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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
—CUpomea Grandiflora Alba.)—This is one of 
the most vigorous of all the summer climbers. 
MOON FLO ER. Will grow thirty to forty feet in a single 
season, and be covered with its large, white flowers every evening and cloudy day. 
Complaint is sometimes made that the seed fails to grow satisfactorily. This 
is entirely due to the method of treatment. If the hard outer coat of the seed 
is cut through with a sharp knife and the seed planted in a warm place 
and the soil kept moist, germination will take place in ten days to two 
weeks. After the plants are up, keep growing vigorously and plant out 
in very rich soil when danger from frost is past. This variety is also 
RWI AS: Ipomicd NOCH MOTE. see an tee edie s 086 axon See Pkt. licts. 
MIMOSA--(CSee Sensitive Plant.) 
MONKEY FLOWER—(See Mimulus). 
MI MULUS —Strikingly handsome flowers of easiest cultivation. Per- 
* ennial in the green-house, annual in the open air. Start 
under glass. 
Moschatus (Musk Plant), cultivated on account of the musky odor of the 
plants 302 5.6 ee ee eee ees Bach tees isto segee 2 Pkt. 10cts. 
Punctatus (Monkey Flower), large, beautifully spotted blossoms; blooms 
first year ........ Se ee ae ne on oitine ae Pkt. 10cts. 
Tigrinus duplex, splendid variety, with beautiful, double tubed flowers. 
Pkt. 10cts. 
MOMORDIC A —A curious annual climber, with yellow blossoms and foliage 
7 similar to the canary-bird fiower. The fruit, the chief curiosity, Bo 
is egg and pear shaped, and covered with warty excrescences, and when ripe bursts suddenly 
--Open, scattering its seed and showing a brilliant carmine interior. Fine for trellises, etc. 
Balsam Apple (Balsamina)...Pkt.5cts. Balsam Pear (Charantia) ............... 
MORNING GLORY 
(Convolvulus Major.) 
A handsome, showy climber of easy culture, 
and suitable for covering arbors, windows, 
trellises, old stumps, ete. It is so perfectly 
hardy as to grow in almost any soil. 
Hardy annual; ten feet high 
Striped, Pkt. 5cts. White .Pkt. 5cts. 
“e x «ee 
MOON FLOWER, 
MOURNING BRIDE. 
zs (Scabiosa, or Sweet Scabius.) 
Bie --= 29*525 Purple.. 5 : : 
ae ee Mixed <5 We offer this stock as a wonderful improve- 
ment over the old and common strains. 
The plants produce a profusion of large 
double flowers of striking shades of color, 
which are very useful in making bouquets. 
Hardy annual: about one foot high. 
Giant Japanese Morning Glory. 
This splendid, new strain of Ipomcea 
is of the Limbata type and one of 
the most valuable additions to our : x 
list of summer climbers. The plants Aion tistan Loe Hers ” ee aed “ Se 
are vigorous. and the foliage often Double Dwarf Iixed...........-- “ 5 «| 
marbled with white and yellow. 
The flowers are of immense size, and of a 
wonderful variety of colors, including some 
intensely brilliant shades, and others, which 
are very delicate. No flower lover should fail 
MUSK PLANT—(CSee Mimulus). 
MYOSOTIS—(See Forget-Me-Not). 
to plant some of these splendid new Morning 
GLiig So PR etn 2 Fo Pkt. 10cts. 
NICOTIANA AFFINIS.—4. 222dsome 
genus of gar- 
den plants of the tobacco family, which are 
noted for the freedom and fragrance of their 
bloom. Half hardy annuals, three feet high. 
MOURNING BRIDE. 
NASTURTIUM, TALL. 
(Tropewolum Lobbianum.) 
The Lobbianum differs from the common 
running nasturtium, in being less rank grow- 
ing, more floriferous, and having richer, 
more varied colored flowers of many shades, 
from the richest scarlet to blackish brown. 
Fine for covering arbors, trellises. and rustic 
1 : 
Flowers white, salver shaped, work. Half hardy annual; about a feet high. 
having long, tubular corollas. : 
and = of exquisite fragrance. Asa Gray, pale yellow, with purple stain......... ..... kt. 10cts. 
Deserves a place in every gar- Bright Yellow, with purple stain ....-................. “ i 
) den...Pkt.10c. Brilliant, intense red. ......2.0----00+-00cs0e-cececens= cM fae 
Cardinal, dark, scarlet. 2.0.05 -sa0e0seseesnlones suwese “« 10 * 
Chestnut Brown ...-..-...-..---- -- Pee = 16S 
Giant of Battles, sulphur, stained withred. ......... Ol 
King of the Blacks, blackish-brown.................- 2 Se On 
Spitfire, bright. fiery red, very floriferous.............. Pe . : BS 
Mixed Tall, (Lobbianum varieties). 
—(Tropewolum Minor).— A bed 
NASTURTIUM, DWARF. of dwarf Nasturtiums in the 
yard is very brilliant and attractive, blooming all the season. 
Hardy annual; about one foot high. 
Aurora, delicate orange, veined with carmine.. ......... 
Bronze=colored 
Crimson, bright crimson, with very dark foliage 
Empress of India, a beautiful, velvety, dark coppery 
red, with dark foliage " 
King Theodore, dark maroon : 
King of Tom Thumbs, scarlet, with dark foliage 
Mahogany-=colored 
Ochre Yellow. 
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tVtgevegrorororcr or or 
Wellow..¢ cit. 5 2g, seen a a hi an BO te Vide Lae 
Mixed Dwarf ... 
NASTURTIUM. 
Many of the flowers are striped or blotched with shades of red 
on yellow and orange ground, forming a combination of exceed- 
ing brilliancy and beauty. Not only are these hybrids a great 
advance in the form and colors of the flowers, but the plants, 
which grow about four feet high, are exceedingly vigorous and 
wonderfully profuse bloomers. One of the most desirable of 
FeGaens MmioGuewdon -.. <<. «...- desaras yan eanwek.- aoe Pkt. 10cts. 
NEMOPHILA. —(See Love Grove). NIGELLA.—(CSee Love-in-a-Mist). 
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