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FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH 



Feather Grass 



{Stipa pennata) An ornamental grass 

 of much beauty, used in the formation 

 of winter bouquets. Hardy perennial; one foot high Pkt. 5c. 



P<a»*ri« Flowerless plants, too well kno's\-n to need description. 

 £ crild 3Iany of the most beautiful sorts can be propagated 



from seed spores only. Their exceeding grace and beauty will 



well repay all care bestowed upon them. 



Fine Mixed Pkt. 30c. 



Finest species, mixed ♦♦ 25c. 



FEVERFEW— (-See Matricaria and Pyrethruni) 



FrircTrf^f-'Mrfa Nrtf (^^yosotis) A favorite old fashioned 

 A KJi^ci. iTic-l^wt flower, bearing in profusion clusters of 



blue blossoms. It thrives well in the shade or open border. 



Hardy perennial. 

 Alpestris. Plants of compact, bushy habit with finely cut foliage, 



growing six to eight inches high; flowers large, blue" Pkt. 5c. 



Dissitiflora. Deep blue: early blooming; a good border 



plant ... Pkt. 15c. 



vel of Peru) The plants are 

 and each needs three or four 

 its best development. The 

 flowers are funnel shaped, 

 white, red, yellow or 

 striped with th'ese colors, 

 open about four o'clock in 

 the afternoon. remain 

 open all night and gen- 

 erally perish before noon 

 the next day. The abund- 

 ance of new flowers pro- 

 duced daily affords a con- 

 stant succession of fine 

 blooms. The French call 

 it Belle de Xuit. "Beauty 

 of Xight." Grows in any 

 common garden soil. Sow 

 seed in open ground. Hardy 

 annual; two feet high. 



Red Pkt. 5c. 



White " 5c. 



White, Red Striped. " 5c. 



Mixed " 5c. 



Four O'clock ,ig; 



feet of space each way for 



French Honeysuckle 



Grandiflora Qaillardia 





(Hedy- 

 sarum) 



Very handsome, free flowering plants, 



producing racemes of beautiful pea shaped 



flowers: well adapted for borders or rock 



work. Hardy perennial; four feet high. 



Coronarium, Scarlet Pkt. 5c. 



Coronarium, Album,white " 5c. 



Fnr'VlQia There are a great many exceedingly beautiful varieties propa- 

 X Ul^lidio. gated by cuttings, but the plants are easily groT\-n from seed 



and one can depend upon getting fine flowers, some of which are as beautiful 



as the expensive named sorts. Tender perennial. 

 Double, finest mixed Pkt. 35c. 



■ « S1 1 1 1 9 l*ri 1 9 Sho^\y plants, flowering the first year and among the 



Vi^lllttl vim. gayest ornaments of the garden. 



Picta. One foot high; flowers crimson and yellow, petals tubular. Hardy annual: 

 ■\\ith root protection in Avinter is a perennfal .". Pkt. 5c. 



Picta Lorenziana. For general decorative purposes as well as for bouquets, this 

 is invaluable. The gaily colored flowers are abundantly produced from July 

 even until hard freezing weather. Hardy annual; one foot high; -nith root pro- 

 tection in winter is often treated as a "perennial. Sulphur, orange, claret and 

 amaranth mixed Pkt. 5c. 



Grandiflora. Flowers scarlet and orange, single and the largest of the species. 

 Petals flat; excellent for cutting. Hardy perennial Pkt. 5c. 



A free flowering plant of great value for beds and 

 borders. The leaves are fern-like and the num- 

 erous bright yellow, daisy-like flowers are produced on long stenis which rise in 

 mass well above the foliage. Half hardy annual; about eight inches high. Will 



flower in June and July from seed soa\ti "early in spring Pkt. 5c. 



TT* 1 (Digitalis^ Grows to the height of three or four feet, 



r OX^'lOVC affording dense spikes of brilliantly colored flowers which 



* ^^^^^ *^' ^ ^^ are terminal and half as long as height of plant. Colors 



white, lavender and rose. A valuable flower in every perennial garden; does not 



usually blossom until the second j'eai.". Hardy biennial or perennial. 



Ivery 's Spyotted. A fine variety of colors; robust and hardy Pkt. 5c. 



Fine Mixed : " 5c. 



Mammoth Foxglove (Digitalis monstrosa) Remarkably odd and very attractive, 

 each flower spike being surmounted with a very large bell shaped flower. Three 

 to four feet high. Mixed Colors Pkt. 15c. 



^l|-|-y-|l«ll«;| Greenhouse perennial plants producing soft, velvety green 

 ^^*'-''<*'****^* leaves and rich, beautifully colored flowers. The plants are 



delicate and not easily ^vovra, but the flow"ers are of such superb beauty that 



one generally feels amply repaid for the effort. 

 Hybrida, mixed Pkt. 3oc. 



(Everlasting) This is the true 

 "Edelu-eiss ' found on the Alps 

 and highly esteemed by travelers in Switzerland. Flowers star shaped, pure 

 white and' doASTiy. If plucked when on the point of opening and dried in the shade 

 they will retain "their beauty for years. Perennial; one foot high Pkt. 10c. 



Gamolepis Tagetes 



Gnaphalium Leontopodium 



