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M. FERRY k CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Petunia 



Pinks 



Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. Their richness of color, duration of bloom and easy 

 culture will always make them popular. The full, double petunias do not produce seeds. To pro- 

 cure double flowers one must use the seeds saved from single flowers which have been carefully 

 fertilized by hand %\'ith pollen from the double ones. The seed we offer is the result of careful 

 hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a proportion of double flowers as any. 

 In some strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five inches across: in others, they are deeply fringed; still others 

 have star-like markings radiating from the thi'oat and extending nearly or quite to the outer margin of the blossom: again, 

 others have full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red-purple and are variously striped and blotched. 



Plant in a warm, open, sunny place. Seeds may be sown directly in the open ground: or for earlv results the plants may 

 be started in cold frame, hotbed or in pots indoors, in a temperature averaging sixty to seventy degrees. Water with a fine 

 spray and do not permit the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and should not be trusted in the open until danger of 

 frost is over. Any good, friable garden soil, well pulverized and in good condition may be used, and the seed covered with 

 about one-eighth' to one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. The rows should be two feet apart. Thin to eighteen 

 inches apart." The plants begin to bloom when small and continue until cut off by frost. Tender perennial, blooming the first 

 year: about one and one-half feet high. 

 Single Dwarf Compact. {Inimifable Dica)-f) Bushy plants only about eight inches high, covered -with small flowers, generally 

 striped or blotched. In many the markings are as beautifully star-shaped as in the strain offered as ' 'Star" " petunia. . . .Pkt. 1 5c. 



Countess of Ellesmere. Flowers deep rose, white throat; very small " 5c. 



Nyctaginiflora. Pure white flowers, very fragrant ; a verj- florif erous variety " 5c. 



Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes sti'iped or blotched flowers in a wide range of colors. Oz. 90c " 5c. 



Fine Mixed. An excellent variety of markings including white, stripes and shades of rose, red and pm'ple. Oz. oOe *' 5c. 



Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large percentage of double flowers in a good range of colors " 20c. 



LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 



Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowers very large: some striped, others self colored, is Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Fringed and Stained Mixed. Very attractive, deeply fringed flowers in a variety of colors " 20c. 



Superbissima Mixed. Flowers of immense size, superbly colored with throats beautifully veined. We have carefully compared 

 other strains sold as "•Giants of Cahfornia,"' etc., and. have found, none superior and. manj-of them not equal to our strain of 

 this magnificent variety Pkt. 25c. 



Brilliant Rose. Large flowers of very bright, yet delicate and exceptionally attractive rose color. One of the finest varieties in 

 cultivation and- comes true from seed , Pkt. 25c. 



General Dodds. Large, single flowers of an exceedingly rich, dark purple color. A vigorous and very persistent bloomer and 

 there are few garden plants that wiU make so satisfactory a displaj* Pkt. 10c. 



Greindiflora Robusta, fl. pi. Dwarf, of robust growth, forming a compact, upright, branched bush about ten inches in height and 

 fourteen inches in Avidth. with large flowers, many double and in all shades of colors existing in petunias. The latest of the 

 varieties to bloom Pkt. 25c. 



Double Fringed Brilliant Rose. Large, exceedingly double and fringed flowers of most brilliant rose color. Very desirable. ** 25c. 



Extra Double Fringed. 3Iany colors; flowers beautifully fringed " 25c. 



(Dianthus) The Dianthus family furnishes many of the most beautiful flowers including the Carnation, 

 Sweet William. Chinese and Japanese Pinks, in aU their varieties. The Pinks as a class are more varied 

 in color than the Carnations but lack their fragrance. Hardy and half-hardy biennials and perennials DUt 

 nearly all blooming the first year from seed. Seed may be sown in the open ground in spring after 

 danger of frost is past, in the place where the plants are vranted to bloom. Fse well pulverized soil, pre- 

 ferably sandy loam. Mate the rows one foot to fifteen inches apart 

 and coVer the seed with one-fotirth inch of fine soil firmly pressed 

 down. "When two inches high, thin six to eight inches apart. 

 Earlier blooming is obtained, in the north, if plants are started in 

 the house. Where chmate permits the plants may be treated as 

 perennials. 



Crimson Belle. Rich, vivid crimson color: flower single and of large 

 size and splendid substance, evenly and finelj* laciniated..Pkt. 10c. 



Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully marbled and striped with 

 light shades of red upon lighter ground. Border of petals finely 

 cut or lacioiated Pkt. 10c. 



Vesuvius. An unusual color in pinks. Flowers single, light straw- 

 berry red, very distinct and sure to attract favorable attention 

 wherever gi'owii. They are nearly two inches across with petals 

 deeply laciniated. Hardy annual;* one foot high Pkt. 15c. 



Royal Pinks. (Heddeicigi nobilis) These very large, single flowers 

 afford a wide range of colors. Petals deeplj- cut and fringed and in 

 splendid shades from blood-red to carmine, pink and even white. 

 Plants dwarf, very free flowering Pkt. 10c. 



Heddewig's Single Mixed. Flowers of the best shades and beauti- 

 fully marked. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful variety easily cultivated; its 

 rich, deep red flowers are very attractive ' Pkt. 1 Oc. 



Double Dark Purple. An attractive and particularlv useful color 

 in pinks. The flowers are double, of large size, fine" form and are 

 suitable for cutting Pkt. 15c. 



Double Diadem Mixed. (Heddewig's) Very regular, double, and all 

 tints from crimson purple to deep black purple. Oz. 90c. . .Pkt. 5c. 



Double Japan Mixed. The flowers are rich in hue; very double deep- 

 fringed petals. Oz. SOc Pkt. 5c. 



Double China Mixed. White and dark crimson selfs, also white 

 tipped light pui'ple and shades of red with darker blotchings. A 

 mixture of double pinks unsurpassed in variety of brilliant color- 

 ing and marking. Oz. SOc Pkt. 5c. 



Snowdrift. Clear white, double and fullv as large as the popular 

 Marguerite Carnation ; desirable for cutting Pkt. 15c. 



Platycodon Japonicus fl. pi. ^^pS^t^'^^Td.. 



nary varieties; flowers double instead of single and the ten petals, 

 in color an attractive deep blue, are bell-siiaped and about two 

 inches across. Plant of strong, bushy growth. Sow early in 

 spring, preferably in medium sandy, well drained loam. Make' the 

 rows fifteen inches apart: thin to eight inches apart. It is well to 

 keep the stems tied up during the season. Hardy perennial; twelve 

 to eighteen inches high ". Pkt. 10c. 







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