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



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arnation 



iDianthus 



Caryophyllusy 



•^Carnation.'' "Pink." --Clove 

 Pink,"' "Florist's Pink"' are names 

 applied by different people to the 

 same or to different plants of sev- 

 eral species as well as to hybrids 

 between them. They are all easily 

 grown from seed and very free 

 blooming; the flowers being bright 

 colored and with a most delicious, 

 clove like fragrance. Some of the 

 varieties are best adapted for pot 

 culture and make fine house plants 

 and are very desirable for the pro- 

 fessional florist. Others do best in Carnation Picotee. 

 the open ground and are among the 

 most desirable of garden plants. 



Large flowering Strains g^rcuutfrV"' 



These are the sorts most grown by florists who are 

 constantly striving to produce new Varieties. It is 

 said that $10,000 was paid for one of superior merit. 

 While these choice varieties are propagated by cut- 

 ting, planters may get some just as good from the 

 seed we offer and are certain to get a large proportion 

 of double and very beautiful flowers. 



Double Perpetual Flowering 



Seed saved from choicest double flowers. Pkt.25ct8 



Fine Double Selves 



Seeds from plants of one color grown in open 

 ground Pkt. lOcts 



Fine Double Striped 



Seed from fine striped flowers Pkt. locts 



Picotee, Extra Fine Double Mixed 



Extra fine seed from spotted and splashed flowers 

 of the flnest quality Pkt. 25cts 



Choicest White Ground 



Seed from choice named varieties, with large, 

 nearly white flowers, bordered or tinted with red 

 and purple Pkt. 35cts. 



Extra Choice Double Mixed 



Seed from choice French. German, Italian and English named 

 sorts. Certain to produce a large proportion of double and 

 finely formed and colored flowers Pkt. ^octs 



Choice Double Mixed 



A mixture of all colors and types Pkt. 1 Octs 



Varieties of Carnation Adapted to 



Both Pot and Out Door Cuiture 



Double Dwarf Vienna, Mixed 



Large fiowered and comes into bloom earlier than the foregoing named 

 kinds Pkt. lOcts 



Early Double Snow White Grenadin 



A splendid sort for either pot culture or the garden. The plants are 

 vigorous, erect and bashy in growth. Comes into flower very earlv 

 and furnishes abundant bloom for a long time. The flowers are large, 

 double, clear white and wonderfully fragrant. One of the most 

 profitable plants for florists, but should have a place in every private 

 garden as well Pkt. 2octs 



Double Red Grenadin 



Plants a little smaller and less erect than the White Grenadin. but 

 coming into bloom a little earlier and are fully as floriferous. Flowers 

 double, fragrant and of rich, deep red color Pkt. locts 



Marguerite Carnation 



The plants of this wonderfully fine strain will come into bloom in 

 four months from the sowing of the seed and be in continuous bloom 

 as long as free from frost. The flowers are large, very double and 

 fragrant and of beautiful color, one of the best -pinks'" in cultivation. 



Florist's Pink ^^^' °*^^ 



(Phi.ma.rius Scoticus. fl. pi J This is the double form of the common 

 garden or clove pink, and though so common is one of the best of our 

 hardy, garden perennials Pkt. 35cts 



Clematis ... 



Well known and universally 

 admired climbers, some of the va- 

 rieties being remarkable for the 

 size and beauty of their blossoms 

 and others for their gracefulness. 

 Fine for covering arbors, verandas, 

 etc., as they cling readily to almost 

 any object. Most of the kinds are 

 hard}-, herbaceous perennials, but 

 some httle protection in northern 

 latitudes, through winter, is ad- 

 vised. 



Virginiana (Virgin's Bower). 

 A rapid climber, growing twenty 

 feet in a single season. The blos- 

 soms are white Pkt. lOcts 



Flammula, a slender but vigorous 

 climber, reaching ten to fifteen 

 feet high, with clusters of small, 

 white, fragrant flowers in August 

 and September. Sometimes called 

 Sweet Virgin's Bower. .Pkt. octs 



Mixed, furnishes varieties having 

 clouds of purple and white flow- 

 ers Pkt. lOcts 



Carnation, Ej 



