D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. gg 
= = Procumbens, Double—Very pretty, dwarf, trailing plants; 
Sa n V i fa li a excellent for rock work, borders or edging of beds. It is so 
completely covered with flowers as to nearly hide the 
foliage. Double flowers of a brilliant golden yellow, resembling a miniature double Zinnia. 
Hardy annual; six inches high..Pkt. 5cts 
=" (Mimosa pudica). An in- 
Sensitive Plant Ptatiey and curious 
plant, with globular heads of pink flowers, well known 
for the extreme irritability of its leaves and foot stalks, 
which close and droop at the slightest touch, or in 
cloudy, damp weather, and during the night. 
Tender annual; height one anda half feet. 
Pkt. 5cts 
7 No twining plant in cultivation sur- 
Smilax passes this for the graceful beauty 
of its foliage. Indispensable to florists; its hard 
texture enables it to be kept several days after 
being cut without wilting. The seed germinates 
very slowly. The process may be hastened some- 
what by soaking the seed in hot water for ten 
hours before planting, but even then it is often{ 
six to eight weeks before the plants make their 
appearance. Tender perennial climber; ten feet 
HIGH Fas LAE Pee cane athe <i tore oe Pkt. 5cts 
SCABIOSA—(See Mourning Bride). SCARLET FLAX—(CSee Linwiiz). 
SNAPDRAGON., 
(Antirrhinum). An old 
na d ra on border plant with dark and 
glossy leaves and long 
spikes of curiously shaped, brilliantly colored flowers, with 
finely marked throats. They have been much improved of late 
years by careful selection. They blossom the first season from seed 
sown in spring. Tender perennial; one and a half to two feet high. 
Majus Album, pure white, tinged with yellow in the throat.Pkt. 5cts 
Maius Brilliant, crimson, with yellow and white throat.....  ,Oets 
Majus Delila, brilliant crimson, with white throat ........ ae" bets 
Fine Mixed, all the best colors....... Bo: OP arr ee “ Scts 
The Stocks as now grown are indispensable 
: foc k where a fine display of flowers is wanted. To 
such perfection has selection brought them 
that good seed will give a large proportion of flowers as dou- 
ble and as large as the named sorts grown from cuttings. 
Double German Ten Weeks, mixed......... eto: Ge date Kts OCIS 
wine 5 ss = pure. white... 2:: Sa.é25=- eae * 10cts 
INTERMEDIATE OR AUTUMNAL : 
STOCKS. 
The Intermediate Stocks, if sown at 
the same time as the “Ten Weeks,” 
will succeed them in bloom, thus afford- 
ing flowers continuously until late in the & 
fall. If sown in pots late in the summer, 
they will bloom the following spring. 
Intermediate, white............. Pkt. 15cts 
cf scatlet..25:2 2.65-: “ 15cts 
BROMPTON AND EMPEROR STOCKS 
These Stocks should have the same treatment 
2 - asthe ‘Intermediate.’> They cannot endure our 
—— winters unless protected. 
SUNFLOWER STELLA. Brompton, Mixed, blooms well in winter. 
Half hardy biennial; one and a half feet 
SU N FLOWE R Biche ade tas shops seks: Pkt. 10cts San 
Emperor, or Pecpetsal mixed. the fine BB} 
; 1 spikes of bloom are rich and attractive. . 
Adapted by its stately growth for a Tender perennial; one and a half feet 
background to a lawn, or a screen to hide : 5 
ncieitly placed. Hardy annual. Tet. onic Seduss.loee® os ga <a to Pkt. 15cts STOCKS. 
Globosus Fistulosus, produces very Pseudo Capsicum nanum— Orna- 
large, exceedingly double flowers of SOLANUM mental fruit bearing plants, use- 
bright yellow color; plants about five ful for conservatory or drawing room decora- 
feet high....... Neate Ress Pkt. 5cts tion. The foliage is handsome and contrasts 
Sanita ssiane a atone ero wt finely with the miniature round, scarlet fruit, 
eh py variety sate ae on with which the plant is covered. Tender peren- 
high: the stalks are sometimes nial; about one and a half feet high. Pkt. 10cts 
used forifuel 9.2 Pkt. 5cts STIPA PENNATA-——(See Feather Grass). 
Stella—The plant of this grand SUMMER CYPRESS—(See Belvidere). 
new Sunflower is well branched 
and bushy, and attains a height 
of about three feet. It is cov- 
ered with finely formed flowers, 
which are a three inches 
across, of golden yellow, havin : a 
black dises and ferns ‘on dite (Dianthus Barbatus). 
For display in the garden the Sweet 
William is unsurpassed. The seed can be 
planted very early in the spring, in open 
ground, and will blossom the following 
summer; or it can be sown in August, and 
stems, which rise well 
will make fine blooming plants for spring. 
above the foliage. 
When grown in a 
Hardy perennial; one and a half feet 
high. °* 
sunny situation the 
plants bloom so 
abundantly from seed 
sown in spring that 
Pare white. Wess) a oteugece.. S Pkt. 5cts 
by frost....Pkt. 10cts Black, reddish, velvety black.... ‘“ Sects 
SWAN RIVER DAISY — Pine mixed... 2... -<o-e wee Ncueee “ 8Scts 
(See Bruchycome). SWEET WILLIAM. Mixed Double, many colors.. ... * 10cts 
flowers may be cut 
daily, from early 
summer until killed 
