D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH 



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Pyrethrum 



Rhodanthe 



Very ornamental, both 

 foliage and flowers. 

 Well adapted for bed- 

 ding and boi'ders. Sow outdoors in spring as soon 

 as ground can be w^orked, or for best results start 

 the seed indoors and transplant after danger 

 from frost is past. {See also Matricaria) 



Parthenifolium Aureum. (Golden Feather) Beautiful 

 gold leaved bedding plant. Flowers white. Half 

 hardy perennial; height one foot. Oz. 50c. .Pkt. 5c. 



Parthenifolium Aureum Selaginoides. Finely cut, 

 fern-like leaves of bright golden yellow color. 

 Extra fine for bedding. Half hardy perennial; 

 twelve to fifteen inches high Pkt. 10c. 



Roseum. Ray flowers two to three inches in diame- 

 ter, carmine-rose with golden yellow center. Fol- 

 iage finely cut. Hardy perennial; two to two and 

 one-half feet high Pkt. 10c. 



One of the most beautiful ever- 

 lastings. Flowers bell-shaped, 

 rose with golden center and white with yellow 

 disc, gracefully poised on slender stems. Blooms 

 should be gathered before fully expanded and 

 dried in the shade. Tender annual; one and one- 

 half to two feet high. Mixed Pkt. 5c. 



RICINU8— (-See Castor Bean) 



Tir\n\et^¥ {Hesperis matronalis) Produces clus- 

 IxUClvd. ters of flowers very fragrant during 



the evening and very useful for cutting. Seed 



germinates readily in open ground if sown after 



danger from frost is past. Hardy perennial. 

 Sweet, Purple. Plants two and one-half to three 



feet high Pkt. So. 



Sweet, White. About two feet high " Sc, 



1^ Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. 



lvOS6 P^^^^s under ordinary care will com- 

 * ^^^•^^<* mence to flower when six inches high 

 and about two months old, and will continue to 

 grow and bloom until they form compact bushes 

 about sixteen inches high, well covered with 

 flowers. Open the berries and separate the seeds, 

 sowing in pots of rich sandy soil and keep in a 

 temperature of about seventy degrees and moder- 

 ately moist. When plants are about one inch high 

 transplant and give plenty light and air. Tender 

 perennial; blooming the first year Pkt. ISc 



Very showy bedding or 

 border plants with richly 

 colored, funnel-shaped 

 flowers which are purple, scarlet, crimson, yellow, 

 buff, blue or almost black, beautifully marbled and pencilled. 

 For early blooming seed may be started indoors as early as 

 the middle of March and the young plants set out in the 

 garden one foot apart, or seed may be sown outdoors after 

 settled warm weather. Useful for cutting. Blooms from 

 August to October. Half hardy annual; about two feet high. 



Fine Mixed. Hybrids. One of our most easily grown annuals 

 affording long stemmed flowers, desirable for cutting, and in 

 many beautiful shades and markings. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Large Flowering Mixed. This hybrid mixture is a notable im- 

 provement on the ordinary variety in that the plants are more 

 compact in growth and the flowers are much larger in size 

 and more richly colored and veined Pkt. 10c. 



{Flowering Sage) Among the most brilliantly 

 colored of garden flowers and extremely 

 useful for bedding; also valuable for pot 

 culture. Blooms are borne in long spikes 

 well above the foliage and are of fiery red, crimson or blue, 

 continuing in flower a long time. Start early in heat and 

 transplant into light soil one to two feet apart; or seed can 

 be sown outdoors after danger from frost is past. Tender 



Eerennial, but blooms the flrst season; height one and one- 

 alf to three feet. 



Splendens. Sold also as " Splendens Bonfire." Large, brilliant 

 scarlet flowers are in these plants afforded a rich, dark green 

 background of dense foliage. This variety is most generally 

 used in parks and on extensive lawns, as in growth it is 

 more vigorous than the more dwarf varieties. One of the 

 most striking and effective bedding plants in cultivation. 

 (See colored plate on back cover) Oz. $2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known; not as well suited 

 for bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but very attrac- 

 tive m the mixed border. Height of plant, about one and one- 

 half to two feet Pkt. 15c. 



Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered 

 under different names with the claim that they are larger 

 flowered or more floriferous than the old type. We have 

 found none of them more distinctly valuable than this strain 

 m which the plant is more uniformly dwarf, and comes into 

 bloom earlier than most sorts and remains covered with 

 brilliant red flower spikes a remarkably long time. About 

 two feet high ° Pl^t^ lOc 



Salpiglossis 



SCABIOSA— (See Mourning Bride) 

 SCARLET FLAX— (See Linum) 



SrVli-zarifKiift Retusus trimaculatus. The large flower 

 i«l\.«iii^ct.lllllUd spikes are decidedly superior in size of 

 bloom and brilliancy of coloring. Petals bright yellow with 

 margins and tube of purple-rose, shading from lighter to 

 darker shades. The seed may be sown outtloors after danger 

 of frost is past, where the plants are to remain; or start inside 

 and transplant when weather is suitable. Hard > annual ; about 

 twenty inches high. Also known as Butterfly Flower or Poor 

 Man's Orchid Pkt. 15c. 



SENSITIVE PLANT— (See Mimosa Pudica) 



Salvia 



Smilax 



Snapdragon 



No twining plant in cultivation surpasses this 

 in graceful beauty of foliage. Indispensable 

 to florists as its hard texture enables it to be 

 kept without wilting several days after being cut. The seed 

 germinates very slowly. The process may be hastened some- 

 what by soaking the seed in hot water for ten hours before 

 planting, but even then it is often six or eight weeks before 

 the plants make their appearance. Tender perennial climber, 

 ten feet high. Oz. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



{Antirrhinum.) This is 

 an old border plant with 

 dark, glossy leaves and 

 long spikes of curiously 

 shaped, brilliantly colored flowers with finely marked throats. 

 Snapdragons have been much improved of late years by 

 careful selection, and will blossom the first season from seed 

 sown in spring, especially if under frames and transplanted. 

 If early bloom is desired, sow the seed in August or Sep- 

 tember and cover the plants with a mulch on the approach of 

 cold weather. These may be transplanted into pots and 

 flowered in the house. Give them the same temperature 

 and treatment as geraniums and carnations. Tender peren- 

 nial; one and one-half to two feet high. 



Majus album. Pure white, light yellow throat Pkt. 5c. 



Majus brilliant. Crimson and yellow, throat white *' 5c. 



Majus Delila. Reddish-violet, white throat " 5c. 



Fine Mixed. Includes all of the best colors. Oz. 35c. . . " 5c, 



ST! PA PEN NAT A— (See Feaf/ier Grass) 



