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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Wallflower 



X/iKO-iniawi ^fr*/*!^ iCheiranthus niaritimus) The 

 V ir^lllla.11 OlOCK. plants are covered with a dense 

 mass of beautiful blossoms and are very useful for border 

 or edging. A continual succession of blossoms may be 

 kept up the Avhole season by sowing at intervals through 

 spring and summer. Hardy annual ; about nine inches 

 high. 



Red and white. Mixed Pkt 5c. 



{Cheirantlius cheiri) An old 

 favorite garden flower. The 

 large, massive spikes of the 

 Wallflower are very conspicuous in beds and borders and 

 are very useful in making bouquets. Sow the seed early 

 in hotbeds and while the plants are small prick them out 

 into pots and sink in the earth. On approach of cold 

 weather remove the pots to the house and the plants will 

 bloom all ■\\inter. Although a woody perennial it is best 

 to renew the plants from seed, for they begin to fail after 

 having bloomed one or two years. Tender perennial ; 

 one and one-half feet high. 



Early Brown, Brownish-red, fragrant flowers ; large, thick 

 spikes ; early. Tender biennial. Oz. 25c Pkt, 5c. 



Golden Tom Thumb. Free flowering, of dwarf and compact 

 habit Pkt. 5c. 



Mixed Double. Oz. $2.50 " 10c. 



W^lllf-la Via Grandiflora, A plant with delicate, hand 



¥ V IliLio. Vic& some foliage, producing a constant succes- 

 sion of beautiful, purple, bell-shaped flowers about half 

 an inch long and borne in drooping clusters. In heavy, 

 wet soil it does not succeed well but in light, sandy loam 

 few flowers give more satisfaction. Sow the seed in open 

 border early in spring. Hardy annual; one foot high. Pkt. 5c. 



{Echinocystis lobata) A useful 

 climber where a rapid and vigo- 

 rous gro^\i:h of vine is desired. To cover or to screen an 

 unsightly building, there is perhaps no annual climber 

 better adapted for the pui-pose. The vine has abundant 

 foliage, is thickly covered with white, fragrant flowers, 

 followed by numerous prickly seed pods. Usually the 

 plants are produced from year to year by self sown seed. 

 Hardy annual. Oz. 20c; Lb. $1.50 Pkt. 5c. 



Wigandia Caracasana JifntJ'witSSli: 



perfectly shaped leaves, the veins and the stems being 

 covered witli crimson hair. It grows rapidly and should 

 be formed into a bush. Its large leaves and clusters of 

 lilac flowers which continue to open in succession for a 

 long time give the plant a tropical aspect and make it 

 valuable for garden and lawn decoration. Seeds if sown 

 early in spring in hotbed will produce large plants by the 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Wild Cucumber 



middle of summer. 



Wistaria Chinensis 



One of the most beautiful 



and rapid growing of hardy 

 climbers. Frequently blooms both in spring and fall. 

 The flowers are pale blue, pea-shaped and are borne in 

 long, drooping clusters, often over a foot in length. Seeds 

 should be sown in mellow loam early in the spring, or in 

 greenhouse or hotbed in winter and when plants are one 

 foot high transplant into permanent situations. .Pkt. 20c. 



(Everlasting) A free flowering 



plant of compact habit and of the 

 easiest cultivation. The leaves are covered with a silvery 

 down and the single or double flowers are pure white, 

 deep purple or yellow. If gathered before fully opened 

 and dried in the shade, will retain their beauty for years. 



Hardy annual ; one foot high. Mixed Pkt. 5c. 



{Zea Japonica fol. variegatis) A vari- 

 ety of corn with ornamental foliage ; 

 leaves striped green and white. Half hardy annual ; six 

 feet high. Also known as Striped Japanese Corn. Pkt. 5c. 



Very showy plants with large, 



double imbricated flowers which, 



when fully expanded might easily 



be mistaken for dwarf dahlias. 



There is much satisfaction in a 

 bed of Zinnias, for when nearly every other flower has 

 been killed by frost this plant is still in full bloom. Few 

 flowers are more easily grown or bloom more abundantly 

 throughout the season and the Avide range of color is 

 not less remarkable than their unusual depth and richness. Sow the seed early in spring, in open ground and trans- 

 plant to one and one-half feet apart in good, rich soil. Half hardy annual ; about eighteen inches high. 

 Double yellow. Oz. 35c Pkt 5c. Double white. Oz. 35c Pkt, 5c. 



Xeranthemum 



Zea Maize 



Zmnia 



Oz. 30c. 



black purple. Oz. 35c 



dark crimson. Oz. 35c 



striped, or zebra, Oz. 60c. 



; Lb.$3.00 



profusion of comparatively small, 



scarlet. Oz. 35c " 5c, 



II deep red, Oz. 35c " 5c. 



magenta. Oz. 35c " 5c. 



orange, Oz. 35c " 5c, 



Double choice mixed, including the above colors, very flne. 



Lilliput, double mixed. This strain grows about one foot high and bears 



very double, globular flowers about one inch in diameter, very brilliant in color 

 Pompon, double mixed. The globular flowers are fully as varied and brilliant in color as the ordinary Zinnia 



and about half its size. Oz. 40c 



Haageana, double. Dwarf variety with double flowers of a deep orange color, about one and one-quarter inches 



in diameter; fine for cut flowers; height one foot. 



Mexicana hybrida, variegated, A variety of Zinnia distinctive in its well formed single flowers of deep maroon 

 and golden yellow, strikingly contrasted. The flowers are very similar to the popular French Legion of Honor 

 Marigold, but come into bloom earlier and are more easily grown. Hardy annual; one foot high 



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