVIA (California Canterbury Bell) [hA-12 in.] 

 This native of California is a blue flowering plant that 

 does well everywhere, and it should be growTi more 

 generally. The leaves which are heart-shaped and toothed 

 form a dense group above wliich rise delicate hairy stalks 

 with curving sprays of flowers at the top. The blossoms 

 are Uttle bells, their flat, five-lobed margins of violet- 

 blue intensified by their clear white interiors. Each 

 flower soon fades, but the continued succession of bloom 

 keeps the plant in color for many weeks. 

 Gloxinoides Blue J4 oz. 40c; pkt. 10c 



Wind Flower (See Anemone) 



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