M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Physalis Francheti 



Pinks 



{Lantern Plant) When well growTi, plants are about 

 two feet high producing from the axis of each leaf 

 one or more large, brilliant red-colored seed pods which in form and color are sug- 

 gestive of a Japanese lantern. These contain bright cheery-like fruit which is 

 occasionally used for making preserves. It gi'ows readily to 

 a fruiting size the first year from seed, in the warmer 



latitudes Pkt. 10c. 



(Dianthus) Hardy and half hardy biennials 



and perennials but nearly all blooming the 



first year from seed; of easy culture. Seeds 



may be sown in the open ground where 



they are to remain but better results are obtained, in the 



north, if plants are started in the house. 



Crimson Belle. Rich, vivid crimson color; flower single and of 



extraordinary size and substance, evenly and finely lacini- 



ated Pkt. 10c. 



Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully marbled and striped 

 with light shades of red upon lighter ground. Border of 



petals finely cut or laciniated Pkt. 10c. 



Vesuvius. A new color in pinks; a light strawberry red, very 

 distinct and sure to attract favorable attention wherever 

 grown. Flowers nearly two inches across with petals deeply 



laciniated. Hardy annual; one foot high Pkt. 15c. 



Royal Pinks (Heddewigi nobilis) These very large, single 

 flowers afford a wide range of colors. Petals deeply cut and 

 fringed and in splendid shades from blood-red to carmine, 



pink and even white Pkt. 10c. 



Heddewig's Single Mixed. Flowers of the best shades and 



beautifully marked Pkt. 5c. 



Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful variety easily cultivated; its 



velvety maroon flowers are very attractive Pkt. 10c. 



Double Dark Purple. An attractive and particularly useful color 

 in pinks. Flowers double, of large size, fine form and suit- 

 able for cutting Pkt. 35c. 



Double Diadem. Very regular, densely double, and all tints from 



crimson purple to deep black-purple Pkt. 5c. 



Double Japan. Rich in hue; very double deep- 

 fringed petals. Mixed Pkt. 5c. 



Double China Mixed. White and dark crimson 



selfs also white tipped light purple and 



shades or red with darker blotch- 



ings Pkt. 5c. 



Heddewig's Double. Flowers very 

 large and double and of various 

 shades of brilliant colors. Pkt. 5c. 

 Snowdrift. Clear white, very double and 

 fully as large as the popular Marguerite 

 Carnation; desirable for cut- 

 ting Pkt. 15c. 



Single Pinks 



Poppy 



Shirley Poppy 



(Papaver) Well known hardy annuals 

 and perennials flowering in great pro- 

 fusion throughout the summer. As 

 early in spring as ground can be worked 

 sow the seed where flowers are to bloom 

 and cover lightly, since if planted too deep the seed will not 

 germinate and the annual varieties do not bear transplanting. 

 To insure a continuous bloom during a long season the flowers 

 should be cut regularly and no seed pods allowed to form. 



Shirley. This magnificent strain of Poppy afl:ords during a 

 long season flowers of the most charmingly delicate shades of 

 colors imaginable, ranging from a pure glistening white 

 through the pinks, reds and scarlets to the deepest crimson, 

 the darker shades frequently being margined with white. Some 

 of the petals are of silky texture, others look like tissue paper, 

 some are plain, some crimped and some wavy. The flowers are 

 exceedingly graceful and airy and lend themselves readily to 

 bouquets which should be cut before the blooms are fully ex- 

 panded; they will then keep fresh in water for several 

 days. Pkt. 5c. 



Tulip Flowered. Produces bright scarlet flowers borne well 

 above the foliage. The petals form a tulip-shaped cup and 

 after a time black spots appear at the base of each petal. 

 Hardy annual, one foot high Pkt. 5c. 



Umbrosum. Very rich vermillion with a shining black spot on 

 each petal; one of the most showy varieties; hardy 

 annual Pkt. 5c. 



Cardinal. This is a very large and very double poppy, each petal 

 being so cut as to give the blossom the appearance of a large 

 ball of brilliant cardinal colored silk. It is certainly one of the 

 finest poppies in cultivation and a worthy companion to our 

 Double , White Fringed Poppy from which it differs only in 

 color Pkt. 5c. 



Carnation, double white " 5c. 



Carnation, double mixed. Large showy, double flowers of various 

 colors, two feet high Pkt. 5c. 



Double White Fringed. This is the finest double white poppy. 

 The plants are about two and one-half feet high, upright grow- 

 ing and so floriferous that a very fine showing is made. The 

 blooms are from three to four inches in diameter, perfectly 

 double, finely fringed and of the purest white Pkt. 5c. 



Bracteatum. Very large, brilliant orange-crimson flowers; 

 perennial Pkt. 5c. 



Orientale. Large, gorgeous scarlet blossoms; base of petals 

 black. One of the most striking and showy garden peren- 

 nials Pkt. 5c. 



Papaver Somniferum, of which the Carnation Poppv is an 

 improved form, is the species used for the extraction of opium. 



