D. M. FERRY & CO»S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Aquilegia alba plena, double white 10 



" coerulea hybrida, double, a vigorous growing, very 



handsome variety vrith blue and white flowers 10 



" Californica hybrida, one of the handsomest of all 

 the columbines, having orange, red and yellow 



flowers 10 



" vervaeneana fol. variea^atis, plants variegated, re- 

 produced with certainty from seed. Double rose 



colored blossoms : exceedingly beautiful 15 



" mixed double, best and finest colors 10 



C03IMELINA— (Day Flower). 



Has splendid white and blue flowers. Tender perennial: 



one and a-half to two and a-half feet high. 



Commelina ccBle.stis, sky blue 5 



" alba, white 5 



" mixed 5 



CONVOLVULUS. 



A magnificent class of trailing annuals. Useful for veran- 

 das, lattice, etc.. and grows freelj' in any good garden soil. 

 Convolvulus aureus superbus, very large, golden yel- 

 low flowers : grows six feet high 15 



" mauritanicus, trailing plant, about one foot high, 

 and produces an abundance of rich, satiny, lavender 

 blossoms. EspeciaUj- adapted to rock work or 



baskets: perennial in greenhouse 10 



" Major (See Morning Glory). 



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Convolvulus, Dwarp 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR— (^Dwarf Morning Glory). 



Dwarf plants, of trailing, branching habit, each plant 

 occupying a space of two feet. At mid-day they are com- 

 pletely covered with a mass of most brilliant, many colored 

 blossoms, which remain open till evening, in dry weather. 

 Half-hardy annual; one foot high. 

 Convolvulus Minor tricolor, bright blue, shaded to 



pure white, next to the golden centre 5 



" Minor alba, pure white 5 



" " .striata, finely shaped 5 



" " mixed 5 



" " flore pleno, a new double variety 10 



** " unicaulis, a single, upright stem, without a 

 branch and with a compact head of flowers borne 

 in great profusion; color purplish -blue 10 



COIX-(See Job's Tears). 



COSMOS. 



A very effective autumn flowering plant. Quite hardy and 

 rapid growing, forming bushes often four feet high and cov- 

 ered with large, single, daisy like flowers, two to three inches 

 round, and of a great variety- of bright and attractive colors. 

 Cosmos bijiinnata hybrida, finest mixed 25 



CKUCIANELLA. 



A prettj' little plant, growing one fo-)t high, aud producing 

 clusters of star shaped, pink flowers. Fine for rock work, 

 vases, etc. Hardy perennial. 

 Crucianella stylosa 5 



CUCURBIT A— rSee Gourds). 



CUPHEA. 



A favorite bedding plant with green-house men: familiarly 

 known as Cigar Plant, on account of its fancied resemblance 

 to a lighted cigar. Tender perennial; one and a-half feet 

 high. 



Cuphea platycentra (Ciqar or Firecracker Phmt^, scar- 

 let, white and purple 10 



CYCLAMEN. 



Well known and univei-sally admired tuberous rooted plants, 

 producing exceedingly handsome red and white flowers. 

 Tender perennial; one" foot bigh. 



Cyclamen, 



Cyclamen Persicum, mixed, variety of great beauty and 



many colors 25 



" Persicum giganteum, mixed, characterized by 

 beautiful foliage and profuse bloom : eat-h flower 

 is from two to two and a-half inches long. Very 

 choice 30 



CYPRESS VLN'E-rimpomaea Quamoclit). 



A most beautiful climber, with deUcate, dark green, 

 feathen," foliage, and an abundance of bright, star shaped, 

 rose, scarlet and white blossoms, which in the bright sun- 

 shine present a mass of beauty. Planted by the side of 

 veranda, tree or stakes, and trained properly, there is 

 nothing prettier. Tender annual ; fifteen feet high. 



Cypress Vine, scarlet 5 



" " rose 5 



" " Avhite 5 



" " mixed 5 



DAHLIA. 



This magnificent race of plants is too well knovm to need 

 description, though it is not generally known that they may 

 be had in the greatest variety and beauty from seed, both of 

 the single and double sorts. If planted early and pushed 

 they can be made to flower the first season. Tender herba- 

 ceous perennials. 



Dahlia, finest double, mixed, seed saved from choicest 

 double floorers 15 



" finest single, mixed, brilliant flowers running 

 through a wide range of striking colors 15 



Dahlia, Sinclc, 



