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SALVIA SPLENDENS. 
(Flowering Sage.)—Very ornamental; 
A LVI A flowers borne in spikes of fiery red, 
e crimson, or blue, and continue in bloom 
in open ground until after severe 
frosts. Start in heat and transplant into light soil one to 
two feet apart. Tender perennials, but bloom the first 
season; height, two to three feet. 
Splendens, brilliant scarlet........... ereteferele Pkt. 10cts. 
Patens, pure blue oo ae Oacs 
S ANVIT ALI A —Procumbens, Double.—Very preity, 
° dwarf, trailing plants; excellent for 
rock work, borders or edging of beds. It is so completely 
covered with flowers as to nearly hide the foliage. Double 
fiowers of a brilliant golden yellow, resembling a miniature 
double Zinnia. Hardy annual; six inches high...Pkt. 5cts. 
SCABIOSA.—(CSee Mourning Bride). 
_(Antirrhinum.) — An 
NAPDRAGON old border plant with 
e dark and glossy leaves, 
and large, curiously 
shaped flowers, with finely marked throats. They have been 
much improved of late years by careful selection. They 
blossom the first season from seed sown inspring. Tender 
perennial; one and a half to two feet high. 
Maijus Album, pure white, tinged with 
ihe wilwuattele ale’ © siei~ (ee) a © ele sais jc els 0.) \wanile)e 
yellow in the throat........PKt. 5cts. white throat.......- 
Maius Brilliant, crimson, with yellow Fine [lixed, all the best colors, 
and white throat...........PkKt. 5cts. Pp 
S ALPIGLOSSIS —Very showy bedding or border plants, with 
° richly-colored, erect, funnel-shaped flowers. The 
colors are beautifully marbled and penciled, purple, scarlet, crimson, yel- 
low, buff, blue, and almost black. Bloom from August to October. 
Half hardy annual; one anda half to two feet high. 
Fine [lixed, hybrid Warieties... 02.2 6sc..400- 5 daces beetle. . 
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Hardy annual. 
feet high 
see te wwe eee 
STELLA.—The plant 
bushy, and attains 
about three feet. 
above the foliage. 
so abundantly from seed sown in spring that flowers may be 
from early summer until killed by frost ................ ae 
a \) BROMPTON AND EMPEROR 
< STOCKS. 
These Stocks should have the 
same treatment as the ‘ Inter- 
mediate.” 
dure our winters unless pro- 
tected. 
Brompton, mixed, blooms well 
in winter. 
nial; one and a half feet 
high 
Emperor, ES 
mixed, the fine spikes of —& 2 AS 
bloom are rich and at- a \ 2 
tractive. 
nial; one and a half feet 
ihe ee Pkt. 15cts. 
SCARLET FLAX.—(See Linum). 
Majus Delila, brilliant crimson, with 
vy» SUNFLOWER. 
—Adapted by its stately growth for 
a background to a lawn, or a 
screen to hide unsightly places. 
large, exceedingly double flowers 
of bright yellow color; about five 
Large Russian, a strong-growing, single ' 
variety, about six feet high; the stalks 
are sometimes used for fuel..Pkt. Scts. 
new Sunflower is well branched and 
It is covered with finely 
formed flowers, which are about three 
across, of golden yellow, having black discs, 
and borne on long stems, 
When grown in a sunny situation the plants bloom 
D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
TOGKS. 
give a large proportion of flowers as double and as large as the named 
sorts grown from cuttings. 
Double German, Ten Weeks, 
—The Stocks as now grown are indis- 
pensable where a fine display of flowersis 
wanted. To such perfection has selec- 
tion brought them, that good seed will 
mixed ............ Ba cistetereiete i 
pure white.. orolsctelerstoiete 
INTERMEDIATE, OR AUTUMNAL STOCKS. 
The Intermediate Stocks, if sown at_ the same time as the ‘‘ Ten 
Weeks,” will succeed them in bloom, thus affording fiowers 
continuously until late in the 
fall. If sown in pots late in the 
summer, they will bloom the 
following sprin 
\\ Intermediate, 
white ..Pkt. 15c 
scarlet.. “ 15c 
Wain 
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They cannot en- 
Half hardy bien- 
UE lis oe Pkt. 10cts. 
or Perpetual, 
Tender peren- 
STOCKS. 
SENSITIVE PLANT —(Mimosa pudica).—An in- 
° teresting and curious plant, 
- with globular heads of pink flowers, well known for the 
extreme irritability of its leaves and foot stalks, which 
close and droop at the slightest touch, or in cloudy, damp 
weather, and during the night. Tender annual; height one 
andea-halGteebsa--ebeeneceeeee ae Pkt. 5cts. 
SMIL AX —No twining plant in cultivation surpasses this 
¢ for the graceful beauty of its foliage. Indis- 
pensable to florists; its hard texture enables it to be kept 
several days after being cut without wilting. The seed 
germinates very slowly, sometimes requiring three or four 
months. Tender perennial climber; ten feet high..Pkt. 10c. 
STIPA PENNATA.—(CSee Feather Grass). 
SUMMER CYPRESS.— (See Belvidere). 
SWAN RIVER DAISY.—(CSee Brachycome). 
SOL ANUM —Psuedo Capsicum nanum.—Ornamental 
¢ fruit bearing plants, useful for conserva- 
tory or drawing-room decoration. The foliage is handsome, 
and contrasts finely with the miniature round, scarlet fruit 
with which the plant is covered. Tender perennial, about 
oneand: ayhalf feet high yesscns. sent -n ae ees Pkt. 10cts. 
ae .Pkt. 5cts. 
Kt. 5cts. 
Pkt. 10cts. 
. Pkt. 5cts. 
of this grand 
a height of 
inches 
which rise_ well 
cut daily 
Acadadoe Pkt. 15cts. 
SUNFLOWER, STELLA. 
