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



EACH. DOZ. 



W. E. Gumbleton. Flowers large and open, pur- 

 plish-rose, streaked with deep carmine, spots 

 velvet, surrounded with yellow, unusually beau- 

 tiful 25 2 50 



CHOICE NAMED GLADIOLI. 



The following named varieties are selected with special 

 reference to beauty of flower, range of color and habit of 

 plant. There is not one in the list that is not desirable. 

 Ready for shipment about April 1st. 



EACH. DOZ. 



Adanson, rose-tinged lilac, large blotch on white 

 ground, tinged yellow, edged with carmine 



flushed lilac 20 2 00 



Angele. white, showy and effective 15 1 50 



Brenchleyensis, rich, dark, scarlet, very brilliant 10 1 (X) 



Cameleon, large, slaty lilac 20 2 00 



Ceres, pure white, flamed lilac, desirable 15 1 50 



Crystal Palace, long spike of pure white flowers, 



lower petals striped with purplish- violet 20 2 00 



Eugene Scribe, tender rose, blazed with carminate- 



red, beautiful 15 1 50 



Felicien David, cherry, light carmine feathered, 



white blotch 15 1 50 



Isaac Buchanan, one of the best yellow sorts yet 



introduced 25 250 



John Bull, white, tinged with sulphur 10 1 00 



La Candeur, white, lightly striped with carmine-vio- 

 let, perfection 30 300 



Lamarck, cherry colored, slightly tinted with orange, 

 blazed with red, center very well lighted, very 



large, white stain 20 200 



Laura, orange-red, flamed carmine, pure white 



blotch 10 1 00 



Le Poussin, light red- white blotch, handsome 15 1 50 



Le Titien, rosy scarlet, very brilliant 20 300 



Lord Byron, brilliant scarlet, blotched and flaked 



pure white 15 1 50 



Madame Monneret, rose, white stripe and carmine 



blotch 10 1 00 



Marie Dumortier, white, slightly streaked with rose, 



violet-purple blotch 15 1 50 



Martha Washington, pure, light yellow, lower petals 



slightly tinged with rose ; stately and beautiful . . 30 3 00 

 Mons. Legouve, fiery red, white blotch, white line in 



each petal 25 2 50 



Meyerbeer, brilliant scarlet, blazed with vermilion, 



very fine spike , 20 2 00 



Napoleon III. bright scarlet, the center of the petals 



white striped, extra fine 15 1 50 



Norma, pure white, sometimes tinted with pale lilac 25 2 50 



Ophir, dark yellow, purple blotch 20 200 



Penelope, white, slightly tinged pink 15 1 50 



Pepita, bright golden yellow, slightly striped car- 

 mine. The most free flowering yellow 25 250 



Phoebus, brilliant red, with a large white stain 25 2 50 



Princess of Wales, white, flaked carmine 10 1 00 



Robert Fortune, orange-lake, shading off to purple- 

 crimson, veined white 20 2 00 



Shakespeare, white or blush-white, blazed with rosy 



carmine, large, rose colored stain 25 250 



Snow White, new, very flne 50 



Sultann, bright satin rose, flamed with carmine; 



purple-carmine blotch on white ground. Choice 25 2 50 

 Van Dyck, crimson-amaranth, striped with white... 15 1 50 



MIXED GLADIOLI. 



These mixtures must not be compared nor confounded with 

 the common mixed sorts, often the refuse of cheap, unsala- 

 ble kinds. They are composed only of selected named 

 varieties, representing over one hundred and fifty of the best 

 sorts. We recommend this stock with perfect confidence. 



DOZ. 100 



Shades of Ked, mixed 60 3 00 



" " Pink, " 75 3 50 



" " TVhite, " 85 4 00 



"Yellow," 100 425 



Choice Mixed, all colors, including striped and 



blotched kinds 75 3 50 



I.ILIUM. 



The Lily has been, with eminent propriety, styled the 

 "Queen of Flowers," and truly no flower conveys so ade- 

 quate an idea of queenly beauty, majestic grandeur and 

 faultless purity as the lily. Nearly every variety will with- 

 stand the severity of our winters, and many are among the 

 most hardy of our garden flowers. Their culture is simple, 

 and with a little care failure is impossible. The bulbs should 

 be planted in spring as soon as the frost is out of the ground 

 until first of May— the earlier the better. Select a well 

 drained spot, dig the soil deep, and make it fine, enriching it 



abundantly with very rotten cow manure and adding a lib- 

 eral mixture of sand. Set the bulbs from three to five inches 

 deep, according to size. During the winter it is advisable to 

 cover the surface of the bed with a thin layer of manure, 

 which will not only afford a slight protection to the bulbs, 

 but will materially enrich the soil. In spring the manure 

 may be removed or dug in between the rows. Care should be 

 taken that they have proper drainage, no water being 

 allowed to stand around the roots Once firmly established, 

 they should not be disturbed oftener than once in five years. 

 To produce extra fine specimens, plant the bulbs in small 

 pots (4-5 inches) early in spring, and raise them in the green- 

 house or house. 



Jacobean Lily. 



EACH. DOZ. 



Auratum, golden Japan lily, large bulbs 30 300 



Brownii, magnificent, large, white inside, purple 



outside 1 75 



Batemanni, a beautiful, upright growing apricot- 

 colored variety 30 3 00 



Lancifolium album, white Japan lily 50 5 00 



" roseum, rose spotted Japan lily 25 2 50 



" rubrum, white and red spotted 25 2 50 



CTiaZcedonzcitm, brilliant ?carlet, recurved blossoms.l 00 10 00 



Longiflorum, pure white, very fragrant. 20 2 00 



Tigrinum (Tiger Lily), orange, spotted "black 15 1 50 



" flore plena, (Double Tiger Lily), extra large 



bulbs, giving from twenty to thirty flowers. 25 2 50 



Jacobean (Amaryllis Formossissima), deep scarlet. 20 2 00 



MADEIRA VINE— (Boussingaultia baselloides). 



Tuberous rooted climber, with glossy, green leaves, and 

 delightfully fragrant, white blossoms. Sometimes called 

 "Mignonette Vine." It is of rapid grov.^th, and from a few 

 tubers vines will be produced sufficient to cover one side of a 

 cottage in a single season. The tubers are tender and must 

 be protected from frost during winter. each. doz. 

 Madeira Vine, tubers 10 75 



TRITOMA. 



Sometimes called "Red Hot Poker." It is really a fine 

 plant, pretty, hardy, though requiring some protection 

 through winter. The flowers are produced in large spikes of 

 rich, orange -red tinted flower tubes. Plant two feet apart, 

 and in November cut the plants back near the ground, and 

 cover the bulbs with dry litter, which remove in the spring. 



Tritoma uvaria. 



EACH. DOZ. 



. . . 30 3 00 



TUBEROSE. 



The flowers of this well known and popular plant are waxy 

 white, double, and so fragrant as to perfume the whole 

 atmosphere for some distance around. They are useful for 

 forming button-hole bououets, in large bouquets, or as single 

 specimens. Each bulb flowers but once, but the smaller 

 bulbs can be set out for future flowering when their growth 

 is completed. A good way to grow Tuberoses is to fill five- 

 inch pots half full of cow manure, and the remainder with 

 good, rich earth, mixed with sand. Plant the bulbs in this in 

 April, water moderately, and hasten growth by putting in a 

 warm, light place. When weather has become warm, plunge 

 the pots in the earth out of doors. They will usually flower 

 before cold weather in autfimn; if they do not the pots can 

 be brought in, and they will bloom in the house. The bulbs 

 cannot be safely sent by mail before April 1st. 



ALL FLOWERING 



Double White, tall 



Pearl, double dwarf white. 



BULBS. 



EACH. DOZ. 100. 



10 75 3 50 



10 75 4 00 



About September 1st next we will issue our Annual Catalogrue of CHOICE DUTCH BU1L,BS AND 

 SEEDS FOR FAI.L, PLANTING. It will be sent free to all customers without ordering: it, and to others 

 w^ho apply for it. 



