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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Carnation 



(Dianthus Caryophyllus) '-Carnation," "Pink,"' '-Clove Pink.'' '-Florists Pink,"' are names 

 applied by different people to the same or to different plants of several species as well as to 

 hybrids between them. They are all easily grown from seed and very free blooming, the flowers 

 being bright colored and- with a most delicious clove-like fragrance'. Some varieties are best 

 adapted for pot culture and make fine house plants; others do best in the open ground. Half hardy perennial. 



Large Flowering Carnations Best Suited for Pot Culture 



The choicest varieties sold by florists are propagated from cuttings but very beautiful double flowers just as good in form 

 and more fragrant, although not as large, can be produced from the seed we offer. Sow under glass in the greenhouse or hotbed 

 from January to IMarch. Use well prepared soil, cover lightly and keep in a temperature of about 60° F. Sprinkle with a fine 

 spray. When of a sufficient size transplant out of doors two feet apart each way, or may be sown in permanent bed as early in 

 pring as weather will permit. 

 Double Perpetual Flowered Mixed. An exceedingly beautiful variety producing very double flowers of various shades and colors 



Seed saved from choicest double flowers .pj^t 25c. 



Fine Double Selves. Seeds from finest self-colored named varieties grown in the open ground; many beautiful shades".'. " ' lOc! 



Fine Double Striped. Seed from fine named 



striped varieties Pkt. 15c. 



Choicest White Ground. Seed from choice, 

 large flowered, named varieties, with nearly 

 white petals bordered or tinted Avith red or 

 purple Pkt. 35c. 



Extra Choice Double Mixed. Seed from choic- 

 est French. Gerniau. Italian and English 

 named sorts. Certain lo produce a large pro- 

 portion of double and finely formed and 

 colored flowers in a great variety of shades 

 and markings. Oz. S2.50 Pkt. 15c. 



Choice Double Mixed. A mixture contain- 

 ing many of the very choicest colors and 

 types Pkt. 10c. 



Picotee, Extra Fine Double Mixed. Extra fine 

 seed from named varieties, petals spotted and 

 splashed; sure to give flowers of splendid 

 quality in good proportion Pkt. 25c. 



Varieties Adapted to both Pot and 

 Outdoor Culture 



Seed may be sown outdoors early in spring, 

 using well pulverized soil, preferably sandy 

 loam. JMake rows one foot apart and cover 

 seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly 

 pressed down. When two inches high, thin to 

 six inches apart. For earlier blooming start 

 indoors. Half hardy perennials, fifteen inches 

 high, except Marguerite-which can be treated 

 very successfully as an annual. 



Early Double Snow White. A splendid sort for 

 either pot*culture or the garden. The plants 

 are vigorous, eiect and bushj-; come into 

 flower very early and furnish abundant 

 bloom for a long time. The flowers are 

 large, double, clear white and wonderfully 



fragrant Pkt. 25c. 



Marguerite. The plants of this wonderfully 

 fine strain may be made to bloom in four 

 months. Flowei's large, double, very fragrant 

 and appear in very attractive shades of 

 color. One of the best carnations in cultiva- 

 tion. Oz. «1.50 Fkt. 5c. 



Double Dwarf Vienna Mixed. Large flowered 

 and comes into bloom early, pi oducing flow- 

 ers of many colors and beautiful markings; 

 a large proportion double. Oz. .Si. 50. Pkt. 10c. 

 Double Red Grenadin. Comes into bloom very 

 early and the charming, double, scarlet 

 flowers are very valuable for forming bou- 



- "" '"" quets ' Fkt. 15c. 



A^ - ¥5 (Rlcinus) Tall majestic plants for lawns: with leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed metallic 



l^gl CfQI^ fj6d.D ^^® ^^^ ^oug spikes of scarlet, or of green, prickly fruit. Makes a rapid, vigorous growth in rich 

 ^^**'^**^^ A^%^»*A* gQjj_ gQ.^^. gggj outdoors after danger from frost is over, or for earlier blooms start indoors and 

 transplant. For best development each plant should have at least four feet each way. Tender annual; six to fifteen feet high. 

 Zanzibariensis. Wonderfully vigorous, from ten to fifteen feet high. Leaves have a brilliant luster, measuring about thirty inches 



across, ranging in color from bright green to deep bronze. Mixed Varieties. Oz. 20c Pkt. 5c. 



Sanguineus. {Tricolor) Blood red stalks with red venation in leaves; height about six feet. Oz. 15c " 5c. 



Castor Beein, Mixed. A desirable mixture of all the named varieties. Oz. 15c " 5c. 



A class of plants having colored foliage and In which the innumerable small flowers and seed vessels 



together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, sometimes gracefully arranged hke 



plumes and sometimes more dense, being corruga'ted and frilled at the edge like a cock"s comb. They 



form the gayest possible decoration, retaining their brilliant coloring for a long time. Seed may be 



sown outdoors as early in spring as ground is warm and dry, using if possible light, rich, well pulverized soil, and giving plenty 



of moisture. For larger and more beautiful plumes start the seed very early indoors and transplant to place when weather is 



settled. Also adapted for the greenhouse and conservatory. Half hardy annuals. 



Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. The plant is two or more feet high, and is covered with long, brilliantly colored and gracefully 



formed plumes in red. yellow or violet Pkt. 5c. 



Triumph of the Exposition. Plant of pyramidal form, bearing many exceedingly graceful, feather-like spikes of intensel}' bril- 

 liant crimson color. Height two to three feet Pkt. 10c. 



Variegated. A strain between the plumosa and cockscomb types in which the plumes are broadened at the top, variegated and 



striped in red and yellow. Height one and one-half to two *feet Pkt. 10c. 



Japan. Plant grows two to two and one-half feet high and is covered with spikes which are finely crested and of brilliant colors 

 usually variegated crimson and deep yellow Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf and Tree Cockscomb Types 

 Giant Empress. This beautiful dwarf plant has dark red leaves Glasgow Prize. (President Tliiers') Plant resembles an immense 



and forms immense bright, crimson combs. Height about comb, densely corrugated; brilliant, deep purplish red. 



one foot Pkt. 10c. Height ten to twelve inches Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Rose. One foot high; large rose-colored combs. " 10c. Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf growing sorts. 

 Dwarf Yellow. Large yellow combs. Height one foot. . " 10c. Oz. $1.75 Pkt. 5c. 



Celosia 



