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



four-fifths of the plants will produce flowers as large and 

 perfect as any of the named sorts. Tender perennial; height 

 six inches. 



Daisy, double white 15 



" " red, a novelty of high merit, recently 



introduced under the name of "Longfellow. 11 

 Comes true from seed. Flowers very large and 



double 25 



" double mixed, choice 15 



DATURA. 



Large, branching plants, producing handsome, double and 

 single, trumpet shaped blossoms, yellow, white, lilac and 

 blue, and of exquisite fragrance. Some of the flowers are 

 equal in beauty to our choicest lilies. Tender annuals; three 

 feet high. 



Datura Wrighti, pure white at the centre, passing into 



lilac and blue at the border; very fragrant 5 



" chlorantha fl. pi., magnificent, large, double yellow 



blossoms, richly scented 5 



*' fastuosa alba fl. pi., flowers double, pure white 5 



" mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed 5 



DELPHINIUM— (See Larkspur). 



DEW PLANT— (See Mesembryanthemum). 



DIANTHUS— (See Pink). 



DIANTHUS BARBATUS— (See Sweet William). 



DIANTHUS CARYOPHYL1US- (See Carnation). 



DIGITALIS-(See Foxglove). 



DOUICHOS— (See Hyacinth Bean). 



EEICHRYSUM-(See Helichrysum). 



ERAGROSTIS— (See Love Grass). 



ERIANTHUS RAVENNA. 



A very desirable ornamental grass, equal to Pampas Grass 

 in appearance and habit of growth, and superior to it for 



general culture, as it is entirely hardy and blooms more 

 abundantly; useful in sub-tropical gardening. _ Perennial; 

 height six feet. 

 Erianthus Ravennae 10 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA— (California Poppy). 



A genus of the poppy family and fully as valuable as the 

 common poppy for garden ornamentation, and as easily 

 grown. Nothing is handsomer or richer in color than a bed 

 of these in full bloom. Hardy annuals; height one foot. 

 Eschsclioltzia mandarin. The outer side of the petals is 



brilliant scarlet, the inner side, rich orange 15 



" Californica, bright yellow 5 



" crocea alba fl. pi., creamy white, double 5 



" " striata, beautifully striped 5 



" mixed 5 



EUEAEIA JAPONICA. 



A most magnificent ornamental grass from Japan, growing 

 five to six feet high, and exceedingly graceful. A single 

 plant often makes thirty to forty elegant, recurved flower 

 spikes of light violet color, resembling ostrich plumes. 

 Beautiful for vases in the winter. 

 E alalia Japonica, light violet, beautiful 10 



EUPHORBIA. 



Euphorbia variegata, hardy annual; foliage beautifully 

 veined and margined with white; very showy. 

 Sometimes known as " Snow on the Mountain 11 . .. 5 



EsCHSCHOLTZIA CaMFORNICA. 



Euphorbia Variegata. 

 EUTOCA. 



Foliage dull green, covered with hairs; blossoms intense 

 blue striped, three-quarters of an inch across, produced in 

 terminal racemes. Excellent for cutting. A branch placed 

 in water will bloom many days. Hardy annual; one foot 

 high. 



Eutoca viscida, blue 5 



" " alba striata, striped 5 



'* " mixed 5 



FEATHER GRASS— (Stipa). 

 Hardy, perennial, ornamental grass of much beauty, used 

 in the formation of winter bouquets. 

 Stipa pennata (Feather Grass), delicate and pretty 10 



FERNS. 



Flowerless plants, too well known to need description. 

 Many of the varieties are exquisitely beautiful. Many of the 

 most beautiful sorts are propagated from seed only. Their 

 exceeding grace and beauty will well repay all care bestowed 

 upon them. 



