D. M. FERRY Sc GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG CE. 



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MORNING GLORY 

 AURORA. 



... IMornin^ Glory 



(Convolvulus Major). A liandsome, sho-ivy climber, of easy 

 culture, suitable for covering arbors, windows, trellises, old stumps, 

 etc. It is so perfectly hardy as to grow in almost any soil, but will 

 -^ . .- ,. bloom earlier if in poor soil. Hardy annual; ten feet high. 



fr fllfTnii^ striped Pkt. Sets White Pkt. acts 



m^^ gj Blue " Sets Purple " octa 



\\^/ nl Crimson '" octs -Mixed " Sets 



GSsz^r^-f- ls=fcr^2=fci-fc£fc^£k This strain has been de- 

 -., -> iK/i /w iCllHx ^apailCrOt=r veloped to such a state of 



1^^^^ \^ Ni ^'i%W~''y^ perfection that it now produces flowers of immense size and almost 



^<y^'y^^ v"iv !!• laMt^^ endless 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 



y/^ lf\S blue or red on white or lemon yellow ground, others 



■^^^jiy^^ - ^\\\ <<^ X .' clouded with blue and red; in fact, one may expect to 



y^'zjpj/i^y. ,.xyy,, B i\ ^:^^ #4i^>^ ^*^ some new and exquisitely beautiful markings 



;^^^^^^^^ every morning. Not only are the flowers varied but 



^' the foliage is equally so; in some plants it comes plain 



green, in others it is mottled with white, and shades 

 ^.., ..pf / / V fL'^'xis. '%(^ '^ / // \ of yellow or yellowish green. The plants do 



^^' H f \m 'f''. ■'•''' 7/ /f i •'~ ■ not always produce flowers exactly like those 



iw^i ifg /i r/r ?:,\ from which the seed came, and often give 



Aj ;. / «.:io-^i-. " v\\ m /^ 'Mi^ different colored blossoms at different times, 



'{[i II \^^^ NX^>^ Jf / y^^^ ^^ ^^ '^^'5' offer the seed in mixture. 



W « ^^ ^^^V m '^/i'^^^^v Our seed Avas saved from a collection 



5^ \ ' v% m ^^^>»"-:=^," of almost imlimited varietj' in color 



.^>5X^ \ '^^^m ^j^^^ -— --cSei and marking of both foliage and flow- 



i\- ^ \ / fffiikV} ' » fl^-''S^ \ r^ y^^^ ""^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ very best it is possible 



^ \ v\ I ^J^'W^ \j/^ I i ^''^^^ "^^ **^ ^^ ^ produce. The seed is sometimes 



^ V y .^fc.' ■■^i/f!: ' W/-''\ 1 j ''^tf^ _ v,^ slow to germinate, but if a shght 



/ -/< ^ — ~r^^^ ---, -^ notch is filed or cut in one end and 



'/■^^^ - ^.^^^^^I^ix;.;^^ the seed soaked a few hours in luke- 



< ^ ' /if warm water the plants will come up 



more quickly Pkt. Sets 



^fy Aurora 



yj\\ \ This new strain is a result of crossing the 



^'av'/ common Morning Glory with the Giant Japanese and 



■ 'r))i ! combines to a remarkable degree the vigor, hardiness and 



'] abundant bloom of the vine of the first with the size and 



/ rich coloring of the flowers of the second. The flowers 



'^//' are decidedly larger than those of the common Morning 



''if^'I'ff -^V*^^*^^^ ''A"// Glory and are either a deep, rich blue shading to a white 



W'^;^^^^ ^'^J^T^, ^" \ / throat, or an exceedingly rich, dark carmine also with 



!^^ '// white throat. We consider it the most practically useful 



■rf 1 1 Strain of Convolvulus in cultivation and recommend it as 



i. ; : 1 If one of the best of summer climbers. The planter is sure 



V-v ///^ to get satisfactory results Pkt. 1 Oct5 



(// IVl2=%r«f X/rfti2=% Formosa. Easily - grown, 



\ W'f /f ^^ k'SEOK^i' l^lCll LyillCi large flowering, half hardy 



.\ I I // — ==-=fT=- SbSK^.>\'^^- annual; fohage thick, soft and velvety. 



, , KsTK^^-^^ s The seed pods are curiously shaped. Flow- 



tf ^.jfest^ ^£v^^i\ \^^. ' ers fragrant, delicate rose lilac, blotched 



'•r^'^rv-s. and shaded with crimson Pkt. 5ct8 



I ^ ^^'^'W\'^~'C^^ Maurandia oiiS'S'o"; 



^ fe ''J^'r ^ x^^^M Bsa^ ^=^ greenhouse, parlor basket or out- 



y-. ^ *|fc^^ '^^^^^^gsi^^^ ^<^°^ purposes. Set out in the border 



X ^jg3^^ 8^^»|^^^^^^^^a with a little frame to which to attach 



\ ^"^^^^SS^^^^X^k their tendrils, they will be covered 



^^^ ''\^, i" i''^r*^IB»r^ all the season with rich purple, wliite 



h^^^Ti^^\^ \\ 1 ' ' i'vy'^^^^^k or rose colored, foxglove shaped blos- 



> ^ ' /^ ^^ >^v|b-V^v^-^'V --A "''/ h^ .^^^^^ soms. Tender perennial, blooming 



""' "^" ^Vi; / if ^r ^^k first season; six feet high Choicest 



\ M ^* kindsmUed Pkt. lOcts 



^ ^^^ MMH\OLA—CSe€ Stocks). 

 MALCOMIA MARITIMA— 



/'"kfUM^'^k^ "^^ \l iV' /^ ^"^ '' "^ iSee Virginian Stocky. 



' " _ _ \;mM ^ MARVEL OF PERU— 



V. # '.«IS'y^>^vj^^^^ ^ "J^^ ^_ ^^ (5ee Four O'CIock:). 



- ^ fi^ V/'«iS^^^>*5~'^'*''^~-y M i m u I u s gii'Js^i 



h '\r^<r^ li ■ *' ^^wir^i 1^ flowers of easiest cultivation. Per- 



/ /'/J^^^^S^BT^^ ennial in the greenhouse, annual in 



\ J&'SS^ l£\ ' ' ' / / ^y ^Pf'^^fc^^ *^^ open air. Start under glass. 



^ /^^^^/^ B \i / I// W^ y\^A^if Aloschatus (AfitsA- P/a)(f). cultivated on ac- 



\ .^^^^^S % 11 / 'v J:^ VN^.Iwr count of the musky odor of the plant. Flow- 



ers pale yellow.lightly dotted and splashed with 

 brown Stems one to three feet long. Pkt. 1 Octs 

 Punctatus iM'>nkcy Floicer), large. beautifiUly 

 . ,^;^ »i Tj /»- ^m^^ spotteil blossoms, having yellow throats with 



y;y<^ f J|^ bro«-n dots; blooms first year Pkt. 1 Octs 



f^' fJ^B^^^^^^ Tlgrinus duplex, .^phndid varietv. with Ivauti- 



ful double tubed ll.nvers Pkt. lOcts 



y/^W\ /y^ MniVinDnirA a curious annual cumber, with yeUow blossoms and grace- 



v/ \ ^K ^'*^i'lv^»vL'lv'^ fully cut fohae:e. The fruit, the chief curiosity, is pear- 



Ki 40 K shapi^d, and has a warty skin. When ripe, the fruit bursts oivn, and sho\vs a 



brilliant interior of large, carmine colored seeds. Fine for trellises, etc. 



Balsam Apple ( Balsam in(i\. .V\iX. octs Balsam Pear (C/jaran/m^. .Pkt. Sets 



/UniTDMIMr; RDIHP CScabiosa, or Sweet Scabious'). An improved 



iTlLIUtVi^Il^U DIVlUCr stock which l^ars a profusion of flowers. These 



are larirer and fuller than the old tyi>e. and their variety and brilliancy of color 



make them verv desirable for cut flowers H.irdv annu;»l ; about one foot high. 



Double Purple. Pkt. ~>c Double White. Pkt. .".c Double Mixed ..Pkt. 5c 



