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



Pansies 



Pansies are now produced In an almost infinite variety of colors and markings. Their brilliancy 

 of shading, extended season of blooming and long keeping characteristics make them general 

 favorites. We have been interested in the bringing forward of advanced types of very large 

 varieties in this country as well as in Europe, and our stocks are the very best obtainable. We 

 spare neither pains nor expense to satisfy the most critical trade. Every year we visit the 

 gardens of the most expert specialists in Europe and are in position to give our customers the benefit of their knowledge. 



Seed may be sown indoors very early in spring, or a little later in the open ground, and transplanted when an inch high. 

 Such plants will commence to bloom in June. If sown in July, the plants will bloom in the fall, or if sown in September, the 

 following spring. The largest and best flowers are produced by young plants which have been gi'own rather slowly in a partially 

 shaded situation, and in very rich soil; coolness and moisture are necessary. A situation sheltered from high winds and exposed 

 to the morning sun is most favorable and frequent sprinklings are advantageous. Hardy perennial, four to six inches high. 



LARGE FLOWERING 

 Gold Margined. Large, well formed flowers; very rich dark red. Variegated and Striped. The flowers of this variety 



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bordered and tinged golden yellow. Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 10c 



King of the Blacks. Large velvety, pure black, probably the 

 darkest flower grown. Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Meteor. Flowers large, rich, velvety red or mahogany. Excel- 

 lent for massing or edgings. Very hardly. Oz. $1.50. . Pkt. 10c. 



Pure Yellow. Brilliant, deep lemon yellow color, large flower- 

 ing variety. Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Bugnot's Very Large Stained, mixed. An exce 

 mixture of very large, blotched and stained flowers. Each 

 petal distinctly blotched, and its margin usually veined. 

 Sturdy plants. Many shades. H Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 15c. 



Emperor William. Deep lavender blue petals, dark Prussian 

 blue about the eye ; very large flowering. Oz. $1 .25 . . . . Pkt. 1 Oc. 



Ferry's Superbissima Blotched. Very large flowers of excep- 

 tionally fine form and substance, usually ruffled and beauti- 

 fully veined and blotched in all the finer and deeper shades 

 and colors found in pansies. Plants very vigorous and florif- 

 erous. Superior to rather than simply different from old 

 strains. % Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 15c. 



Giant Blue Black. Very large flowers; a rich velvety purple, 

 almost black Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Flowering Parisian, mixed. Flowers of largest size, splen- 

 did form and range of colors, as a rule in the lighter shades 



beautifully striped in various colors, very rich and attractive. 

 Oz. $1.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Violet White Edged. Deep warm violet, edged white. " 10c. 



White. Flowers large and of fine form. An early, and very 

 floriferous strain. Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Choice Mixed. Large flowering sorts. Oz. $1.00 " 5c. 



Collection of eight splendid veu-ieties 50c. 



GIANT FLOWERING 



fine Giant Trimzirdeau, mixed. Our stock of this variety produces 

 the largest pansies grown. Flowers of richest, most varied 

 shades; generally marked with three large blotches. Plants 

 very hardy and vigorous. Oz. $2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Yellow {Trimardeau) Very large yellow flowers with 

 large black centers Pkt. 15c. 



Lord Beaconsfield. The lower petals are very deep violet- 

 purple, shading in upper petals to white, slightly tinted with 

 purple. The flowers are very large and finely formed. 

 Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Odier, or Very Large Stained, mixed. Very large flowers, dis- 

 tinctly veined and each petal beautifully blotched. This is 

 a very fine strain of pansies with wide range of splendid 

 colors. Sturdy plants, very vigorous and ~ floriferous. 

 Oz. $4.00 Pkt. 1 5c. 



Extra Choice Mixed. From best named flowers of very large 

 size. Oz. $1.50 ...Pkt. 10c. 



Each petal usually beautifully blotched. Oz. $2.00. .Pkt. 10c. 



{Gyneriuni argenteum) Magnificent ornamental grass, producing numerous flower stems surmounted 

 by plumes of silvery inflorescence. Half hardy perennial ; ten feet high Pkt. 5c. 



Pampas Grass 



Passion Flower {Passijlora) Most interesting and well known climber bearing singularly beautiful flowers. 

 Coerulea. Half hardy deciduous climber with blue and white flowers of remarlcable beauty Pkt. 10c. 



P^Sie F'V^'I'ljIcfrltlO' (Lathyrus latifolius) A hardy perennial climber producing for many weeks a succession of 

 k CaOy 1^ Vv^l laoLlil^ blossoms in clusters of eight to ten each. Only a few flowers can be expected the second 



season but in the third and fourth, the plants then being well established, an abundance of foliage and blooms is afforded. The 



plants die down late in the fall, and start again in the spring. Sow seed in open ground. 



Mixed. White, rose and purple. Oz. 25c Pkt. 5c. 



PELARGONIUM— (See Geranium) 



Pentstemon 



Peony 



Handsome, half hardy, herba- 

 ceous perennials about two feet 

 high and much in favor for bedding out. Flowers 

 bell-shaped or tubular, an inch and a half long, borne 

 in racemes or spikes, white and various shades of 

 rose and purplish red striped with white. 

 Mixed Pkt. 10c. 



{Poeoyiia herbacea Chinensis) Well 

 kno%\Ti herbaceous perennial plants 

 which may be grown either from seed or roots. If 

 the seed be sown in a cold frame in autumn, the 

 plants will be large enough to transplant the follow- 

 ing spring, and a year later will bloom. About three 

 feet high. 



Double Mixed Pkt. 25c. 



{Peony Roots are listed in autumn Bulb Catalogue.) 



PERIWINKLE— (See Vinca) 



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equalled in the magnificent display of their many 

 and brilliantly colored fiowers. Seed is usually sown 

 very early in spring outdoors in rows one foot apart. 

 Well pulverized soil, preferably rich and mellow, 

 should be used and the seed, which germinates rather 

 slowly, covered with about one-fourth inch of fine 

 soil firmly pressed down. Thin to four inches apart. 

 For very early blooming, seed maybe sown outdoors 

 in fall, or started indoors and transplanted early in 

 April. Excellent for masses of separate colors or 

 for bouquets. One foot high. 

 Alba. Pure white, very desirable. Oz. 90c. Pkt, 

 Black Warrior. Very deep maroon. Oz. 90c. " 



Isabellina. Creamy yellow. Oz. 90c " 



Kermesina Alba Oculata. Rosy crimson, 



Avhite eye. Oz. 90c " 



Lilac. With white center. Oz. 90c " 



Rosea. Rose, with white eye. Oz. 90c " 



Rosy Chamois. Deep salmon rose. Oz. 90c. . " 



Scarlet. Maroon center. Oz. 90c " 



Splendens. Crimson, pure white eye; one 

 of the finest of this strain. Oz. 90c.. .. . . .. " 



Violet. Deep violet blue, white eye. Oz. 90e. " 

 Extra Choicest Mixed. Best large flowered 

 varieties. Our mixture is unexcelled for 

 profusion of bloom and wide range of bril- 

 liant colors. Oz. 75c " 5c. 



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