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M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



Cineraria 



Cinerarias are easily grown from 

 seed, require little heat, are free 

 blooming and give brilliant flowers 



in a variety of colors. Greenhouse perennials which can be 



planted out in summer. They thrive best in a mixture of 



loam and peat. One to two feet high. 



Marltima candidissima [Dusty Miller) Cultivated for its 

 handsome, silvery white foliage; very ornamental as 

 decorative pot plant, or for bedding purposes. ..Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida, choicest mixed. From best large flowering 

 sorts Pkt. »5c. 



Hybrida, flore pleno, mixed. The flowei's are perfectly and 

 evenly double and in great variety of colors — Pkt. 3oc. 



Hybrida, very dwarf. Large flowered, growing only eight 

 inches high. Blooms profusely; many colors; de- 

 sirable Pkt. 35c 



Hybrida, single dwarf white. This is perhaps the finest sort 

 among Cinerarias. The plant is about one and one-half 

 feet high and covered with large, beautiful, white flowers 

 having purplish centers. An abundant bloomer in early 

 spring and excellent for Easter decoration Pkt. 25c. 



r^larlria I^^autiful, hardy annuals from California, 



V.^iartvio. with rose-colored, white and purple flowers, 



in delicate but very brilliant shades. The plants are about 



eighteen inches high and profuse bloomers. Mixed 



Double Pkt. 5c. 



(^lAmafi« "^^'^^^ known and universally admired 

 Vxic;ilia.Lld climbers, some of the varieties being re- 

 markable for the size and beauty of their blossoms and 

 others for their gracefulness. Fine for covering arbors, 

 verandas, etc.. as they cling readily to almost any object. 

 Most of the kinds are hardy, herbaceous perennials, but 

 some Uttle protection in northern latitudes through 

 winter is advised. The roots should be given plenty of 

 water during dry weather to ensure free blooming, the 

 plants being quickly injured if allowed to become very 

 dry. 



Virginiana {Virgin's Bower) A rapid climber, growing 

 twenty feet in a single season. The blossoms are small, 

 white and in large clusters Pkt. 10c. 



Flammula. A slender but vigorous climber, from ten to 

 fifteen feet high, with clusters of small, white, fragrant 

 flowers in August and September. Known as Sweet 

 Virgin's Bower Pkt. 5c. 



Mixed. Extra choice, large flowering varieties with beau- 

 tiful clusters of purple and white flowers Pkt. 10c. 



{Glory Pea) A green- 

 house plant bearing 

 clusters of very curiously shaped and brilliantly colored 

 large flowers, intense scarlet with black cente'r. These 

 plants do not bear transplanting and should be kept rather 

 dry , Pkt. 30c. 



Clianthus Dampieri 



PnV»a ^a ^r a n rl *»n c -^ ^^® ^^P^^ growing chmber 

 \.^UDa.ea OCanaenS ^Ith handsome foliage and 

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

 changing to a beautiful deep violet-blue. A well estab- 

 lished plant will run about thirty feet in a season, cover- 

 ing a large veranda with handsome foliage and beautiful 

 flowers. Tender perennial Pkt. 5c. 



COCKSCOMB— (See Celosia) 



COIX LACHRYMA— (.S'ee Job's Tears) 



Cosmos 



Columbine 



Cineraria Hybrida 



^^ 1 Probably the best known and most popu- 



l^Ql^ll C lar of ornamental foliage plants. Leaves 



^^^'*^^***' are of many shades of color and have a 

 rich velvety appearance of extraordinary beauty. No 

 la-^^Ti should be without these decorative plants. Tender 

 perennial. 



Finest Hybrids, Mixed. Extra choice Pkt. 35c. 



Large Leaved Mixed. Extra choice, certain to produce 

 plants of exceeding beauty Pkt. 35c. 



Large Leaved, Copper Colored. This coleus is very de- 

 sirable and is worthy of a prominent place in either green 

 house or garden. Leaves are very large and plants grow 

 about two feet high. Fohage beautifully variegated in 

 shades of rich red, bronze and copper color and quite 



distinct Pkt. 35c. 



(Aquilegia) Every well regu- 

 lated garden has a space devot- 

 ed to hardy perennials and no 

 bed of perennials would be complete without a due pro- 

 portion of columbines. They are of the easiest culture and 

 when once established will furnish for many years a mag- 

 nificent display of the handsomest flowers each spring 

 and summer. The beds should be kept clear of weeds 

 and given each year a dressing of well rotted manure. 

 Hardy herbaceous perennials: two to three feet high. 



Coerulea hybrida, double. A vigorous growing, very hand- 

 some variety. Blue and white flowers Pkt. 10c. 



Californica hybrida. One of the handsomest of all colum- 

 bines, having orange, red and yellow flowers. . .Pkt. 10c. 



VervEeneana fol. variegatis. Plants variegated leaved and 

 producing double rose-colored blossoms Pkt. 10c. 



Mixed double. Best and finest colors " 5c. 



(Dicarf Morning Glory) 

 Dwarf plants of trailing 

 branching habit, each covering a space about two feet in 

 diameter. At midday they are completely covered with a 

 mass of pure white and variously colored blossoms which 

 remain open in clear weather until evening. Half hardy 

 annual; one foot high. Mixed Pkt. 5c. 



CONVOLVULUS MAJOR— (See Morning Glory) 



A very effective autumn flowering 

 plant.' Quite hardy and rapid 

 growing, forming bush-like plants 

 five to eight feet high and covered 

 with large, single dahlia-like flowers. Start in this latitude 

 in March and transplant to open ground about June 1. 



Hybrida, Giant White. This variety produces a profusion 

 of large, pure white flowers which being gracefully poised 

 on long stems are useful for decorative purposes. Pkt. 5c. 



Hybrida, Giant Pink Pkt. 5c. 



Hybrida, Giant Mixed " 5c. 



EARLY FLOWERING COSMOS. An early strain sure to 

 bloom before frost, even when started outdoors and will 

 give a great profusion of bloom until late m autumn. 



Early Flowering Dawn. An early flowering strain in which 

 all the flowers are white ' Pkt. 5c. 



Early Flowering, Mixed. Both white and colored 

 flowers Pkt. 5c. 



CUCURBITA— (See Gourd) 



Convolvulus Minor 



Cosmos 



