NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES,. D. M 



. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, 



MICH. 



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Mikado Pink Aster 



Mikado Pink Aster 



_ rnquestionablv the finest ?^t-r 

 m bloom at our Experimental Gar- 

 dens last summer. We had in one 

 section of our trial 136 different lot> 

 ot asters and not one was more vi<^- 

 orous m growth, freer from blio-ht 

 or more even in blooming. Plant- 

 about two feet high and branching 

 m habit of growth. Stems from a 

 toot to sixteen inches long, bearing 

 flowers four to five inches in di- 

 ameter. The petals are long, rather 

 flat some of them slightly curved 

 and twisted. The centers of the 

 flowers are very well covered. 

 Color at first nearlv white, chan^r. 

 ing gradually to light rose or rose 

 with lavender tint. A midseason 

 aster unsurpassed in beautv of form 

 and color. {See ait) Pkt. 25c. 



Bush Eschscholtzia 



(Hunnemannia) 



This is not so easilv grown as the 

 ordinary California Poppv which it 

 resembles, but vear after year in our 

 Experimental Gardens 'the Bush 

 Eschscholtzia has attracted more 

 attention and has brought out more 

 enthusiastic comment than any 

 similar flower on our list. The 

 large size and rare puritv of color of 

 the flowers and their coming suc- 

 cessively through a long season of 

 blooming amply repay for anv 

 trouble taken in starting the plants. 

 {See colored plate on back cover) 



Pkt, 5c; Oz. 50c. 



"E. J. Deal" Spencer Sweet Pea 



A firm of prominent English seedsmen 

 specializing in sweet peas has enabled us to 

 offer one of their most attractive sweet pea 

 novelties of the season. This is a mammoth 

 white Spencer with a well defined ba^id of 

 carmine at the edge. Pkt. 25c. 



Recent improvements in sweet peas are so 

 marked as to seem almost incredible to any- 

 one who has not observed the newer varie- 

 ties now obtainable. The Spencer class is 



generally conceded to be the acme of perfection in sweet peas.'Sur lilt Cf' ' "pfnc'rs''^^^^^ pa^|e 's^^indu'd e': 

 the best varieties yet perfected The older grandiflora sweet peas on pa|es 89 and ritilfhave the 



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Th. fin. f A K1 ^'^"^al and Double White Fringed Poppies 



The finest double poppies in cultivation. The flowers are three to four inches in diameter and 



Tter^lr^Tu^i. T^IT ""hT% ^'iy^ ^" ^^-""^ ^' ^^^ ^^-^ ^^-^ -ff-^ - splendfd colo'con rast 

 {^ee colored plate, page 65 and ftirther descr iption, page 84 ) Either variety, Pkt. 5c. 



W.11 ... EXPERIMENTAL GARDENS 



to enioy tTe natmn^r'r-^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ house expecting 



?olLrlL tL maiTLnl'^^^^^^^ ^""^ discriminating people. Each year we spend thousands of 



It m4 us^ndi^t^^^^^^ ?• t^^f^§^5>^"d^ ^"thout planning for a dollar of direct income from them, 

 we^offer Thon.lL ? '^ ^^^ ^ investment. Our trials at these grounds enable us to prove what 

 Spp^fthof I of customers are thereby protected and can be confident when they buy Ferry's 



Seeds that they are purchasing the very best obtainable ^ x cn^ ;, 



the^'ca^rlw^h whfo?Pf^^P^^^^'^-^T'^P^°.^°^'^P^ Experimental Gardens and indicate 



tWnflotTnf J .^ ^^^^^^^ An average tomato trial, for example, is of 175 to 200 dif- 



ifteH into 1 • ^^^^'"^'^^ f^°.°^ ^ ^co^e or more plants of each lot are picked as they r^ature, sepa- 



cfrded Evr.'^'/''',°''^''ll ^° 'i'^ or smoothness, the fruits of each class counted, weighed a^d re- 

 to^etW ^-th nnr T ^^^y^^.^^^^^ghout the scasou this operation is repeated, and from the summary, 

 together with our observations on the vines, the color and quality of the fruits our experts have infor- 

 mation of greatest value to our customers, u rexperisna\einror 



