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D. M, Ferry & Go's Descriptive Catalogue. 



Poppy, Umbrosum 



Poppy, Carnation. 



There are scarcely any flowers in cultivation that make 

 such a dazzling- display of beauty as a bed of many 

 hued, brilliant colored Portulacas. They are in bloom 

 from about the first of July till killed by frost in au- 

 tumn. Plant in open ground after it has become warm, 

 in a light, sandy soil, and in a dry situation. After the 

 plants appear, withhold water; and if the bed have a 

 full exposure to the sun, tlie ground will be covered with 

 the plants, and the effect will be beautiful. Tender an- 

 nual ; nine inches high. 



Portulaca, single. 



Portulaca , alba, pure white 5 



" aurea, deep golden 5 



" striata, striped yellow 5 



" caryophylloides, carnation striped 5 



" fine mixed, many beautiful kinds 5 



DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



The double varie- 

 ties of this plant are 

 most beautiful. The 

 blossoms are about 

 one and a half inches 

 across, perfectly dou- 

 ble, and of many col- 

 ors. Not all the 

 plants will be double, 

 ^"^^^^^ but the single ones 



n . 1 J ui can be pulled out. 



Portu aca, double. r.., .,, , , 



' 1 hey will stand any 



amount of dry weather. 



Portulaca, double, white 20 



" " orange 20 



" " scarlet 20 



" " rose striped 20 



" " sulphur 20 



" " mixed 15 



raiMHOSE, El. ET^IKIO. 

 (CEiiotlierai. 



The CEnothera, or Evening Primrose produces large, 

 showy blossoms, which are fully expanded only towards 

 and during evening. The blossoms are three to four 

 inches across, usually yellow or white, and very freely 

 and constantly produced. 'I'hey all do better if seed be 

 started in hot-bed, and the plants transplanted. 



CEnothera, Lannarckiana. 

 CEnothera, acaulis alba, of prostrate habit, the 

 leaves lying on the ground; produces an abund- 

 ance of large flowers about three inches across, ' 

 of most wonderful beauty, being transparent, 

 and of the color and lustre of mother of pearl. 

 Hardy perennial ; six inches high 10 



" Lamarckiana, superb spikes of large, bright 

 yellow 1 lossoms, about four inches across. As 

 manjr as 400 buds and blossoms have been 

 counted on a single spike, and they are con- 

 stantly produced from early spring till late in 

 autumn. Hardy perennial ; four feet high. . . 5 



'" gigantea, the stem grows very tall, changing at 

 about two-thirds its height into an immense 

 flower spike of bright yellow. Notwithstand- 

 ing its shrubby appearance, it is an annual, 

 and may be grown as easily as the other kinds. lo 



1-Il.IMUI.A, Si:^5E]?«SIS. 

 (Cliinese I*rimrose). 



These are perhaps 

 the most desirable of 

 all house blooming 

 plants. They are in 

 almost constant bloom 

 all winter, and if the 

 plants be transferred 

 to the border, they 

 will bloom nearly all 

 summer. Though 

 perennial, new plants 

 flower more freely, 

 and seed should be 

 sown every year. Give 

 them a long time for 

 growth before flower- 

 ing, and do not force 

 the young plants, but 

 simply protect them 



Primula. 



