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



Begonia, Double. 



Begonia, Tuberous Rooted varieties, mixed. These 

 mixtures are the results of the careful fecundation 

 of all the most beautiful varieties. They include 

 the handsomest shades of all colors, and the indi- 

 vidual florets average from two to three inches in 

 diameter. 



Single mixed 25 



Double " 50 



BEL VIDERE- (Summer Cypress). 



An ornamental, cypress like plant with inconspicuous, 

 green flowers, nearly hidden by the foliage. It is well 

 adapted for growing in cemeteries. Hardy annual. 

 Bel videre QChenopodium scoparium) 5 



BIGNONI A- (Trumpet Vine). 



Well "known, perhaps the most showy, and is one of the 

 best hardy, deciduous climbers for covering verandas, 

 arbors, trunks of trees, old walls, etc. Flowers brilliant 

 scarlet, trumpet shaped ; perennial. 

 Bignonia radicans 10 



BOCCONIA. 



Stately ornamental foliaged plants, well adapted for lawns, 

 either singly or in groups. Hardy, herbaceous, perennial. 

 Bocconia Japonica, four to six feet high; splendid foli- 

 age ; flowers in clusters and pure white 10 



BRACHYCOME- (Swan Biver Daisy). 



A dwarf growing plant flowering the greater part of the 

 season. Very effective in edgings, beds, or rustic baskets. 

 Half hardy annual; one-half foot high. 

 Brachycome, mixed blue and white 10 



BRIZ A— (Ornamental Grass). 

 Very useful ornamental grass, much sought for in forming 

 winter bouquets and wreaths; one foot high. 



Briza maxima, large; attractive 5 



" gracilis, slender ; dwarf 5 



BROWALLIA. 



These handsome, profuse bloomers are now used very 

 freely both for indoor decorations and for planting outdoors, 

 on account of the ease with which they may be grown and 

 their usefulness for cut flowers. Half hardy annual; height 

 eighteen inches. 



Browallia roezli, makes a compact plant, and produces 

 pure white and blue flowers of twice the size of the 



older sorts .15 



" elata, fine mixed 10 



BRYONOPSIS. 



An ornamental climber of the gourd family, bearing green 

 fruits, which change in color as the season advances, to 

 bright scarlet striped with white. Very handsome and of 

 rapid growth. Tender annual ; height ten feet. 

 Bryonopsis laciniosa erythrocarpa, ten feet 5 



CAC ALIA. -(See Tassel Flower.) 



CALANDRINIA. 



Fine dwarf plants for growing in masses. They produce 

 an abundance of blossoms, and are well suited for edg- 

 ings, rockeries and clumps. Tender annual; one-half to one 

 foot high. 

 Calandrinia grandifiora, rosy lilac 5 



" umbellata, crimson 5 



CALAMPELIS. 



A beautiful, tender climber from Chili, with delicate foli- 

 age, and bright orange blossoms in racemes, freely produced 

 late in the season. Tender perennial; fifteen feet high. 

 Calampelis (Eccremocarpus) scaber 10 



CALCEOLARIA. 



A favorite and universally admired genus, remarkable for 

 their large, beautifully spotted blossoms, which are very 

 showy, and from which an almost countless number of hybrids 

 have "been raised. They are grown in pots in the conserva- 

 tory, green-house and garden. Herbaceous or shrubby 

 evergreen perennials. 



Calceolaria bybrida gi-andiflora, flowers of immense 

 size; seed saved from finest specimens. Very 



choice 25 



" bybrida tigrina, flowers of the largest dimensions; 

 "beautifully maculated or spotted. Seed saved from 



choicest collection . . .25 



" rugosa, bedding variety; shrubby; grown in and out 

 of doors. Mixed seed, saved from the finest 

 shrubby sorts only : 25 



