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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Centaurea 



Chrysanthemum 



These well known flowers are among the most attractive and graceful of the old fashioned 

 garden annuals. They are of easy culture but will amply repay any care or attention given them. 

 Sow seed in early spring and transplant to open ground or sow in open ground as soon as the 

 ■weather is warm and settled. Cover seed about one-fourth inch deep; thin to three or four inches apart. Fine for bedding or 

 borders. The young plants are very sensitive to wet, and care should be taken to prevent water standing on the leaves. 



Cyanus { Bachelor's Bulton, Corn Flower) 



Also known as "blue bottle" and "ragged sailor." If seed is sown as early in the spring as the ground is fit they will produce 

 a profusion of flowers of attractive colors from July until late in the fall. The flowers should be kept picked so as to prevent 

 the plants exhausting themselves by seeding. HeiKht about 2 feet. 



Cyanus Single Mixed. Oz. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Blue " 10c. Cyranus Double White Pkt. 10c. 



Rose " 10c. " " Mixed. Oz. 40c " lOc 



Imperialis {Sweet Sultan) 

 This class produces large, very double, finely laciniated flowers of graceful form and delicii)us fragrance. They are very 

 desirable for cut flowers and will often last for over a week when placed in water. They should be cut before the blossoms are 

 fully opened. Plants 2% to 3 feet high. 



Imperialis Amaranth Red. Oz. Sl.OO Pkt. 10c Imperialis Rose. Oz. 75c Pkt. 10c. 



Lavender. Oz. 75c " 10c. " White. Oz. 75c " 10c. 



Purple. Oz. 75c " 10c. " Mixed. Oz. 60c " 10c. 



Suaveolens (Yellow Sweet Sultan). Oz. 75c '. '* 10c. 



Vturiety Cultivated for Foliage 



Seed should be sown.under glass and the young plants grown in pots or boxes until settled warm weather, when they may 

 be set about one foot apart where wanted for borders or bedding. In southern latitudes seed may also be sown outdoors in fall. 

 Gymnocarpa. This is also called Dusty Miller. Valuable because of its finely cut silvery gray foliage and graceful drooping 



habit of growth. Half hardy perennial: one and one-half to two feet high Pkt. 10c. 



These outdoor "summer Chrysanthemums" are showy and effective for bedding or 

 borders in the garden and desirable for cut flowers. Plants become more bushy 

 and shapely if pinched back in early gro\rth and the practice of disbudding will 

 result in much larger flowers. These annuals are not the winter flowering sorts sold by florists and which are propagated 

 only by division of roots. 



Early Blooming Garden Sorts 

 Seed may be sown in the open ground after danger of frost is over and the seedlings thinned eight or ten inches apart, but 

 the best results come from sowing under coyer early in Jlay, and transplanting the young plants to open border. Height one 

 and one-half to two feet. 



Evening Star iHeilos) Golden yellow petals dark yellow center Pkt. 10c. 



White Gloria. Clear white petals dark disc .. " 10c. 



Carinatum Eclipse ( Tricolor) Large single flowers of golden yellow with a dark brown disc " 10c. 



Carinatum Mixed Colors range from deep yellow to creamy white. Petals ringed or centered with striking markings of 



scarlet or maroon Pkt. 10c. 



Coronarium, double white. Very double white flowers, with petals reflexed and imbricated " 10c. 



Coronarium, double yellow. Rich golden yellou double flowers, about one inch across: abundantly produced " 10c. 



Coronarium Mixed. -A. choice mixture of several shades and colors. Oz, .50c " 10c. 



Mixed. The choicest Carinatum and Coronarium varieties, both single and double. Oz. 40c " 10c. 



Cheiranthus Allioni. |&\w 



ten inches high producing a profusion of brilliant orange 

 flower spikes. A biennial which usually blooms the first 

 year. Start seed indoors when possible or sow in the 

 open as soon as the weather permits. Oz. 75c .Pkt. 10c. 

 CHEIRANTHUS CHEIRI— (i^ee Wallflower) 



Cinerarias are easily 



grown f I'om seed in the 



greenhouse. The large 



heads of brilliant daisy- 

 like flowers of many colors, usually sharply margined 

 and with dark eye," are very desirable in pots. The 

 plants are often as broad as high and the velvety leaves 

 are shawled on the imder side. Sow preferably early in 

 fall. They thrive best in a mixture of loam and peat. 

 Perennial, usually one to two feet high. 

 Hybrida, choicest mixed. Large flowering Pkt. 25c. 



|'lj»»»l»-|»« Beautiful hardy annuals with rose 

 Vi^ldl IVia colored, white and purple flowers, in 

 delicate but very brilliant shades. The plants are about 

 one and one-half to two feet high and are profuse 

 bloomers. Sow in light, warm soil, as early in the spring 

 as the ground can be worked, or if planted in August they 

 •will bloom the following summer. DoubleMixed.Pkt. 10c. 



Cobaea Scandens \S^':,t^^^^ 



handsome dark green foliage, bearing on graceful stems 

 large, bell-shaped flowers, green at first but rapidly 

 changing to a beautiful deep violet-blue. A wire netting 

 trellis or support for the many green tendrils to fasten 

 upon is preferable to cords or smooth wire. A well 

 established plant will run about thirty feet in a season. 

 For best results start indoors early in spring in rather 

 dry soil and set out the young plants after danger of 



frost is past. Tender perennial. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



COCKSCOMB— (See Celoisa) 



COIX LACHRYMA— (See Job's Tears) 



Cineraria 



Coleus 



Magnificent ornamental foliage 

 plants for house or garden cul- 

 ture. The leaves are of many 

 shapes, and the shades and colors 

 are of remarkable beauty. Sow in shallow pots in rich 

 light soil. Cover the seed lightly with earth and keep 

 the plants in an even moist temperature. Transplant to 

 tlie open ground in bed or border as soon as danger of 

 frost is over, and in a shady sheltered situation. For 

 house plants seed may be sown indoors in fall. Tender 

 perennial; plants about one to two feet high. 

 Large Leaved Mixed. Rich, velvety leaves of large 

 si/.e. Plants of exceedin.g beauty Pkt. 25c. 



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