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



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Aster, Reid's Improved Quilled, remarkable for its 

 tubular petals, resembling quills; height about two 

 feet. All colors mixed 10 



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Aster, Goliath, Mont" Rose, splendid variety; flowers a 

 charming peacb color; plants large, branching 20 



" Goliath, Mont Blanc, similar to Mont Rose, except 

 with white flowers 20 



" Goliath, crimson, valuable for florists 25 



" Giant Emperor, snow white; flowers very double, 

 and of enormous size ; height two feet 10 



" Washington, flowers the largest of any of the 

 asters, often four to six inches in diameter; plants 

 two feet high; a valuable acquisition. Mixed 

 colors 20 



AURICULA— (Primula). 



Called also Primula Auricula and French Cowslip. This 

 old and well known favorite does not bear well the extremes 

 of heat and cold. Culture same as for Primrose. Tender 

 perennial; height six inches. 

 Auricula, Alpine, the most hardy variety 15 



" finest prize, mixture of all the choicest varieties 20 



AZALEA. 



Spring flowering shrubs, universally admired for their 

 beautiful flowers, which are invariably produced in great 

 profusion. The flowers are of all conceivable colors, and 

 for brilliancy are unsurpassed. 



Azalea indica, finest mixed. Green-house evergreen 

 shrubs; flowers very beautiful 25 



BACHELOR'S BUTTON. 



Under cultivation this is really a handsome flower, sporting 

 into varieties of white, purple, pink, parti-colored, etc. 

 Hardy annual; two to three feet high. 



Bachelor's Button. 

 Bachelor's Button, Centaurea cyan us, mixed 5 



BALLOON VINE— (Cardiospermum). 



Remarkable for its inflated membranous capsules: some- 

 times called Love-in -a-Puff . A rapid and graceful climber. 

 Tender annual; six feet high. 



BALSAM— (Impatiensj. 



Also called Lady Slipper and Touch-Me-Not. The Balsam 

 has been so greatly improved by cultivation of late years 

 that with proper treatment and good seed a single flower is 

 the exception now rather than the rule. Hardy annual; one 

 to two feet high. 



Balsam. Camellia. 



Balsam, double Solferino, satiny white, streaked and 

 spotted with crimson and lilac. Very choice 10 



double Camellia, as double as a Camellia, which 

 they resemble; white, blotched with various colors. 10 



mixed, double rose, the peculiarity of this variety 

 is its perfectly double, rose like blossoms of almost 

 every shade and color. 10 



double dark red •atrosanguinea plenissima), a very 

 double, dark red variety, highly recommended 10 



double pure white, well adapted for florists, for 

 bouquets; nearly every flower is perfectly double, 

 and pure white 20 



mixed, double dwarf, grows only about one foot 

 high 5 



double, tall, grows about two feet high 5 



BAPTISIA— (False Indigo). 



A very ornamental border plant, producing bright blue, 

 pea shaped flowers, borne on spikes six inches long. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennial; three feet high. 

 Baptisia Australis, blue 10 



BARTONIA. 



A very pretty flowering plant of the Gentian family, pro- 

 ducing a profusion of fine, bright metallic yellow blossoms 

 about two inches across. Tender annual; one foot high. 



Cardiospermum halicacahum, white; from India. 



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Bartonia aurea, golden yellow "> 



BEGONIA. 



The tuberous rooted Begonia is equally charming as a 

 house plant or for bedding out doors in a cool, partially 

 shaded place. They bloom profusely in three or four months 

 from sowing the seed, and continue until cut off by frost 

 Store roots in a dry cellar through the winter like Dahlias. 

 Tender perennial. 



Begonia robusta perfecta, remarkable for its robust 

 and compact habit, dark green foliage, and large 

 double flowers of brilliant cinnabar scarlet 

 " Rex, mixed (ornamental leaved varieties . saved 



from the best hybrids; very choice ^3 



