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



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FOUR O'CLOCK— (Marvel of Peru). 



The plants are large and require four feet of space; make a 

 pretty hedge. The flowers are funnel shaped, white, red and 

 striped, very fragrant, and open about four o'clock in the 

 afternoon, remain open all night, and generally perish before 

 noon the next day. The French call it Belle de Nuit, "Beauty 

 of Night." Will grow in any common garden soil, from 

 seed sown in open ground. Hardy annual; two feet high. 



Four O'clock, gold striped 5 



*♦ " red 5 



" " white, red striped 5 



" " yellow, red striped 5 



" " white 5 



" " yellow 5 



" " mixed 5 



FOXGLOVE— (Digitalis). 



Plants produce dense spikes of flowers on stems three to 

 five feet high. The blossoms are thimble shaped, purple, 

 white and spotted. Hardy biennial. 



Digitalis, Ivery's spotted, an endless variety of colors; 

 robust, strong and hardy 5 



" splendid mixed 5 



FKAGAKIA- (Chinese Strawberry). 



Hardy, perennial, herbaceous creeper from India, with 

 yellow blossoms, and bright red fruit, like small strawberries. 

 Elegant for rock work or hanging baskets. 

 Fragaria Indica 10 



FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE- (Hedysarum). 



Very handsome, free flowering plants, producing racemes 

 of beautiful pea like flowers; particularly adapted for bor- 

 ders or rockw^ork. Hardy perennial; four feet high. 

 Hedysarum coronarium, brilliant scarlet 5 



*' " fl. alba, irtie; white 5 



FUCHSIA. 



The varieties of Fuchsias are numbered by hundreds, 

 and some are exceedingly beautiful. They are as easily 

 grown from seed as cuttings, and from seed many improved 

 varieties are obtained. Tender perennial. 

 Fuchsia, double, finest mixed, from the finest speci- 

 mens 25 



" double, white corollas, very beautiful 25 



GAILLARDIA. 



Showy plants, flowering the first year, and among the 

 gayest ornaments of summer flowering beds. 



Gaillardia Picta Lorcnziana. 



Gaillardia picta, one foot high; flowers crimson and 

 yellow. Half hardy annual 5 



" picta Lorenziana. For general decorative pur- 

 poses, as well as for bouquets, this is invaluable, 

 its gay colored flowers being abundantly produced 

 from July until frost. Half hardy annual; one 

 foot high; sulphur, orange, claret and amaranth, 

 mixed 10 



" grandiflora, the largest flowers of the species; blos- 

 soms scarlet and orange. Hardy perennial 10 



GERANIUM- (Pelargonium). 



Probably the Geranium is better known and more univer 

 sally admired than any other plant- grown. The constant 



succession and durability of bloom till frost comes, the bril- 

 liancy of the scarlet and other colors, and the exquisite 

 markings of the leaves of some of the varieties, render them 

 very desirable for pot culture and bedding. No garden 

 seems complete without a bed of them, and in every collec- 

 tion of conservatory or parlor fjlants we are sure to find the 

 Geranium. Prox>agation by seed is the only way to obtain 

 new varieties. One-half hardy perennial. 



Geranium Zonale. 



Geranium (Pelargonium), diadematum, splendid 



variety 50 



" (Pelargonium), Odier, five petals blotched 50 



" " fancy, splendid mixed 25 



" double, finest double varieties mixed 50 



" Zonale, scarlet, mixed sorts 25 



" " "ivhite leaved varieties, mixed 25 



" " golden and bronze, ?Hagr?i<^'ce?if 25 



" apple scented, very fragrant 25 



GILIA. 



Hardy annual, one to two feet high; grows in almost any 

 situation, in beds or in rockery. 



Gilia capitata, dense, globular heads of clustered blos- 

 soms of azure blue. Two feet high 5 



" tricolor, flowers blue, with yellow and purple center. 

 Sow in masses. One foot "high 5 



GLADIOLUS. 



The varieties of this magnificent plant are now numbered 

 almost by thousands, each year bringing forth new and 

 choice selections which have been px'oduced from seed, 

 which is the only method of obtaining new varieties. Half 

 hardy perennial. 



Gladiolus, finest mixed, /roj?i choice named varieties... 25 

 ^^=For Bulbs, see Spring Bulbs in this Catalogue. 



GLAUCIUM- (Horned Ponpy^. 



One of the most ornamental of silver leaved plants. The 

 leaves are reciu'ved, elegantly indented and silvery. Flowers 

 bell shaped, orange. Hardy perennial; one aiid one-half 

 feet high. 

 Glaucium cornioulatum lO 



GLOBE AMARANTH- (Gomplirena). 



A desirable everlasting, valued for its handsome, globular 

 heads of flowers, which, if cut. when well matmvd. will 

 retain their beauty for years. Tender annual; two feet high. 

 Gomplirena globosa, purple 5 



" " Avhite 5 



