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



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Gourd, Pear Shaped. 



Gourd, pear shaped, yellow and green, striped with 



cream color 10 



•• pear shaped, ringed (Pyriformis annulata), ex- 

 ceedingly beautiful fruit with rings running around 



it : green ends 10 



" bottle, handsome and useful 10 



•• Corsiean, elegant fruit and rapid climber 10 



" siphon, or dipper, long, slim handles, useful for 



dippers 10 



•• powder horn, in the form of a powder horn 10 



•• Hercules' ( lub, the longest of all the varieties 10 



•• mixed, ornamental 10 



6KAMMANTHES. 



A charming little succulent plant, producing an abundance 

 of bright scarlet and orange-yellow blossoms in the shape of 

 a -tar. It is especially adapted for rock work, hanging 

 baskets, edgings, etc. Tender annual: six inches high. 





.10 



Grammanthes gentianoides, rich orange-scarlet. 

 GYXEKHM.- (See Pampas Grass.) 



GYPSOPHILA. 



Delicate free flowering little plants, covered with a pro- 

 fusion of little star shaped, white blossoms. Well adapted 

 for hanging baskets and edgings, and valuable for making 

 bouquets. Make handsome specimens dried. 

 Gypsophila elegans, white and pink flowers: hardy 

 annual : one foot high 5 



" muralis, pink flowers: hardy annual; six inches 10 



HEDYSARl'M- (See FrenchfHoneysuckle). 

 HELIANTHUS-f See Sun Flower). 



HEUCHSTSVH. 



Large, full, double flowers of various colors, from brieht 

 yellow to scarlet shaded and tipped. Peculiarly desirable as 

 iried specimens: exceedingly handsome bouquets may be 



formed of them for winter, if blossoms be gathered when on 

 the point of expanding. Hardy annual: six inches to two 

 feet high. 



Heliehrvsum bracteatnm (Golden Eternal Flower, 



bright yellow 5 



" nanum atrosanguinmin fl.pl., deep crimson 5 



" compositum album fl. pi., flowers white 



" monstrosum fl. pi., mixed, eight varieties 



double flowers, mixed 5 



•'■fflfev 

 Jm 



Helichrvsum. 



Helichrysum nanum fl. pi., mixed, five dwarf growing. 



double flowering varieties, mixed 



•' minimum fl. pi., mixed, four varieties of bea 



little miniature double flowers, Tine 5 



" mixed 5 



HELIOTROPE. 



Highly valued for the fragrance of their flowers and dura- 

 tion of bloom. Half-hardy perennial: one foot high. 



Heliotropium, Anna Turrell, violet-blue 10 



" Koi de«. Noire, black, splendid .10 



" Triumphe de Liege, deep blue: fine 10 



" dark varieties, mixed, very choice 10 



HELIPTERIM -rEverlasting). 

 A very desirable and distinct dwarf everlasting, with 

 large globular clusters of bright yellow and pure whit 

 like flowers. Is excellent for forming winter bouquet 

 which purpose the flowers should be gathered when on the 

 point of opening, and dried in the shade: they will open 

 while drying, and will retain their brilliancy.for 

 Hardy annual : one foot high. 



Helipterum Sandfordii, golden 10 



" antbemoides, pure white 10 



" mixed 10 



HESPERIS-See Rocket). 



HIBISCUS. 



A branching plant of the easiest culture, with rather pretty 

 foliage, and large, exceedingly showy blossoms. 

 Hibiscus Africanus, cream colored bloss 'ins. purple in 



the center. Hard}- annual: two feet high 5 



" eoceinens, large, brilliant scarlet blossoms: very 



showy: green-house perennial; three feet high ....10 

 " mutabilis albus fl. \>l., double white. V* ry choice 

 green-house perennial Co 



HOLLYHOCK. 

 The hollvhock. in its present state of perfection, is very 



unlike its parent of olden time: it now ranks with the 

 dahlia, aster, camellia, etc. For a background to a 

 garden, perhaps no plant is so useful. The flowers are as 

 double as a rose, of many shades of color, from deep yellow-, 

 red. purple, to pure white. Hardy perennial: five feet high 

 Hollyhock, double, pure white IS 



" ' •' lemon yellow 



" •• rose 



salmon 



" crimson 



" " choice mixed 10 



'• " mixed 



•• (hater's tine^t mixed, twelve double varieties 

 the greatest perfection mixed. . 



