D. M. FERRY & CO, 



C* • Cinerarias are easily grown from 



l|lgl*^|ri^ seed, require little heat, are free 

 ^^* *** ** blooming and give brilliant flowers 

 in a variety of colors. Greenhouse perennials which can 

 be planted out in summer. They thrive best in a mixture 

 of loam and peat. One to two feet high. 



Maritima candidissima. (Dusti/ Miller) Cultivated for its 

 handsome, silvery white foliage ; very ornamental as a 

 decorative pot plant, or for bedding. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida, choicest mixed. Large flowering Pkt, 25c. 



Hybrida, flore pleno, mixed. The flowers are perfectly and 

 evenly double and in great variety of colors Pkt. 25c. 



Hybrida, very dwarf. Large flowered, eight inches high. 

 Blooms profusely; many colors Pkt. 25c. 



Hybrida, single dwarf white. This is perliaps the finest sort 

 among Cinerarias. The plant is about one and one-half 

 feet high and covered with large, beautiful white flowers 

 having purplish centers. An abundant bloomer in early 

 spring and excellent for Easter decoration Pkt. 25c. 



r^lai»lria Beautiful, hardy annuals from California, 



v^iarKlo. -with rose-colored, white and purple flowers, 



in delicate but very brilliant shades. About eighteen 



inches high and profuse bloomers. Mixed Double. Pkt. 5c. 



P'ltfitnafic ^^^11 known and universally admired 



VxlcIIl<iLlb climbers, some of the varieties being re- 

 markable for the size and beauty of their blossoms and 

 others for their gracefulness. Fine for covering arbors, 

 verandas, etc., as they cling readily to almost any object. 

 Most of the kinds are hardy, herbaceous perennials, but 

 some little protection in northern latitudes through winter 

 is advised. The roots should be given plenty of water 

 during dry weather to ensure free blooming, the plants 

 being quickly injured if they become very dry. 



Virginiana. (JVirgin's Bower) A rapid climber, growing 

 twenty feet in a single season. The blossoms are small, 

 white and in large clusters Pkt. lOc 



Flammula. A slender but vigorous climber, from ten to 

 fifteen feet high, with clusters of small, white, fragrant 

 flowers in August and September. Known as Sweet 

 Virgin's Bower Pkt, 5c. 



Mixed. Extra choice, large flowering varieties with beauti- 

 ful clusters of purple and white flowers Pkt. 10c. 



Clianthus Dampieri \SnS ff^aU.^bfSg 



clusters of curiously shaped and large, I rilliant flowers, 

 intense scarlet with black center. These plants do not 

 Gear transplanting and should be kept rather dry .Pkt. 20c. 



PrtKa^a 9r»an#4<an« '^^^® ^^P^^ gro^\'ing climber 

 \-.ODaea OCanaenS ^vith handsome fohage and 

 large, bell-shaped flowers, green at first, but rapidly 

 changing to a beautiful deep violet-blue. A well estab- 

 lished plant will run about thirty feet in a season, cover- 

 ing a large veranda with handsome foliage and beautiful 

 fiowers. Tender perennial. Oz. 50c Pkt, 5c. 



COCKSCOMB— (See Celosia) 



COIX LACHRYMA— (See Jo6"s re«?-s) 



DETROIT, MICH. 



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Cosmos 



y J*' Columbine 



^t 1 Probably the best known and most popu- 



V-#OldJ.S ^^^ °^ ornamental fohage plants. Leaves 



^^x^A^ii^^AO are of many shades of color and have a 

 rich velvety appearance of extraordinary beauty. No 

 lawn should be without these decorative plants. Tender 

 perennial. 



Finest Hybrids, Mixed. Extra choice Pkt. 25c. 



Large Leaved, Mixed. Extra choice, certain to produce 

 plants of exceeding beauty Pkt. 25c. 



Large Leaved, Copper Colored. This coleus is very de- 

 sirable and is worthy of a prominent place in either green- 

 house or garden. Leaves are very large and plants grow 

 about two feet high. Fohage beautifully variegated in 

 shades of rich red, bronze and copper color and quite 

 distinct Pkt 25c. 



y^ 1 _^_^1^* CAquilegid) Every well regu- 



\ ^OillTTl Din© lated garden has a space devo- 



^^^'******'*^***^' ted to hardy perennials and no 

 bed of perennials would be complete without a due pro- 

 portion of columbines. They are of the easiest culture 

 and when once estabhshed will furnish for many years 

 a magnificent display of the handsomest flowers each 

 spring and summer. The beds should be kept clear of 

 weeds and given each year a dressing of well rotted man- 

 ure. Hardy herbaceous perennials; two to three feet high. 



Coerulea hybrida, double. A vigorous growing, very hand- 

 some variety. Blue and white flowers. Oz. $2.25.Pkt. 10c. 



Californica hybrida. One of the hardiest and most free 

 blooming of all columbines, having orange, red and yellow 

 flowers. Oz.S2.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Vervaeneana fol, variegatls. Plants variegated leaved and 

 producing double rose-colored blossoms Pkt. 10c. 



Mixed double. Best and finest colors. Oz. 30c " 5c. 



Convolvulus Minor l>^S^iS'o7tS|! 



branching habit, each covering a space about two feet in 

 diameter. ' At midday they are completely covered with a 

 mass of pure white and variously colored blossoms which 

 remain open in clear weather until evening. Half hardy 

 annual; one foot high. Mixed. Oz. 10c; Lb. 50c.. Pkt. 5c. 



CONVOLVULUS MAJOR— (See Morning Glory) 



^^ A very effective autumn flowering 



I ^^49W^^^O plant, quite hardy and rapid grow- 



w^lB^I 1 J^MB^fc ing, forming bush-like plants five 

 to eight feet high and covered with 

 large, single dahlia-like flowers. Start in this latitude in 

 March and transplant to open ground about June 1. 



Hybrida, Giant White. This variety produces a profusion 

 of large, pure white flowers which being gracefully 

 poised on long stems are useful for decorative purposes. 

 Oz. 40c Pkt, 5c. 



Hybrida, Giant Pink. Oz. 40c " 5c. 



Hybrida, Giant Mixed. Oz. 25e " 5c. 



Early Flowering Cosmos 



An early strain sure to bloom before frost, even when 

 started outdoors and will give a great profusion of bloom 

 until late in autumn. 



Early Flowering Dawn. An early flowering strain in which 

 all the flowers are white. Oz. 40c Pkt. 5c. 



Early Flowering Mixed. Both white and colored fiowers. 

 Oz. 30c Pkt. 5c. 



CUCURBITA— (See Gourd) 



