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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Pinks 



Of 1* C l_ i* {Lantern Plant) When well grown, plants are about 



r nysallS r rancnetl 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 cherry-hke fruit which is 

 occasionally used for making preserves. It grows readily to a fruiting 



size the first year from seed, in the warmer latitudes Pkt. 10c. 



(Dianthiis ) 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 re- 

 main but better results are obtained, in 

 the north, if plants are started in the house. 

 Crimson Belle. Rich, vi-sid ci'imson 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 ■''oot high Pkt. 15c. 



Royal Pinks. (Heddewigi nobilis) These very large, single 

 fiowers 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. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful variety easily cultivated; 



its rich, deep red 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 



suitable for cutting Pkt. 25c. 



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



from crimson purple to deep black-purple. Oz. 90c. . .Pkt. 5c. 



Double Japan Mixed. Rich in hue; very 



double deep-fringed petals. Oz. 80c. Pkt. 5c. 



Double China Mixed. White and dark 



crimson selfs, also white tipped light 



purple and shades of red with darker 



blotchings. Oz. 30c. Pkt. 5c. 



Heddewig's Double. Flowers 



% er^ large and double and of 



various shades of brilliant 



colors Pkt. 5c. 



Snowdrift. Clear white, very 



double and fully as large as 



V S the popular Marguerite 



Carnation; desirable for cut- 



m/f -\ ting Pkt. 15c. 



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Single Pinks 



Shirley Popp 



w^ iPapaver) These well-known hardy an- 



^^M ^^ -ms-m. m^^. ^ ^ nuals and perennials flower in great pro- 

 m^ ■■ ■■ ■■ m/ fusion throughout the summer. As early 

 Mi ^^ 1^ 1^ y in spring as ground can be w^orked sow 

 A JL ar the seed where flowers are to bloom as 

 the annual varieties do not bear transplanting. Cover lightly, 

 since if planted too deep the seed will not germinate. To insure 

 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 affords during a long 

 season flowers of the most charmingly delicate shades of colors 

 imaginable, ranging from a pure glistening w-hite 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 are crimped and some wavy. Flowers exceed- 

 ingly graceful and lend themselves readily to bouquets. Cut 

 before the blooms are fully expanded. They will keep fresh in 



water for several days. Oz. 40c Pkt. 5c. 



Tulip Flowered. Produces bright scarlet flow^ers 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 an- 

 nual, one foot high. Oz. 60c. Pkt. 5c. 



Umbrosum. Very rich vermillion ; one of the most showy varie- 

 ties; 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. (See colored jjlate, page 65) Oz. 25c Pkt, 5c. 



Carnation, Double White. Oz. 15c " 5c. 



Carnation, Double Mixed. Large showy, double flowers of 



various colors, two feet high. Oz. 15c Pkt. 5c. 



Double Choice Mixed. A'ery large, double poppies in a variety of 



colors. Some petals quite broad, others finely fringed. .Pkt. 5c. 



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



plants are about two and one-half feet high, upright ^growing 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 



purest white. (See colored plate, page 65) Oz. 25c Pkt. 5c. 



Bracteatum. Very large, brilliant orange-crimson; perennial " 5c. 



Orientale. A large gorgeous scarlet blossom_: base of petals black. One 



of the most striking and showy garden perennials Pkt. 5c. 



The Carnation Poppy is an improved double form of the single Papaver 

 Somniferum, used for the extraction of opium. We do not furnish 

 seed of the opium poppy. 



