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D. M. FERRY & CO'5 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



DAISY— (Bellis). 



Admirable plants for cultivating in pots or in beds or 

 borders which are partially shaded. Grown from seed, fully 

 three-fifths of the plants will produce flowers as large and 

 perfect as any of the named sorts. Tender perennial; height 

 six inches. 



_ _ D.T. 



Daisy, Double. 



Daisy, double Tvhite 15 



" " red, a novelty of high merit, introduced 



under the name of " Longfellow." Comes true 



from seed. Flowers very large and double 25 



" double mixed, choice 15 



DATURA. 



Large, branching plants, producing handsome, double and 

 single, trumpet shaped blossoms, yellow, white, lilac and of 

 exquisite fragrance. Some of the flowers are equal in beauty 

 to our choicest lilies. Tender annuals; three feet high. 

 Datura Wrighti, pure white at the center, passing into 

 lilac and blue at the border; a magnificent plant. . . 5 



" cWorantha fl. pi., magnificent, large, double yellow 

 blossoms, richly scented 5 



" fastuosa alba fl. pi., flowers double, pure white 5 



" mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed 5 



DELPHINIUM— (See Larkspur). 



DEW PLANT— (SeeJMesembryanthemvun). 



DIANTHUS-(See Pmk). 



DIANTHUS BARBATUS— (See Sweet Wilham). 



DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS— (See Carnation). 



DIGITALIS— (See Foxglove). 



DOLICHOS— (See Hyacinth Bean). 



ELICHRYSUM— (See HeUchrysum). 



EKAGROSTIS— (See Love Grass). 



ERIANTHUS RAVENNA. 



A very desirable ornamental grass, equal to Pampas Grass 



Erianthus Ravbnnve. 



in appearance and habit of growth, and superior to it for 

 general culture, as it is entirely hardy and blooms more 

 abinadantly. Perennial ; height six feet. 

 Erianthus Ravennse 10 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA— (California Poppy). 



A genus of the poppy family and fully as valuable as the 

 common poppy for garden ornamentation, and as easily 

 grown. Nothing is handsomer or richer in color than a bed 

 of these in full bloom. Hardy annuals; height one foot. 

 Eschscholtzia mandarin. The outer side of the petal is 



brilliant scarlet, the inneT side, rich orange 15 



" Calif ornica, bright yellow 5 



" crocea alba fl. pi., creamy white, double 5 



" " striata, beautifully striped 5 



" mixed 5 



EULALIA JAPONICA. 



A most magnificent ornamental grass from Japan, growing 

 five to six feet high, and exceedingly graceful. A single 

 plant often makes thirty to forty elegant, recurved flower 

 spikes of light violet color, resembling ostrich plmnes. 

 Beautiful for vases in the winter. 

 Eulalia Japonica, Ught violet, beautiful 10 



EUPHORBIA. 



Euphorbia varieg'ata, hardy annual; foliage beautifully 

 veined and margined with white; very showy. 

 Sometimes known as " Snow on the Mountain" 5 



EUTOCA. 



Fohage dull green, covered with hairs; blossoms intense 

 blue striped, three-quarters of an inch across, produced in 

 terminal racemes. A branch placed in water will bloom 

 many days. Hardy annual ; one foot high. 



Eutoca viscida, blue 5 



" " alba striata, striped 5 



" " mixed 5 



FEATHER GRASS— (Stipa). 



Hardy, perennial, ornamental grass of much beauty," used 

 in the formation of •winter bouquets. 

 Stipa pennata (Feather Grass), delicate and pretty... 10 



FERNS. 



Flowerless plants, too well known to need description. 

 Many of the most beautiful sorts are propagated from seed 

 only. Their exceeding grace and beauty will well repay all 

 care bestowed upon them. 

 Ferns, fine mixed 25 



"^fifty finest species mixed, imsm^assed 25 



FEVERFEW.— (See Matricaria and Pyrethrum). 

 FORGET-ME-NOT— (Myosotis). 



FORGET-M E-NOT, AlPESTHIS. 



Myosotis alpestris, plant of compact, bushy habit, grow- 

 ing six to eight inches high; flowers large, blue; 



hardy perennial 10 



'' disitiflora. very deep blue; early blooming; hardy 

 perennial ,. 1& 



