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



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ROSE 



Multiflora Dwarf 

 Perpetual, Mixed 



A most distinct and valuable addition to our list of 

 flowers, especially so because of the ease with which 

 fine blooming^ plants can be raised from seed. Plants 



have been made to bloom within thirty days from the planting of the seed, and even under ordinary 



care they will commence to flower when six inches high 



and two mouths old, and will continue to grow and bloom 



until they form compact bushes about sixteen inches high, 



covered with flowers. The different plants will give flov,-- 



ers of varying shades of color. Tender perennial, blooming 



the first year., Pkt. 15cts 



ROSE CAMPION— (5ee Agrostemma Coronarid). 

 ROSE OF HEMEN— (See Agrostemma Cceli-rosd). 



S^lpi^lossis 



Very showy bedding or border plants with richly 

 colored, erect, funnel-shaped flowers, which are purple, 

 scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, blue and almost black, beau- 

 tifully marbled and penciled. Bloom from August to Octo- 

 ber. Half hardy annual; one and a half to two feet high. 

 Fine mixed, hybrid varieties Pkt. Sets 



Salvia 



(Flowering Sage), 

 Among the most 

 brilhantly colored 

 of garden flowers 

 also valuable for 

 pot culture. 

 Blooms are borne 

 in long spikes 

 well above the 

 foliage and are 

 of fiery red, crim- 

 son or blue color, 

 continuing in 

 bloom for a long 

 time. Start in 

 heat and transplant into light soi: 

 one to two feet apart. Tender per- 

 ennials, but bloom the first season; 

 height two to three feet. 



Splendens, brilliant scarlet pirt 



Oolden Leaved. This is a variety of Salvia Splendens which 

 comes true from seed, and has rich yellow leaves, contrast- 

 ing beautifully with the brilliant scarlet flowers. " 



Patens, one of the finest blue flowers known " 



SsvnVffsvlia. procumbens, 11. pi. Veiy pretty, dwarf, trail- 



tJOAl VAiaAAO ,Qg plants: excellent foi- rock work, borders or 

 edging of beds. It is so completely covered with flowers as to nearly 

 hide the foliage. Double flowers of a brilliant golden yellow, resemb- 

 ling a miniature double zinnia. Hardy annual ; six inches high . Pkt. Sets 



SCABIOSA— (See Mourning Bride:>. SCARLET FLAX— CSee Linum). 

 STiPA PEN NAT A— (Sec Feather Grass). 



Salvia. 



S#*n<:if «vr*a D1a«-ft-f iMimosa pudica). An interesting and 

 w:9C;ii:>lllve r^lalll curious plant with globular heads of 

 small pink flowers. The plant is chiefly valued because of the extreme 

 irritability of its leaves.which close and droop at the slightest touch, or 

 in cloudy, damp weather, and during the night. Tender annual: height 

 one and a half feet Pkt. octs 



C tY1 1 1 n Y ^° twining plant in cultivation surpasses this in grace- 

 *^*****'*'*' ful beautv of foliage. Indispensable to florists; its hard 

 texture enables it to be kept several days after being cut, without wilt- 

 ing. 77ie seed germinates veri/slon-ly. The process may be hastened 

 somewhat by soaking the seed in hot water for ten hoursbefore plant- 

 ing, but even then it is often six or eight weeks before the platits make 

 their appearance. Tender perennial climber; ten feet high. .Pkt. octs 



^Tl?\r»r1 r'S*cirfcr^ (.4?j/in-7inium>. An old border plant with dark 

 C711CX|J1X£ C\gUll and glossy leaves and long spikesof curiously 



shaped, brilliantly colored flowers, having finely marked throats. 



They have been much improved of late years by careful selection. 



They blossom the first season from seed sown in spring. Tender per- 



piinial: one and a half to two feet high. 

 Maius Album, pure white, tinged with yellow in the throat.... Pkt. Sets 



Majus Brilliant, crimson, with yellow and white throat " octs 



Majus Delila, brilliant crimson, with white throat ... " Sets 



Fine mixed, all the best colors *' Sets 



^|^1^«-|«lfY> Pseudo Capsicum nanum. Ornamental, fruit bear- 

 ^^*-'**^* *****■• ingplants, useful for conservatory or drawing room 



decoration. The foliage is haniisome, and contrasts finely with the 



miniature, round, scarlet fruit with which the plant is covered. Tender 



perennial; about one and a half feet high Pkt. lOcts 



