D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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MOOIN rUOWER 



(Ipomoea Grandiflora Alba . This is one of the most vigor- 

 ous or all the summer climbers. Will jjrow thirty to forty feet 

 in a single season and will be covered with its large, white flowers 

 every trveuiug and cloudy day. The hard, outer coat of the seed 

 should be cut through with a sharp knife, care being taken not to 

 cut any deeper than the hard shell, and the seed planted about one 

 inch deep in moist soil in a box or pan and set in a warm place. 

 If the soil be kept moist, germination will take place in ten days 

 to two weeks. After the plants aie up tend carefully and plant 

 out doors in a sunny situation when danger from frost is past. 

 Water freely throughout the summer. Rich soil tends to make 

 the plant run to vines and leaves, while poor earth will produce 

 earlier and more abundant flowers. This variety is also known 

 as Ipomoea Noctijlora Pkt. 10ct5 



|V|ornin^ 

 Glory 



{Convolvultis Major). A hand- 

 some, showy climber, of easy 

 culture, suitable for covering 

 arbors, windows, trellises, old 

 stumps, etc., if support be given 

 for the vines. It is so perfectly 

 hardy as to grow in almost any 

 soil, but wilf bloom earlier if in 

 poor soil. Hardy annual; ten 

 feet high. 



Striped Pkt. Sets 



Blue •' acts 



Crimson " Sets 



White " 5ct9 



Purple '' Seta 



Mixed " Sets 



Giant Japanese l^itltn 



developed to such a state of perfection that it now 

 produces flowers of immense size and almost end- 

 less variety of color and markings. Some of the 

 flowers are brilliant red. or rich blue; others are 

 equally brilliant with broad margins of clear white. 

 Some blossoms are striped and dotted with blue or 

 red on white or lemon yellow ground, others clouded 

 with blue and red: in "fact, one may expect to find 

 some new and exquisitely beautiful markings evei-y 

 morning. Not onlj- are" the flowei^s varied but the 

 foliage is eqiTally so; in some plants it comes 

 plain green, in o"thers it is mottled with white, 

 and shades of yellow or yellow ish-green. The 

 plants "do not always produce floweis 

 exactly like those from which the seed 

 came, and often give different colored 

 blossoms at different times, so we only 

 offer the seed in mixture. Our see'd 

 was saved from a collection of almost 

 unlimited variety in color and mark- 

 ing of both foliage and flow ers and is 

 the very best it is possible to 

 produce. The seed is some- 

 times slow to germinate, but if 

 a slight notch is filed or cut in 

 one end and the seed soaked a 

 few hours in lukewarm water 

 the plants w ill come up more 

 quickly Pkt. Sets 



Aurora 



This new strain is a result of 



crossing the common Morning 



Glory with the Giant Japanese 



and "combines to a remarkable 



degree the vigor, hardiness and 



abundant bloom of the vine of 



the first w ith the size and rich 



coloring of the flowers of the second. The 



flowers are decidedly larger than those of 



the common Morning Glory and are either 



a deep, rich blue shading to a white throat, 



or an exceedingly- rich, dark carmine also 



with white thro;>.t. We consider it the most 



practicallv useful strain of Convolvulus in 



cultivation and recommend it as one of tlie 



best of sunimer climbers. The planter 13 



sure to get fetisfactory results. Pkt. lOcts 



Morning Glory, 

 Aurora. 



M^mmw^w^l^J^ l=t«^:^A( Scabiosa. or Siceet Scabious\ This 

 OUrning DPICle is one of the most attractive of the 

 oldfashioneii flowers. Its great abundance and long ^^^-^t"^!^','' ti >^ m!2 

 colored fragrant blossoms borne on long stems make it one ^'f ]''f »\<^^ 

 useful of the decorative plnnts of the garden. It has j^f^" ^^'^f/'^'/J™. 

 proved of late years, prodnoine: larger and more double J^'^«'^'^,f/.P'^2i^I 

 variety and brilliancy of color than in the old type. Hardy annual, twelve 



to eighteen inches high. 

 Double Purple.. Pkt. 5c Double White. 



Pkt. 5c Double Mixed Pkt.5€ 



