D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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NASTURTIUM, TALL-i^S^^S^i^n^-SSs 



from the common running nasturtium, in being less rank 

 growing, more floriferous and having richer, more varied 

 colored flowers, and is admirably adapted for green-house 

 or conservatory decoration in winter. Colors brilliant and 

 of many shades, from scarlet to blackish-brown. Fine for 

 covering arbors, trellises and rustic work. Hardy annual ; 

 five to ten feet high. 



Asa Gray, pale yellow, with purple stain 10 



Bright Yellow, with purple stain 10 



Brilliant, intense red 10 



Cardinal, dark scarlet 10 



Chestnut Brown lO 



Oiant of Battles, sulphur, staaned with red 10 



King of the Blacks, blackish-brown 10 



Spitfire, bright, fiery red, very floriferous 10 



Mixed Tall iLobbianum varieties) 10 



NASTURTIUM, LOBBIANUM. 



NASTURTIUM, DWARF-i^l°Kl?l.YS: 



turtiums in the yard is very brilliant and attractive, blooming 

 all the season. Hardy annual ; about one foot high. 



Aurora, delicate orange, veined with carmine 5 



Bronze=colored .'> 



Crimson, bright crimson, with very dark foliage 5 



Empress of India, a beautiful, velvety, dark coppery red, 



with dark foliage 5 



King Theodore, dark maroon 5 



King of Tom Thumbs, scarlet, with dark foliage. . . .'» 



Hahogany =colored 5 



Ochre Yellow, bright yellow 5 



Pearl , cream white 5 



Rose 5 



Scarlet ~* 



Schilling's Striped, bright yellow, with maroon stripes .l 



Yellow r* 



Mixed Dwarf 5 



NELUMBIUMLUTEUM-S;1:i;rJSf,^^n7::rf: 



ful and valuable of all the water lilies. The dai-k green 

 leaves, twelve to fifteen inches in diameter, sunnountetl by 

 enormous double flowers resembling a monster double tulip, 

 form a beautiful contrast and are a woitliy ornament to any 

 garden or lawn. Easily gi-own in tanks or jionds. Flowers, 

 hght yellow, fragrant; eight to ten inches in diameter 35 



NEMOPHILA-(See Love Grove). 



NICOTIANA AFFINIS.-^..,.nZ1. '^trt^l 



tobacco family, which are noted for the freedom and 

 fragrance of their bloom. Half hardy amuials, thi-ee feet 

 high. Flowers white, salver shaped, having long, tubular 

 corollas, and are of exquisite fragrance. Deserves a place 

 in every garden 10 



NIGELLA— (See Love-in-a-Mist). 



NOI ANA —Beautiful trailing plants, with prostrate 

 ^^^-f^^*-^^^^* stems, much branched; almost equal to the 

 Portulaca for growing in masses, and unsurpassed for rock 

 work, pots, baskets or vases, as the branches hang pendu- 

 lous over the edge of vase or basket. The blos.soms are con- 

 volvulus shaped, brilliant, freely produced, and of various 

 colors. Hardy, trailing annual; six inches high. 

 nixed 5 



NVCTFRINIA —charming little plants well arlapted 



1^ I w 1 L^ivii-^irL. for rockeries and baskets. The flowers 

 are borne on large heads, are of various colors, star 

 shaped, and during the evening are very fragrant. Half 

 hardy annual; six mches high. 



nixed 10 



(ENOTHERA— (See Primrose). 



Of FANHFR— <^^^^*'^"* Oleander). -This well known 

 v/LrLrrvi-^iyUriv ghrub, originally a native of India, is of 

 easy culture, and flowers freely the greater part of the 

 year. In warm, moist climates, it requires no protection, 

 and attains the proportions of a good sized tree. The 

 flowers have a silver-shaped corolla, with a crown of torn 

 appendages in the center, and are a beautiful shade of 

 pinkish red lo 



OXALIS. 



OYAI m —Very pretty herbaceous plants with rich, rose 

 vf/vrVLIO. colored blossoms. They thrive well in a mix- 

 ture of loam and sand. Desirable for green-house decora- 

 tion, rock work or baskets out of dooi's. Half hardy per- 

 ennial. 



Rosea, rose colored 10 



Floribunda alba, white 10 



NICOTIANA AFFINIS. 



