D M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



75 



1 50 



1 50 



2 50 



1 60 

 1 50 



EACH. DOZ. 



Phsbus, brilliant red. ^\ith a large white stain 20 2 00 



Princess of Wales, white, flaked carmine 10 1 00 



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

 ple-crimson, veined white 15 



Shakespeare, white or blush- white, blazed with 



rosy carmine, large, rose-colored stain 15 



Snow White, veri- fine 25 



Sultana, bright satin rose, flamed with carmine: 



purple carmine blotch on white ground, choice. . 15 

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



Lemoine's Hybrid Gladiolus. 



LARGE STAl.NED, OR BUTTERFLY. 



A distinct race of this matchless class of plants character- 

 ized by the variety and strength of color of their flowers. The 

 flowers last remarkably- well, and attain a size heretofore 

 imthought of among gladiolus. No collection can be complete 

 without them. All the varieties on this list are of decided 

 merit. 



EACH. DOZ 



Enfant de Nancy, purplish-red. lower petals deep 

 crimson. Color and blotching heretofore entirely 

 unknown in Gladiolus 10 



Incendiary, flowers very large, vermihon, rose col- 

 ored throat, two lower petals scarlet- purple 10 



LaFayette, flowers large, yellowish-salmon, large 

 crimson blotches on lower petals 10 



Talma, pale hlac. lower divisions violet-brown 15 



Marie Lemoine, long spikes of fine, well expanded 

 flowers, upper divisions of a pale cream color, 

 flushed salmon-lilac, lower divisions spotted pur- 

 plish-violet, bordered deep yellow 8 75 



W. E. Gumbleton, flowers 'large and open, pur- 

 plish-rose, streaked with deep carmine, spots 

 velvet, surrounded with yellow, imusually beauti- 

 ful , 10 1 00 



Mixed Gladiolus. 



The.se mixtures must not be confounded with the common 

 mixed sorts. We recommend this stock with perfect confi- 

 dence, as it is composed only of selected named varieties. 



DOZ. 100. 



Shades of Red, mixed 40 2 00 



" Pink, • 50 2 50 



" White, •• 60 3 00 



Yellow, '• 60 3 50 



Choice .Mixed, all colors 50 2 50 



1 00 



1 00 



1 00 

 1 50 



LILIUM AURATUM. 



I II IP^ ^^^^ ^^^■' '^ *^^^^^ styled the "Queen of 

 |^lL»lL-iO. Flowers. ■■ on account of its queenly beauty, 

 ■— * majestic grandeur and faultless purity. 



Nearly every variety will withstand the severity of our win- 

 ters, 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 as soon as the 

 frost is out of the ground— 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, adding 

 a liberal mixture of sand. Set the bulbs from three to five 

 inches deep, according to size. During tlie winter it is 

 advisable to cover the surface of the bed with a thin layer of 

 manure, which will afford a slight protection to the bulbs and 

 also materially enrich the soil. In spring the manure may 



be remove<J or dug in between the rowK 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 

 pro<^iuce extrrx fine specimens plant the bulbs in small pots 

 (4.5 inches; early in spring, and raise them in the green-hmise 

 or house. 



TIGRINUM DOUBLE. 



EACH. DOZ. 



Auratum, golden Japan lily, large bulbs 25 2 50 



Batemanni, a beauttful. upright- growing, apricot- 



colore'l variety 25 2 50 



Speciosutn, album, white Japan lily 35 3 50 



" roseum, rose spotted Japan Uly 20 2 00 



" rubrum, white and red spotted 20 2 OO 



Longiflorum, pure white, very fragrant 20 2 OO 



Tigrinum, (Single Tiger Lilv). orange, spotted 



black 15 1 50 



Tigrinum, flore pleno, (Double Tiger Lily), extra 



larsre bulbs, giving from twenty to thirty flowers. 20 2 OO 



Jacobean, TAmaryllis Formosissima). deep scarlet 20 2 00 



Tuberous rooted chmber, 

 with glossy, green leaves, 

 and delightfully frag- 

 rant, white blos-soms. Sometimes called Mignonette Vine. 

 It is of rapid growth, 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. 



JVlADEIRAyiNE, 



EACH. 



Madeira Vine, tubers 5 



DOZ. 

 50 



XUBEROSE, 



TPDITOJVIA Sometimes called Retl Hot Poker. 



I tvl 1 v/iTl/\, It Ls really a fine plant, pretty, hardy, 

 tough, 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 sj^ring. 



EACH. DOZ. 



Tritoma Uvaria 20 2 00 



Tlie flowers of this popular plant 

 are waxy white, dounle. and so 

 fragrant." that they jx^rfimie the 

 whole atmospliHiv for some distance around. They are use- 

 ful ill button-hole bouquets, in large b<-vuqiiets, or as single 

 siJecimens. A good way to grow Tul>eroses is to fill five- 

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

 good, rich earth, mixe*l with sand. Plant the buU»s in this, in 

 April, water mmlerately. and hasten growth by putting in a 

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

 the pots in tlie earth out of dot:>rs. They will usually flower 

 l)efore cold weather; if they do not. the rmts can l>e brought 

 in. and they will bloom in "the house. Tlie bulbs cannot be 

 safely sent by mail l>efore Aj^ril 1st 



Double Dwarf Pearl Tuberose. 



1st size bulbs. 



EACH. DOZ. 



...5 50 



100. 

 3 50 



About September 1st next we will issue our Annual Catalogue of CHOICE DLTCH BL'LBS AND SEEDS FOR 

 PALL PLANTING. It will be sent free to all customers without ordering it, and to others who apply for it. 



