D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH 



Stock 



(Mathiola) The Stocks, though not thriving 

 so well in America as they do in England, 

 are indispensable where a fine display of 

 flowers is wanted and are particularly valued 

 for edgings, bedding and pot culture. To 

 such perfection has selection brought them that good seed will 

 give a large proportion of exceedingly double flowers. The 

 plants grow to an average height of one and one-half feet. 

 Double German Ten Weeks. This favorite summer variety comes 

 into bloom quite early and is excellent for bedding out. The fine 

 blooms are deliciously fragrant and very desirable for cutting. 



Mixed Pkt. 5c. 



Double German Ten Weeks, Pure White. Very useful for floral 



work and bouquets Pkt. 10c. 



The seed we offer of Double Ten Weeks stocks is of a very super- 

 ior quaUty and can be depended upon for excellent results. 



Intermediate or Autumnal Stocks 

 The Intermediate Stocks, if sown at the same time as the Ten 

 Weeks will succeed them in bloom, thus affording flowers contin- 

 uously until late in the fall. If sown in pots late in the summer 

 the plants will come into bloom the following spring. 



Intermediate White Pkt. 15c. 



Intermediate Scarlet '* 15c. 



Brompton and Emperor Stocks 

 These Stocks come readily from seed and should have the same 

 treatment as the Intermediate. They require a longer period of 

 time to grow and cannot endure our winters unless protected. 

 Brompton, mixed. Bushy plants, blooming well in winter and pro- 

 ducing a fine display of flowers; half hardy biennial — Pkt. 10c. 

 Emperor, or Perpetual, mixed. The fine spikes of bloom are rich 



and attractive. Tender perennial Pkt. 10c. 



Early Flowering Brompton. 

 (For varieties of these 

 splendid novelties 

 supplement, page 2) 



Stock 



Ql-lloniivvi Pseudo Capsicum Nanum. Orna- 

 ^^*^*'''***** mental fruit bearing plants, use- 

 ful for conservatory or drawing room decoration. 

 The foliage is handsome and contrasts finely with 

 the miniature, round, scarlet fruit with which the 

 plant is covered. Tender perennial; about one and 

 one-half feet high Pkt. 10c. 



STIPA PEN NAT A— (-See Feather Grass) 



Sunflower 



{Hel i an thus) 

 These stately, old 

 fashioned fiowers 

 with the newer 

 Improved varieties are coming into special favor 

 as a background for lawns and in front of high 

 fences. Valuable also as a screen to hide un- 

 sightly places and sometimes used to mitigate the 

 evil of adjacent swamp holes. Hardy annual. 

 Sunfiowers grow readily in almost any soil but do 

 best on light, rich limestone or alluvial land well 

 supplied with moisture and not shaded by trees 

 or buildings. 



Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. A tall plant 

 growing seven feet high and blooming profusely 

 all summer. Flowers are double, large, round, 

 and resemble chrysanthemums. The color is 

 a splendid, rich, golden- yellow, quite free from 

 any black center Pkt. 5c. 



Globosus Fistulosus. {Globe or Dahlia Sunflower) 

 Produces very large, exceedingly double fiowers 

 of bright yellow color; plants about five feet 



high Pkt. 5c. 



Stella. The plant of this fine variety is well branched and bushy and attains 

 a height of about three feet. The flowers are an unusually pure golden 

 yellow with black discs and are borne on long stems well above the foliage. 

 They come into, bloom very early and are produced in abundance through- 

 out the season. The graceful habit of growth, convenient size and splen- 

 did lasting quahties make this a useful and favorite variety for cutting and 

 in extensive decorative work, (^ee colored plate, page 65) Pkt. 5c. 



