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D. M. FERRY & COS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



A Portion of the Flower Trials at our Experimental Gardens, Showing Candytuft in Foreground, with Nasturtium, 

 Zinnia, Petunia and Sweet Pea Trials in Background 



FLOWERS 



'ike heautiful is as useful as the usefuV — Hugo 



Descriptive list of best liked kinds with helpful suggestions for growing. 



SUCCESS with flowers as with vegetables depends on good seed, proper soil, favorable weather, and 

 thorough care. 

 The flower seeds we sell are grown with the greatest care, tested to be sure they will grow and 

 thoroughly tried at our Trial Grounds to prove their purity. 



In our opinion our duty does not end with selUng you the best to be had in flower seeds. We feel that 

 you are entitled to the benefit of our seventy years of experience in the growing and handling of flowers. 



The experienced gardener needs no advice and we do not feel competent to advise those whose past 

 successes are proof of their ability, but for those who wish to have on hand for reference a concise and prac- 

 tical guide, we offer in the following pages many tried and proven suggestions for your consideration. We also 

 furnish cultural directions on each package of seed and we urge that you study them carefully. 



Plants are usually divided into three classes, Annuals, Biennials and Perennials. Axinuals are plants 

 which normally live but a single season. Biennials are plants living two years; particularly those which do 

 not bear flowers and fruit until the second season. Perennials tend to live from year to year. 



ALL FLOWER SEEDS SENT POSTPAID ON RECEIPT OF PRICE 



Half ounces will not be supplied of kinds which sell for less than 30 cents per ounce. 



A _„__IJ_* ,__ (Everlasting) A very pretty, half hardy annual producing white and rose colored, double daisy-like 

 '^*'» "*'»»*** ^"* flowers, about one and one-half inches in diameter. Each flower-head is borne singly on a very long stem; 

 leaves small, narrow, alternate. These are "Immortelles" so desirable for wxeaths and winter bouquets. 



Sow the seed in open ground early in spring, preferably in light, well prepared soil, and cover with one-fourth inch of fine 

 soil firmly pressed down. Thin the young plants to four inches apart. Height fifteen inches. 



Album. Pure white. Oz. 3.ic . . PIrt. 10c. 



Roseum. Light rose. Oz. 35c " 10c. 



Mixed. Seeds of the above varieties mixed. Oz. 30c " 10c. 



A , A beautiful, hardy annual of neat bushy habit. The attractive feathery flowers borne in dense clusters 



/\ Of f^l*^ Tl 1 in ^re very useful for bouquets. Very desirable for outdoor bedding and borders, being covered with 

 •* ^5^^* »*fc»*m** bloom nearly all summer. 



Sow outdoors after danger from frost is over; or for earlier blooming start under glass and transplant. Cover the seed 

 with one-eighth to one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. 



Mexicanum. Light blue; about two feet Dwarf Blue. Height ten Inches. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



high. Oz. 40c . Pkt. 10c. Dwarf Mixed. Very desirable for borders 



Dwarf White. Height ten inches . Oz. 50c " 10c, and edgings. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



