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



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Meyerbeer, brilliant scarlet, blazed with vermilion, 



very fine spike 20 200 



Napoleon III. bright scarlet, the centre of the petals 



white striped, extra fine 15 1 50 



Norma, pure white, sometimes tinted with pale lilac. 25 2 50 



Ophir, dark yellow, purple blotch 20 200 



Penelope, white, slightly tinged pink 15 1 50 



Pepita, bright golden yellow, slightly striped car- 

 mine. The most free flowering yellow 25 250 



Phoebus, brilliant red, with a large white stain 25 2 50 



Princess of Wales, white, flaked carmine 10 1 00 



Robert Fortune, orange-lake, shading off to purple- 

 crimson, veined white 20 200 



Shakespeare, white or blush-white, blazed with rosy 



carmine, large, rose colored stain 40 400 



Sultana, bright satin rose, flamed with carmine; 



purple carmine blotch on white ground. Choice 40 4 00 



VanDyck, crimson-amaranth, striped with white 15 1 50 



MIXED GLADIOLUS. 



These mixtures must not be compared nor confounded with 

 the common mixed sorts, often the refuse of cheap, unsala- 

 ble kinds. They are composed only of selected named 

 varieties, representing over one hundred and fifty of the best 

 sorts. We recommend this stock with perfect confidence. 



doz. 100. 



Shades of Red, mixed 60 3 00 



" " Pink, " 75 350 



" White," 85 400 



" Yellow," 100 4 25 



Choice Mixed, all colors, including striped and 



blotched kinds 75 3 50 



LILIUM. 



The Lily has been, with eminent propriety, styled the 

 "Queen of Flowers," and truly no flower conveys so ade- 



?[uate an idea of queenly beauty, majestic grandeur and 

 aultless purity as the lily. Too much cannot be said in its 



Double Tiger Lily. 



praise, and we are glad to notice its increasing popularity 

 from year to year. Nearly every variety will withstand the 

 seventy of our winters, and many are among the most hardy 

 of our garden flowers. Their culture is simple, and with a 

 little care failure is impossible. The bulbs should be planted 

 in spring as soon as the frost is out of the ground until first 

 of May— the earlier the better. Select a well drained spot, 

 dig the soil deep, and make it fine, enriching it abundantly 

 with very rotten cow manure and adding a liberal mixture 

 of sand. Set the bulbs from three to five inches deep 

 according to size. During the winter it is advisable to cover 

 the surface of the bed with a thin layer of manure which 

 will not only afford a slight protection to the bulbs, but will 

 materially enrich the soil. In spring the manure may be 

 removed or dug in between the rows. Care should be taken 

 that they have proper drainage, no water being allowed to 

 stand around the roots. Once firmly established, they should 

 not be disturbed oftener than once in five years. To produce 

 extra fine specimens, plant the bulbs in small pots (4-5 inches) 

 early in spring, and raise them in the green-house or house. 



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Aurat um, golden Japan lily, large bulbs 30 3 00 



Brownii, magnificent, large, white inside, purple 



outside 1 75 



Lancifolium album, white Japan lily .'.'.'.'. 50 5 00 



" roseum, rose spotted Japan lily []][ 25 250 



" rubrum, white and red spotted .'.'.'.'. 25 2 50 



Chalcedouieutn, brilliant scarlet recurved biossoms.l 00 10 00 



Longiflorum , pure white, very fragrant 20 200 



EACH. 



15 



DOZ. 



1 50 



Tigrinum ("Tiger Lilyj, orange, srjotted black. . . . 

 " flore plena (Double Tiger Lily), extra large 



bulbs, giving from twenty to thirty flowers 25 2 50 



Jacobean (Amaryllis Formossissima), deep scarlet. 20 2 00 



Jacobean Lily. 



MADEIRA VINE— (Boussingaultia baselloides). 



Tuberous rooted climber, with glossy, green leaves, and 

 delightfully fragrant, white blossoms. Sometimes called 

 "Mignonette Vine." It is of rapid growth, and from a few 

 tubers vines will be produced sufficient to cover one side of a 

 cottage in a single season. The tubers are tender and must 

 be protected from frost during winter. each. doz. 

 Madeira Vine, tubers 10 75 



TRITOMA. 



Sometimes called "Red Hot Poker." It is really a fine 

 plant, pretty hardy, though requiring some protection 

 through winter. The flowers are produced in large spikes of 

 rich, orange-red tinted flower tubes. Plant two feet apart, 

 and in November cut the plants back near the ground, and 

 cover the bulbs with dry litter, which remove in the spring. 



each. doz. 

 Tritoma uvaria 30 3 00 



Tbitoma. 



TUBEROSE. 



The flowers of this well known and popular plant are waxy 

 white, double, and so fragrant as to perfume the whole 

 atmosphere for some distance around. * They are useful for 

 forming button-hole bouquet*;, in large bouquets, or as single 

 specimens. Each bulb flowers but once, but the smaller 

 bulbs can be set out for future flowering when their growth 

 is completed. A good way to grow tuberoses is to fill five 

 inch pots half full of cow manure, and the remainder with 

 good, rich earth, mixed with sand. Plant the bulbs in this in 

 April, water moderately, and hasten growth by putting in a 

 warm, light place. When weather has become warm, plunge 

 the pots in the earth out of doors. They will usually flower 

 before cold weather in autumn; if they "do not thepots can 

 be brought in, and they will bloom in the house. The bulb* 

 cannot be safely sent by mail before April 1st. 



ALL FLOWERING BULBS. 



Double White, tall 



Pearl, double dwarf white. 



each. 

 ...10 



... 10 



doz. 100. 

 75 4 00 



About September 1st next we will issue our Annual Catalogue of CHOICE DITCH BILHS VM> 

 SEEDS FOR FALL PLANTING. It will b« sent free to all customers without ordering it. and to other* 

 ■who apply for it. 



