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



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Pppil f A Nankinensis Atropurpurea Laciniata.— 



■ *-'*^'*-'L<rij Ornamental foliaf^e plants similar to Coleus. 

 Fine for bedding with silver leaved plants. Foliage metal- 

 lic bronze. Same culture as for Coleus. Half hardy 



annual 5 



PERIWINKLE-! See Vinca). 



DF^TI ||\||A —Petunias are unsurpassed for mass- 

 I i— I vJI^I/\» ing in beds. Their richness of color, 

 duration of bloom, and easy culture will always render 

 them popular. They do well sown in open border in 

 spring, or earlier in cold frame or hot bed, and trans- 

 planted eighteen inches apart. Tender perennial, but 

 bloom profusely the first season. One and a-half feet 

 high. 



Nyctaginiflora, pure white 5 



Countess of Ellesmere, deep rose, white throat 10 



Finest Striped and Blotched, saved from striped and blotched 



varieties only 10 



Inimitable Dwarf, iininiitabilis nana conipacta raultiflora.) 

 compact, eight inches in height, covered with regularly 



striped flowers 15 



Fine Mixed 5 



Double Mixed. Sure to produce a good pei'centage of double 

 flowering plants 30 



LARGE FLOWERING VARIETIES. 



Brilliant Rose, large flowers of the brighest shade of rose. 25 



Qrandiflora Robusta fl. pi., dwarf, of robust growth, forming 



a compact, upright, branched bush, about ten inches in 



height and fourteen inches in width, with double flowers in 



all shades of colors existing in petunias 25 



Superbissima, Mixed. The flowers are of the largest, most 



superbly colored, each with a large throat 25 



Double Fringed, Rose, bears large, exceedingly double 



flowers of the most brilliant rose color 50 



Extra Double Fringed, many colors, beautifully fringed, a 



good i>ercentage d' >uble 50 



Fringed Varieties, Mixed, ver}' desirable 30 



Choicest Mixed, from show flowers 15 



Large flowered. Mixed 10 



PHLOX DRUIVIIVIONDI, LARGE FLOWERING. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDI. -'iZl^J^S'ia^^S^ 



Situation, and unequaled in the magnificent display of their 

 many and brilliantly colored flowers. Seed sown in open 

 ground in fall or early spring will begin flowering about July 

 first and remain literally covered with bloom until after 

 severe frosts late in autumn. For masses of separate colore, 

 or for cutting for bouquets, they are unsurpassed. One foot 

 high. 

 Fine Mixed 5 



LARGE FLOWERING VARIETIES. 



Alba, pure white 10 



Black Warrior, very dark purple lo 



Scarlet, black center " lO 



Rosea, deep rose .'". lo 



Carmine Red ..lO 



Kermesina Alba Oculata, rosy crimson, white eye.!!... 10 

 Splendens, crimson, pure white eye; one of the finest of this 



strain lO 



Isabel I i na , creamy-yellow. Very desirable '.'.'.'.'.'.. 10 



Rosy Chamois, beautiful shade of rose ! ! ! 10 



5tellata Splendens, rich crimson, with star-shaped white 



„eye 10 



Extra, choicest mixed, composed of the best of the large 



flowered varieties 10 



5 



PHI OY PFPFNNfAF -The varieties of the i>eren- 

 rilLUA rCIVCrnni/lL. nlal phlox are among the 

 choicest of our flowers for bedding and border plants. 

 They are hardy and need no protraction; will flourish in 

 any soil, succeeding better, however, in deep, rich, rather 

 moist ground. Mixed seeds saved from splendid sorts. 10 

 PICOTEE-(See Carnation). 



pi/\l|/— (D/anf/ius).— TheDianthus family furnishes the 

 I ■' ""X florist with many of his most beautiful flowers, 

 including the Carnation, Sweet William, P'lorisfs, Chinese 

 and Japan Pinks, in all their vaiieties. Hardy and half 

 hardy biennials and perennials, but nearly all blooming 

 the first year from seed. 



PINK, DOUBLE CHINA. 



Double China (Chinensis fl.pl.), a biennial of dwarf habit; 

 flowers the first year, but the bloom is stronger the 

 second 5 



PINK. HEDDEWIG'S DOUBLE. 



Heddewig's Double, (Chine}}.>iis Heddetripii. fl. pi.'), flowers 

 very large and double, having a diameter of nearly three 

 inches: of various shailes of brilliant colors. Half hardy 

 annual 10 



Heddewig's Single Mixed, cC/»/»e)).v/.s' fleddctrigiiW^oweTS 

 deeply tnimed or feathered: one half hardy annual 6 



Double Diadem, i Chine II si.< HtihiticiQii dia'dtmatus fl. pZ.) 

 Very regular, densely double, and of all tints, from crimson- 

 purple to deep black-purple. One-half hardy biennial, 

 blooming freely the fii'st season I o 



