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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



O /-)C^ Multiflora Dwarf 



Salpiglossis 



A valuable addition to our list of flowers, es- 

 Perpetual, Mixed, pecially so because of the ease with which fine 

 blooming plants can be raised from seed. Plants under ordinary care will 

 commence to flower when six inches high and two months old. and will con- 

 tinue to grow and bloom until they form compact bushes about sixteen inches 

 high, well covered with flowers. The different plants will give floweis of 

 varying shades of color. Tender perennial ; blooming the first year.Pkt.15c. 

 ROSE CAMPION— (See Agrostemma Coronaria) 

 ROSE OF HEAVEN— (See Agrostemriia Cceli-Rosa) 



Very sho^vy 



bedding or 



border 

 plants with richly colored, funnel- 

 shaped flowers Avhich are purple, scar- 

 let, crimson, yellow, bufl:, blue or al- 

 most black, beautifully marbled and 

 pencilled. The seed niay be sown in- 

 doors by the middle of 3Iarch, or later, 

 or may be sown outdoors in early 

 spring ; useful for cutting. Blooms 

 from August to October. Half hardy 

 annual : about two feet high. 



Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Oz. 50c. .Pkt. 5c. 



Large Flowering Mixed. A notable im- 

 provement on the ordinary variety in 

 that the plants are more compact in 

 growth and the flowers '•■are nmch 

 larger in size and more richly colored 



and veined Pkt. 10c. 



(Floioering Sage) Among the most bril- 

 liantly colored of garden flowers and ex- 

 tremely useful for bedding; also valuable 

 for pot culture. Blooms are borne in 

 long spikes well above the foliage and are of fiery red, crim- 

 son or blue, continuing in flower a long time. Start early 

 in heat and transplant into light soil one to two feet apart. 

 Tender perennials ; but bloom the flrst season; height two 

 to three feet. 



Splendens. Sold also as "Splendens Bonfire." Large, brflhant 

 scarlet flowers are in these plants afforded a rich, dark green 

 background of dense foliage. This variety is most generally 

 used in parks and on extensive lawns, as in growth it is more vigorous than 

 the more dwarf varieties. Oz. §2.00. . Pkt. 10c. 



Golden Leaved. This is a variety of Salvia Splendens which comes true from 

 seed and has rich yellow leaves, contrasting beautifully with the brilliant 

 scarlet flowers .'. Pkt. 15c. 



Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known Pkt. 1 5c. 



Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered imder different 

 names with the claim that they are larger flowered or more floriferous than 

 the old type. We have found none of them more distinctly valuable than 

 this strain in which the plant is more uniformly dwarf, and comes into bloom 

 earlier than most sorts and remains covered with brilliant red flower spikes 

 a remarkably long time, so we strongly recommend it as a decided improve- 

 ment. The plant averages only about two feet high Pkt. 10c. 



^anvifalia Procumbens, fl. pi. Very pretty dwarf trailing plants which 



kJclllViLcS.ltct, are Avonderfully floriferous. Double flowers of a brilliant, 

 golden yellow, resembling a miniature double zinnia. Excellent for rock 

 work, borders or edgings. Hardy annual ; six inches high Pkt. 5c. 



SCABIOSA— (See Mourning Bride) 



SCARLET FLAX— (See Linum) 



Salvia 



Smilax 



^nVii-zai-ifViiic Retusus tnmacula* 

 OCniZdllLIlUS tus_ The large flower 

 spikes are decidedly superior in size 

 of bloom and brilliancy of coloring. 

 Petals bright yellow with margins and 

 tube of purple-rose, shading from light- 

 er to darker shades. Hardy annual ; 

 about twenty inches high. Also kno-mi 

 as Butterfly Flower or Poor 31an's 

 Orchid Pkt. 15c. 



No twining plant in cul- 

 tivation surpasses this in 

 graceful beauty of foliage. Indispen- 

 sable to florists as its hard texture enables it 

 be kept without Avilting, several days after 

 being cut. The seed germinates very slowly. 

 The process may be hastened somewhat by 

 soaking the seed in hot water for ten hours 

 before planting, but even then it is often six or 

 eight weeks before the plants make their ap- 

 pearance. Tender perennial climber ; ten feet 

 high. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



{Antirrhinum) An 

 old border plant 

 with dark, glossy 

 leaves and long spikes of curiously shaped, 

 brilliantly colored flowers with finely marked 

 throats. Snapdragons have been much im- 

 proved of late years by careful selection, and 

 iDlossom the first season from seed sown in 

 spring, especially if under frames and trans- 

 planted. If early bloom is desired sow the 

 seed in August or September and cover the 

 plants with a mulch on the approach of cold 

 weather. These may be transplanted into pots 

 and fiowered in the house. Give them the 

 sarile temperature and treatment as gera- 

 niums and carnations. Tender perennial ; one 

 and one-half to two feet high. 



Snapdragon- 



Majus album. 



throat 



Pure white, light yeUow 



Pkt. 5c. 



Majus brilliant. 



white throat. ., 



Crimson, yellow and 



Majus Delila. Brilliant crimson, white 



throat 



Fine Mixed. All the best colors. Oz. 30c. 



5c. 



5c. 

 5c. 



