D. ML FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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colors, star shaped, and during the evening are very fragrant. 

 Half hardy annual : six inches high. 



Nvcterinia capensis, white 10 



" mixed 10 



XYMPH.EA- (Wafer Lily.) 



Hardy aquatic plants, bearing exceedingly beautiful, fra- 

 grant, white blossoms, which appear as if floating on the 

 water. Are increased by sowing the seed or by dividing the 

 roots or tubers. They grow readily in ponds or streams of 

 shallow water having muddy bottoms, and can be grown in 

 aquariums, tubs or tanks, in the house, if there be sufficient 

 mud at the bottom, and the seeds or roots be kept continu- 

 ally covered ■with water. 



Cultivation in Tubs.— Take a strong barrel, free from 

 tar. oil or salt, saw it in two. fill this one-third full with fine, 

 black, garden soil, or meadow mud. if handy: plant the seed 

 in this mixture, covering them one inch deep, add water 

 gently so as not to disturb the seed, until the tub is full. 

 Always keep the tub full of water. This is all the care 

 needed. Set this on a brick or board platform in any place 

 you desire. The tubs, with their contents, should be placed 

 in a cellar during the winter, kept from frost, and not allowed 

 to entirely dry up. 



For Aquariums. — Put in five inches of fine, black loam, 

 cover the seed one inch deep in this, and sift on enough fine 

 sand to entirely cover the loam. 

 Xymphaea odorata, white; fragrant 20 



(ENOTHERA.-(See Primrose.) 



OLEANDER— (Xerium). 



This well known shrub, originally a native of India, is of 

 easy culture, and flowers freely the greater part of the year. 

 In warm, moist climates, it " requires no protection/ and 

 attains the proportions of a good sized tree. The flowers 

 have a salver shaped corolla, with a crown of torn appen- 

 dages in the centre, and are a beautiful shade of pinkish-red. 

 Nerium oleander 10 



OXALIS. 



Very pretty herbaceous plants with rich, rose colored 

 blossoms. They thrive well in a mixture of loam and sand. 

 Desirable for green-house decoration, rock work or baskets 

 out of doors. Half hardy perennial. 

 Oxalis rosea, rose colored 10 



" fleribunda alba, white 10 



P.IOXY. 

 New varieties of these justly popular flowers are obtained 

 from seed, and are sure to repay the little care required. 

 Paeony herbacea (Chinensis), from a splendid collection 

 of finest double sorts of all colors 25 



PALM— (T'hamaerops). 



The palm is perhaps one of the most ornamental plants in 

 the green-house, and those varieties that are hardy 

 enough to bear planting out in the lawn during warm 

 weather are sure to command attention, 

 (hamserops humilis (Dwarf Fan Palrn), the 

 most hardy and dwarf of its species, seldom 

 attaining over eight or ten feet in height 15 



Chamserops excelsa (Hempen Palm of China , is a 



green-house variety in our climate. As a lawn 

 plant in our Southern States, nothing could be more 

 conspicuously attractive. A well grown specimen 

 will attain the height of twenty-five or thirty feet. 2o 



PAMPAS GRASS— (Gynertam . 



Magnificent, ornamental grass, producing numerous flower 

 stems surmounted by plumes of silvery inflorescence. Half- 

 hardy perennial, from South America; ten feet high. 

 Gyneriifm argenteum 10 



PANSY. 



These lovely flowers are favorites with all. not only for the 

 brilliancy and variety of their colors, but for the durability 

 of their bloom. 



The following varieties ue have imported from the best 

 English, German and French florists and con recommend 

 them with confidence. They ore saved from the choicest and 

 largest flowers, and comprise oil shades of color, from pure 

 white to King of the Blocks. 



Pansy, Emperor "William, indigo, dark centre 10 



" King of the Blacks, coal black 10 



" Odier, or large stained, large, each petal blotched. 15 



" pure yellow 10 



" variegated and striped, fine 10 



" -white, pure 10 



" purple, white edged 10 



" sky blue 10 



" gold margined 10 



" mahogany colored 10 



" violet, white edged .... 10 



" Lord Beaconsfield, the ground color is purple- violet, 

 shading off in top petals only to a whitish hue. a 

 peculiarity which lends to the whole flower an 



unusually bright appearance 10 



" Snow Queen, or Snow Flake, flowers of a deli- 

 cate, pure white 10 



" Trimardeau, very large flowered, mixed, an entirely 

 distinct and beautiful race with flowers of the rich- 

 est and most varied shades of color. Plants of 

 vigorous and compact growth, and the flowers, 

 which possess unusual substance and consistency, 

 are each marked with three large blotches or spots. 10 

 " Red Flowered, Victoria, this is a new color among 

 pansies. The large blooms are of good substance 

 and form and deep claret-red, similar to that of the 

 blood-red variety of single wall flowers. They 



come very true from seed 25 



" Bugnot's Very Large Stained, mixed, a large 

 flowering race: plants vigorous, with short stalks 

 bearing well above the foliage large flowers of fine 

 form and substance and verj- brilliant and varied in 



coloring. Extra fine 50 



" extra choice, mixed, from choicest named flowers. . 15 



" choice mixed 10 



" fine mixed 5 



" collection of thirteen splendid varieties 1 00 



Variegated and Striped. 



