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



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ADOXIS FLOWER— (Pheasant's Eyej. 



Foliage pretty, delicate, many parted. Hardy annual; 

 foot high. 

 Adonis autumnalis, dark blood red, fine 



AGAPAXTHU.S— (African Eily). 



Bears large heads of beautiful blue flowers on stems three 

 feet high; will flower in two years from seed; one-half hardy 

 perenmal. 



ACAPANTHUS UmBELLATUS. 



Agrapanthus Umbellatus 15 



AGERATUM. 



Very profuse and constant bloomers: excellent for cut 

 Sowers and in borders. Hardy annual, easily grown. 



AcERATUM Mexicanum 



A-geratam Meidicanum, light blue 5 



" Imperial Dwarf White 5 



" Tom Thumb, dwarf blue, desirable for edging 5 



" Lasseauxi, rose colored 10 



" conspicuum, valuable for winter; white 5 



" mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed 5 



AGROSTEM3IA. 



Veiy taseful for cutting for bouquets, and pretty in masses 

 Jn beds. The annual variety is known as Rose of Heaven; 



AanosTEMMA Cceli-Rosa 



the perennial as Rose Campion- One and a-half feet high; 

 hardy. 



Agrostemma coronaria, crimson: perennial 5 



" coeli-rosa, rose, white centre ; annual 5 



AGROSTI.S— (Ornamental Grass;. 



Much used in connection with everlastings, for winter 

 bouquets. Grows easily in an\- common garden soiL Hardy 

 annual; about one and a-half feet high. 

 Agrostis neb ulosa, fine and delicate 10 



" Pulchella, exceedingly graceful 10 



AEOXSOA. 



Properly green-house plants, but bloom finely in open 

 ground when treated as tender annuals. Flowers remark- 

 ably brilliant: height one and one-half feet. 



Alonsoa grandiflora, deep scarlet S 



" Warszewiczii, bright crimson 5 



" mixed, seeds of the above varieties niixed 5 



ALY.S.SU3I. 



Alyssum, sweet (maritimuna), flowers pure white in 

 racemes, and of a peculiar, delicate fragrance. Use- 

 ful in aU kinds of small bouquets. Hardy annual; 

 grows one foot high 5 



Alyssum Maritimum. 



Alyssum, golden (saxatile), flowers golden yeUow: desir- 

 able for rock work, and showy in masses. Hardy 

 perennial ; height one foot 5 



AMARANTHUS. 



Valuable for its variety of handsome foliage, whether 

 grovm in the conservatory or garden. 



Amaranthus Melancholicus Ruber. 

 Amaranthus melancholicus ruber, blood red foliage. 



Hardy annual ; tw o and a-half feet high 5 



" tricolor, leaves yellow, red and green; well known as 



"Joseph's Coa't." Hardy annual: two feet high... 5 

 ** salicifolius, two and a-half to three feet high. Leaves 



beautifully undulated, varying from green to 



bronze and later to a bright orange red 10 



" Henderi, drooping foliage, richly colored in many 



shades 10 



AMMOBIUM-(Everlasting:\ 



Valuable for winter bouquets in connection with grasses 

 and other everlastings. Hardy annual; height two feet. 

 Ammobium alatum, pure white 5 



AMPELOPSTS. 



These are deservedly among the most popular vines grown 

 for covering walls, arbors, etc. Hardy perennial climbers. 



