D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 69 



A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF 



Choice Flower Seeds 



A FEW cents for seeds, and the expenditure of a little labor will enable one to have a grarden well stocked with flowers 

 and plants that will be a pleasure not only to the owner, but to all who see them. Most flowering plants will live in 

 almost any soil, but to give them a fair chance to develop some care should be taken to make the ground suited to 

 their needs. Many flowers are better if produced on plants of vigorous growth, hence a portion of the garden should 

 be prepared by deep digging, thorough pulverization and liberal enriching with large quantities of well rotted manure. 

 Since other varieties produce the largest and finest colored flowers when grown on rather light, poor soil, a portion of the 

 garden should not be enriched. 



Cultural directions are given on the packets, and we urge purchasers to study them carefully. While some seeds need 

 special treatment, the following general rules will apply to all: 



1. Make the surface of the soil as fine, smooth and level ; 4. Press the soil firmly over the seed. 



as possible. ' 5. Plant in rows, so that the starting plants can be seen 



2. Do not plant when the ground is wet. ' easily. The regularity of the rows can be afterward broken 



3. Cover each lot of seeds to a imiform depth, which by thinning out or transplanting. 



should not be more than four or six times the diameter of the 6. Be careful not to allow the young plants to be crowded 



seed. or to be smothered by weeds. 



ALL FLOWER. SEEDS SENT POSTPAID ON RECEIPT OF PRICE. 



Send us $1.00 and select PACKETS to the value of $1.15 I Send us $4.00 and select PACKETS to the value of $4. So 



2.00 •• " ■• •' 2.35 •> 5.00 - • 6.15 



8.00 •' ■' '• '• 3.60 I '• 10.00 '• •' " '■■ 12.50 



Inese Bates apply only to Seeds in Packets, but not to Seeds by Weleht or Measure. 

 >o Discount or Premiums cau be allowed on Flower Seeds by AVeight. 



ABOBRA VIRIDIFLORA fpg"-,tftS?dy7ub=Ss 



rooted, perennial gourd. The scarlet fruit is not larger 

 than a cherrj- and is striking!}- in contrast with the dark 

 green, finely cut foliage. The plant needs a warm, sunny 



situation. Height fifteen feet Pkt. lOcts 



{Flowering Maple). Very popular per- 

 ennial, greenhouse shrub, producing 

 a profusion of bell-shaped, drooping flowers, which 

 vary in color in different plants from pure white or yellow 

 to deep orange and crimson veined with yellow. Well 

 adapted for house culture and for bedding out doors. Fin- 

 est mixed Pkt. 25cts 



(Everlasting). Very pretty, half 

 liardj- annual, producing white and 

 rose colored daisy-like flowers in Augast and September. 

 These are the '• Immortelles" so desirable for wreaths and 

 winter bouquets. Height one foot. 



Album, pure white Pkt 



Roseum, light rose 



Mixed 



ABUTILON 



ACROCLINIUM 



A M A P A NT HI 1^ These plants are very valuable for 



rviTinivrvi"^ 1 nuo the production of brilliant contrasts 

 of color. The leaves and stems are of different shades of 

 red blended with green. Thej' do best and are more brill- 

 iant in color when grown in light, poor soil. 



Melancholicus ruber, blood red foliage. Hardy annual: two 

 and a half feet high Pkt. Sets 



Tricolor, a hardy annual with leaves of red. yellow and green: 

 well known as " Joseph's Coat." Pkt. Sets 



Salicifolius, two and a half to three feet high. Leaves beau- 

 tifully undulated, varying from green to bronze, and later 

 To a bright orange red. Tender annual Pkt. lOcts 



Henderi, drooping foliage, richly colored in many shades. 

 Tender annual Pkt. lOcts 



AGERATUM 



Anill/HIA riPPHO^A (Mountain Fringe. Wood Fringe. Allegheny 



/\UL,U/Tll/\ V/IIVlVllVo/\ Vine'). A beautiful, graceful climber and 



profuse bloomer. Hardy biennial. Height fifteen feet. White and pink. 



Pkt. lOcts 



■ f^^.|l^ A l|Hi||»>| M| |A (Adonis Floii-er. Pheasant's Eye). A 



ODDNIS AUTlJillNALIS handsome, hardv. herbaceous annual, 



^WlilW nv I viiiiiflhiw onefoothigh. The finely cut dark green 



foliage, in which are set the intense blood red flowers, gives the plant a very 



Btrikmg appearance Pkt. Sets 



A beautiful, hardy annual. The flowers are like 

 an inverted tassel' or a cockade in shape, and are 

 borne in dense clusters. They are very useful 

 for bouquets, and the plants are very attractive in the garden. The differ- 

 ent varieties, are from six inches to two feet in height and covered with 

 bloom all summer. 



Mf xlcanum, light blue Pkt. Sets 



Imperial Dwarf Wliite '• Sets 



Tom Tiiumb, Dwarf Blue, desirable for edging " Sets 



Lasseauxl, rose colored " 5cts 



Conspicuum, valuable for winter: white "• Sets 



Mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed " Sets 



AnPfl^TF^ NFRIII n^A (Ornamental Grass). An ornamental 

 nvJl\V-roilO l-^ULUJUV^on. grass in which the small seeds are so grace- 

 fully poised in large, open clusters as to have the effect of a cloud, and when 

 dried can be effectively used in dried bouquets. Grows easily in anj' common 

 garden soil. Hardy annual; about one and a half feet high.." Pkt. 5cts 



AMMORfllM A'atum grandiflorum, ^Everlasting). 

 riiTiJTiV-fUUJi'* Valuable for winter bouquets in connec- 

 tion with grasses and other everlastings. The flowers are 



pure white. Hardy annual; two feet high Pkt. octs 



Sets 

 Sets 

 Sets ^^^- ..^ 



Cceli-rosa, rose, white center; annual 



octs 



ALYSSUM 



Sweet CMaritimum). This very hardy annual; comes 

 into bloom verj- early in the spring, covering itself 

 with innumerable clusters of small, pure white flowers: 

 they have a peculiar, delicate fragrance, and are useful in all kinds of small 



bouquets. Grows one foot high Pkt. Sets 



Alyssum, Little Gem, a beautiful white variety of Sweet A lyssum especially 

 adapted to edgings, borders and rock work. The plants grow about six inches 

 high and produce hundreds of flowers, which form a compact mass of bloom 



about fifteen to eighteen inches in diameter. Hard}- annual Pkt. 1 Octs 



Alyssum, Qolden, (Saxatile), flowers golden yellow: desirable for rock work: 

 Bhowy in masses. Hardy ijerennial. Height one foot Pkt. octs 



ALYSSUM, SWEET. 



