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



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Fern*;, fine mixed, an almost endless variety 25 



" fifty finest species mixed, very beautiful 25 



%W Our packet of fifty species mixed contains all the 

 newest and most desirable kinds of ferns. 



FEVERFEW.— (See Matricaria and Pyrethrum.) 



FOKGETOIE-XOT-(Mjosotis). 

 Myosotis alpestris, plant of compact, bushy habit. 



f rowing six to eight inches high; flowers large, 

 lue : hardy perennial 10 



u dissitiflora, very deep blue: early blooming: a wel- 

 come addition to this class "of spring bedding 

 plants, so much in requisition 15 



FOUR O'CLOCK— Marvel of Peru). 



The plants are large and require four feet of space: make a 

 pretty hedge. The flowers are funnel shaped, white, red and 

 striped, very fragrant, and open about four o'clock in the 

 afternoon, remain open all night, and generally perish before 

 noon the next day. The French call it Belle df Xuit. "Beaut}- 

 of Xight."* Will grow in any common garden soil, from 

 seed sown in open ground. Hardy annual: two feet high. 



Four O'Clock, gold striped 5 



" " red 5 



" " -white, red striped 5 



" " yellow, red striped 5 



" " white 5 



•" " yellow 5 



" " mixed 5 



FOXGEO VE— f Digitalis ). 



Ornamental plants of much beaut}-, producing dense spikes 

 of flowers on stems three to five feet high. The blossoms 

 are thimble shaped, purple, white and spotted, and very 

 striking. Hardy biennial; three feet high. 



Foxglove. 



Digitalis, Ivery's new spotted, great improvment on 

 the old sort: an endless variety of colors; robust. 



strong and hardy 5 



" splendid mixed." 5 



FRAGARIA— (Chinese Strawberry). 



Pretty, hardy, herbaceous creeper from India, with beauti- 

 ful yellow blossoms, and bright red fruit, like small straw- 

 berries. Elegant for rock work or hanging baskets. 

 Perfectly hardy. 



Fragaria Indica 10 



FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE- (Hedysarum). 



Very handsome, free flowering plants, producing racemes 

 of beautiful pea like flowers: particularly adapted for bor- 

 ders or rockwork. Hardy perennial: four feet high. 



Hedysarum coronarium, brilliant scarlet 5 



" " fl. alba, true; white 5 



FUCHSIA. 



The varieties of fuchsias are now numbered by hundreds. 

 and some are exceedingly beautiful. They are as easily 

 grown from seed as cuttings, and from seed "many improved 

 varieties are obtained. Tender perennial. 

 Fuchsia, double, finest mixed, from the finest sj)eci- 



mens 25 



" double, white corollas, very beautiful 85 



5 



French Honeysuckle. 



GAILLARDIA. 



Showy and universally admired plants, flowering the first 

 year, and among the gayest ornaments of summer flowering 

 beds. 

 Gaillardia picta, one foot high: flowers crimson and 



yellow. Half hardy annual 5 



" picta Lorenziana, one of the most striking and 

 valuable novelties introduced of late years. For 

 general decorative purposes, as well as for bou- 

 quets, it is invaluable, its gay colored flowers being 

 abundantly produced from July until frost sets in. 

 Half hardy annual: one foot high: sulphur, orange. 



claret and amaranth, mixed 10 



" grandiflora, the largest flowers of the species; blos- 

 soms scarlet and orange. Hardy perennial 10 



GERAXIU3I— (Pelargonium). 



Probably the geranium is better known and more univer- 

 sally admired than any other plant grown. The constant 

 succession and durability of bloom till frost comes, the bril- 

 liancy of the scarlet and other colors, and the exquisite 

 markings of the leaves of some of the varieties, render them 



Geranium ' Pel»bgoi 



