ROSE 



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



riultiflora 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 months old. and will con- 

 tinue to grow and bloom until they form compact bushes about sixteen 

 inches high, covered with flowers. The different plants will give flowers of 

 all shades of color common among roses. Tender perennial, blooming the 



first year Pkt. IScts 



Very showy bedding or border plants 

 with richly colored, erect, funnel- 

 _ shaped flowers. The colors are beau- 



tifully marbled and penciled, purple, scarlet, crimson, yellow, buflf. blue 

 and almost black. Bloom from August to October. Half hardy annual; 

 one and a half to two feet high. Fine mixed, hybrid varieties V}^t. 5cts 

 ^> ^^ __ __ ■ ^ _^ ■ ■ ^_ Procumbens, double. Very 

 ^93r|V||3|l3 pretty, dwarf, trailing plants; 

 ^^*^** ' m^mi^mmm.^ excellent for 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, 

 resemblinga miniature double zinnia. Hardy annual; six inches high. 



Pkt. 5ct5 



^> A V m/W A (Flowering Sage'). Very ornamental; flow- 



^^ ffL ■ W I ffL ers borne in spikes of fiery red, crimson or 



^'^■■'^*^ ^ * *"^ blue, and continue in bloom in open ground 



until after severe frosts. Start in heat and transplant into light 



soil one to two feet apart. Tender perennials, but bloom the first 



season; height two to three feet. 



Splendens, brilliant scarlet Pkt. lOcts 



Patens, one of the finest blue flowers known " locts 



Golden Leaved. This is a variety of Salvia Splendens type of flower 

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

 ing beautifully with the briUiant scarlet flowers Pkt. 35cts 



CpncItiVP PlAflt (^i'l'iiosapudicaK A.n interesting and curious 

 OVllOlilTV I IQIIi plant with globular heads of pink flowers. 



well known for the extreme irritability of its leaves and foot 



stalks, 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. Sets 



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SWEET WILLIAM 



The Stocks, though not thriving so well in America as they do in 

 England, are indispensable where a fine display of flowers is wanted. 

 To such perfection has selection brought them that good seed will 

 give a large proportion of exceedingly double flowers. 



Double German Ten Weeks , mixed , Pkt. Sets 



" ■' " pure white " lOcts 



INTERMEDIATE, OR AUTUMNAL STOCKS. ''^i 



The Intermediate Stocks, if sown at the same time as the "Ten 

 Weeks," will succeed them in bloom, thtis affording flowers continu- , , vps, 

 ously until late in the fall. If sown in pots late in the^summer, they \/jk\ 

 will bloom the following spring. - ^ 



Intermediate, white Pkt. IScts 



" scarlet " locts 



BROMPTON AND EMPEROR STOCKS. 

 These Stocks should have the same treatment as the "Intermedi- 

 ate.'" They cannot endure our winters unless protected. 

 Brompton," mixed, blooms well in winter. Half hardy biennial; one 



and a half feet high Pkt. 1 Octs 



Emperor, or Perpetual, mixed, the fine spikes of bloom are rich and 



attractive. Tender perennial; 

 one and a half feet high. 



Pkt. 15ct5 



SWEET WILLIAM 



(Dianthus Barbatus). For display in the garden, 

 the Sweet William is unsurpassed. The seed can be 

 planted in the spring, in open ground, and will blos- 

 som the following summer; or it can be sown in 

 August, and will make fine blooming plants for the 

 summer following. Hardy perennial; one and a half 

 feet high. 



Pure white Pkt. octs 



Black, reddish velvety black . " 5ct5 



Fine mixed " 5ct5 



Mixed double, many colors " Sets 



SWEET PE^S— (.See pages 92-9L) 



SALVIA, Splendens. 



