D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 73 
GOLUMBINB. 
(Aquilegia)—Every well regulated yard has a space devoted to hardy peren- 
nials. and no bed of perennials would be complete without a due proportion 
of columbines. They are of the easiest culture and when once established. 
will furnish for many years, a magnificent display of the handsomest 
flowers, each spring and summer. The beds should be kept clear of 
weeds and given each year a liberal dressing of well rotted manure. 
Hardy herbaceous perennials; two to three feet high. 
Cerulea hybrida, double, a vigorous growing, very handsome variety 
wild Dlie ane pwHiLS HOWErsS:, «225.0... 2. + -. 2 one eee Pkt. 10cts. 
Californica hybrida, one of the handsomest of all the columbines, 
having orange, red and yellow flowers............... ..-.. Pkt. 10cts. 
Vervzneana fol. variegatis, plants variegated with double rose colored 
blossoms: exceedingly beautiful ................ ....... Pkt. 1licts. 
[lixed double, best and finest colors......... . | See an 
CONVOLVULUS IIINOR. 
(Dwarf Morning Glory). 
Dwarf plants, of trailing, branching habit, each plant occupying a 
space of two feet. At mid-day they are completely covered with a 
mass of most brilliant, many colored blossoms, which remain open in 
clear weather till evening. Half hardy annual; one foot high. 
Tricolor, bright blue, shaded to white: yellow throat..... ... Pkt. 5cts. 
Albus; pure white... ..2..5..22...2-06 2 ee 
Mixed). 350. 4. eee “rey a 
CYCLAMEN-w4 known and uni- 
versally admired tu- 
berous rooted plants, producing exceedingly 
handsome red and white flowers. 
Tender perennial; one foot high. 
Persicum, mixed, of great beauty 
Pat a and many colors..... Pkt. 15cts. 
COSMOS t " wee Vb, es" Persicum giganteum, mixed, char- 
ipa" Mm » : hh b4 acterized by beautiful foliage and 
profuse bloom; each fiower is 
from two to two and a-half inches 
long. Very choice...Pkt. 20cts. 
CYPRESS VINE. 
Cpomea Quamoclit). 
A most beautiful climber, with deli- 
cate, dark green feathery foliage. 
and an abundance of bright, star 
shaped, rose, scarlet and white blos- 
f : soms, which contrast most beauti- 
— ip oo a eee fully with the graceful foliage. Ten- 
plant. LT OF SX Ss : ; far der annual; fifteen feet high. 
large, pure white flowers which SSS — z= \ Pkt. 5ct 
being gracefully poised on long = == = Wyse. | a gee Sandee T 
stems are extremely useful for 
decorative purposes. .Pkt. 10cts. 
Hybrida, finest mixed. ‘‘ 10 ‘* 
CONVOLVULUS MAJOR—(See Morn- 
ing Glory). ’ : 
COIX LACHRYMA—(Sée Job’s Tears). 
CUCURBITA— 
(See Gourds) 
A very effective autumn flowering ‘ol 
plant. Quite hardy and rapid 
growing. forming bushes often 
four to eight feet high and covered 
with large single, dahlia-like flow- 
ers. Should be started in this 
latitude during March and trans- 
planted to open ground about 
June ist. 
Hybrida, large white. This is in 
every way superior to the single 
CYPRESS VINE. 
DAH LIA —Both the single and double strains of this 
* magnificent race of plants may be had in the 
greatest variety and beauty from seed. If planted early and 
pushed they can be made to flower the first season. Tender 
herbaceous perennials. 
Finest double, mixed, seed saved from choicest double flowers 
Pkt. Licts. 
Finest single, mixed, brilliant flowers running through a wide 
range of striking Colors. . 2.20. ..cc.. cece eeeseeces Pkt. Licts. 
For Dahlia roots, see page 90. 
—(Bellis).—The daisy has been so far improved 
DAI SY by selection and careful cultivation that good 
® seed will give at least eighty per cent. of 
flowers. as large and double as any of the named sorts pro- 
pagated by divisions of the roots and sold at a high price. The 
plants are excellent bloomers in the house and splendid for 
early spring and summer flowering when planted in a par- 
tially shaded situation. 
Double white s .i...05 as «bon ee Se aes Oa Pkt. 10cts. 
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