D. M FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Cbrysantbetnutti 



Chrysanthemums have deservedly 



become very popular. They are 



___^_^^^_^^^^^^_______ showy and effective in the garden, 



' and are very desirable for cut 

 flowers. Our list affords a fine range for selection. 

 The Carinatum and Coronariura varieties are hardy annuals one 

 and one-half to two feet high, and are most desirable for the gar- 

 den. The others are the taller and later blooming sorts so largely 

 iised by florists. „ , „. . ^ . „ 



Early Blooming Garden Sorts 



Carinatum Burridgeanum, crimson, white center: single.. Pkt. octs 



Carinatum Eclipse, pure golden yellow, with a bright pur- 

 plish-scarlet ring or center on the ray florets, the disc be- 

 ing dark brown ; very striking 



Coronarium sulphureum flore pleno, produces charming 

 double flowers of a delicate lemon or sulphur shade 



Coronarium, double, white 



Coronarium, double, yellow 



Mixed, Carinatum, and Coronariurii varieties 



Later and Taller Fall Blooming and Florists' Sorts 



Japonicum fl. pi., Japanese variety. Flowers of pecuhar 

 form and much beauty, combining numerous shades of 

 color. Half hardy perennial Pkt. 35cts 



Indicum fl. pi., half hardy perennial: very double; mixed 

 colors ". 



Frutescens Olarguerite or Paris Daisy). This variety, 

 under the name of Marguerite, has attained great popu- 

 larity among florists. The pretty star-shaped, white flow- 

 ers are freely produced, and the plant will grow under 

 almost any circumstances. Perennial 



Superb mixed double, seed from finest Chinese and Japan- 

 ese varieties " Socts 



Greenhouse perennials, which can 



be planted out in summer. They 



thrive best in a mixture of loam and 



peat. Cuttings root freely under glass. One to two feet high. 



Haritlma candidissima (sometimes called Dusty Miller). Cultivated 



for its extremely handsome, silvery-white foliage; very ornamental 



as a decorative pot plant, or for bedding purposes Pkt. lOcts 



Hybrida, choicest mixed, from best large flowering varieties " 35ct8 



Hybrida flore pleno, the flowers are perfectly and evenly double, 



being entirely formed of ligulate florets. The colors run through 



all the shades peculiar to the Cinerarias Pkt. 35rts 



Hybrida, very dwarf, large flowered, growing only eight inches high. 



Blooms profusely: many colors; desirable Pkt. Socts 



Hybrida, single dwarf white. This is perhaps the finest sort among 

 Cinerarias. The plant is about one and one-half feet high and cov- 

 ered with large, beautiful white flowers having purplish centers. 

 An abundant bloomer in early spring and excellent for Easter deco- 

 ration. Not only an elegant flowering plant for spring decorations, 

 but the flowers are splendid in bouquets Pkt. 35cts 



Beautiful, hardy annuals from California, with 

 rose colored, white and purple flowers, in delicate 

 but very brilliant shades. The plants are about eighteen inche.s 

 high, and profuse bloomers. Mixed double Pkt. Sets 



Cineraria 



3oCts 



lOcts 





CLARKI4 



CHRY8ANTHEM 

 CARINATUM. 



Clianthus Dampieri S'^SfwSn^uS 



foliage and clusters of curiously shaped flowers of 

 most intense scarlet and black color. Does not bear 

 transplanting, and should be kept rather dry. Among 

 the most viagaificent blooming plants in cultivation 



Pkt. SOcts 

 /T aI Aif A Probably the best known and most pop- 

 W jOICUS ^^^ of ornamental foliage plants. 

 ^'^■^"^ Leaves are of many shapes, shades and 

 colors and nearly all have a rich velvety appearance 

 of extraordinary beauty. No lawn should be with- 

 out these decorative plants. Tender perennial. 



Finest Hybrids, mixed, extra choice Pkt. 25cts 



Large Leaved, mixed, extra choice, certain to pro- 

 duce plants of exceeding beauty Pkt. 35cts 



Large Leaved, Copper Colored. This Coleus is of 

 great merit and is worthy of a prominent place in 

 greenhouse and garden. The leaves are large and 

 the plants grow about two feet in height. The foli- 

 age is beautifully variegated in shades of rich red, 

 bronze and copper color and is quite distinct. Un- 

 like all other varieties of Coleus this variety comes 

 perfectly true from seed Pkt. 35cts 



Columbine 



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(Aquilegia). Every well regulated 

 garden has a .space devoted to hardy 

 perennials, and no bed of perennial's 

 would be complete without a due proportion of Columbines. 

 They are of tne easiest culture and when once established 

 will furnish for many years a magnificent display of the 

 handsomest flowers, each spring and summer. The beds 

 should be kept clear of weeds and given each year a liberal 

 dressing of well rotted manm-e. Hardy herba"ceous peren- 

 nials; two to three feet high. 



Coerulea hybrida, double, a vigorous growing, very hand- 

 some variety with blue and white flowers Pkt. lOcts 



Californica hybrida, one of the handsomest of all the colum- 

 bines, having orange, red and yellow flowers Pkt. lOcts 



Vervseneana fol. variegatis, plants variegated leaved and 

 producing double rose colored blossoms; exceedingly beau- 

 tiful Pkt. lOcts 



Mixed double, best and finest coloi-s ' 5cts 



CONVOLVULUS MAJOR— (See Moniing Glory). 



COIX LACHRYMA— (5ee Job's Tears). 



COCKSCOMB— COREOPSIS— CUCURBITA— 



{See Celesta'). (See Calliopsis). (Hee Gourds^ 



A very effective autumn flowering 

 plant. Quite hardy and rapid grow- 

 ing, forming bush-like plants four 

 to eight feet high and covered with large, single, dahlia-like 

 flowers. Should be started in this latitude in March and 

 transplanted to open ground about June 1st. 

 Hybrids, large white. This variety produces a profusion 

 of large, pure white flowers, which being: gracefully poised 

 on long stems are extremely useful for decorative pur- 

 poses Pkt. 5cts 



Hybrida, Giant mixed •" 5cts 



EARI.V FLOWERING COSMOS. 



We have secured an early flowering strain which will produce plants that come 

 into bloom the last of July and are covered with blossoms until late in the autumn 



Dawn. An early flowering strain in which all the flowers are white Pkt. 5cts 



Early Flowering, mixed. Comparatively dwarf plants, producing both white and 

 colored flowers, coming into bloom much earlier than the giant forms. . Pkt. 5cts 



COSMOS 



