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M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, 



Vinca 



{Periwinkle) These very attractive bushy plants with, glossy green foliage produce in abundance handsome 

 round or salver shaped'^ single flowers, suitable either for culture in pots or boxes or for summer bedding 

 and borders. If sown early under glass and transplanted in a warm, sheltered situation will bloom in summer 

 and autumn and may be potted'f or the house before frost. The plants require no trimming, are in con- 

 tinuous bloom from setting out until frost and are entirely free from the attacks of insects. These desirable features account 

 for the very general use of Vincas in parks and private grounds for summer bedding" and borders. Tender perennials, bloom- 

 ing the first season, about fifteen inches high. 



Pure White. Beautiful pure white. Oz. 7oc Pkt. 5c. I Rosea Alba. "NVhite with crimson eye. Oz. 75c Pkt. 5c. 



Rosea. Rose with crimson eye; flowers often two inches in diameter. A very desirable window plant. Oz. 75c " 5c. 



Mixed. The above named varieties mixed. Oz, 75c " 5c. 



VIOLA TRICOLOR— ('S'ee Pansy) 



Virginian Stock 



(Cheiraiithus maritimus) The plants are covered with a dense mass of beautiful blossoms and are 

 very useful for border or edging. A continual succession of blossoms may be kept up the whole 

 season by sowing at intervals through spring and summer. Hardy annual; about nine inches high. 

 Red and white, mixed Pkt. 5c. 



Wallflower 



{Cheiranthus cheiri} An old 

 favorite European garden flow- 

 er. The large, massive spikes of 

 the Wallflower when properly grown are very conspicuous in 

 beds and borders and are very useful in making bouquets. 

 Sow seed early in hotbeds and' while plants are small prick 

 them out into pots and sink in the earth. On approach of cold 

 weather remove the pots to the house and the plants will 

 bloom all winter. Tender perennial that will live through the 

 winter in a mild climate: height about one and one-half feet. 



Early Brown. Brownish-red. fragrant flowers; large, thick 



Wild Cucumber 



Wistaria Chinensis 



spikes; early. Tender biennial. Oz. 25c. 



..Pkt. 5c. 



Golden Tom Thumb. Free flowering, of dwarf and compact 

 habit: blossoms of an attractive golden yellow color. Tender 

 biennial Pkt. 5c. 



Mixed Double. Deliciously fragrant, perfectly double, and 

 combine many shades of color, the orange, purple and choco- 

 late predominating. Oz. $2. .50 Pkt. 10c. 



{Echinocystis Jobata) This is a use- 

 ful climber where a rapid and vig- 

 orous growth of vine is desired. To cover or to screen an un- 

 sightly building, there is perhaps no annual climber better 

 adapted for the purpose. The vhie has abundant foliage, is 

 thickly covered with white, fragrant flowers, followed by 

 numerous prickly seed pods. Usually the plants are pro- 

 duced from vear to year by self sown seed. Hardy annual. 

 Oz. 20c; Lb. $1.50 Pkt. 5c. 



One of the most beautiful and 

 rapid growing of the hardy 

 perennial climbers. "When well established in good soil it 

 will often grow fifteen to twenty feet during the season and 

 frequently blooms both in spring and fall. The flowers are 

 pale blue.'pea-shaped and are borne in long, drooping clusters, 

 often over a foot in length. The seed should be sown in 

 mellow loam early in the spring, or in greenhouse or hotbed 

 in winter and when plants are one foot high transplanted into 

 permanent situations Pkt. 20c. 



Z0 9 Well known bush-like plants producing a profusion of large double imbricated flowers borne on stiff 



^^ ^^ stems: much used for bedding. There is much satisfaction in a bed of Zinnias, for when nearly every 

 I ■■ ll I ^1 other flower has been killed by frost this plant is still in full bloom. Few flowers are more easily grown 

 JkJL JLJL AJ&C^ or bloom more abundantly throughout the season, and the wide range of color is not less reniarkable 

 than tlieir unusual depth and richness. Sow the seed early in spring, in open ground in good, rich 

 soil, covering with about one-fotirth inch of flne soil firmly pressed down. When the young plants are one to two inches high 

 thin to six inches apart. Stai't under glass for earlier blooming. Half hardy annual: about eighteen inches high. 



Double yellow. Oz. 35c Pkt. 5c. Double white. Oz. 35c Pkt. 5c. 



;; scarlet. Oz.35c.^ '^Sc. '« black purple. Oz35c " 5c. 



deep red. Oz. doc 5c. .. , , . r\ o- •> >- 



" magenta. Oz._35c [[ 5c. ^^ dark crimson. Oz. 3.oc ^^ 5c. 



" orange. Oz. 35c " 5c. ** striped or zebra, mixed. Oz. 60c " 5c. 



Double choice mixed, including the above colors, very fine. Oz. 3oc; Lb. S3. 50 " 5c. 



Lilliput, double mixed. This strain grows about one foot high and bears a profusion of comparatively small, very 



double, globular flowers about one inch in diameter, very brilliant in color .' " IQc. 



Pompon, double mixed. The globular flowers are fully as varied and brilliant in color as the ordinary Zinnia and 



about half its size. Oz. 40c .' " Sc. 



Haageana, double. Dwarf variety with double flowers of a deep orange color, about one and one-quarter inches in diam- 

 eter : fine for cut flowers; height one foot *' 10c. 



Mexicana Hybrida, variegated. A variety of Zinnia distinctive in its well-formed single flowers of deep maroon and 

 golden yellow, strikingly contrasted. ' The flowers are very similar to the popular French Legion of Honor Marigold, 



but come into bloom earlier and are more easily grown. Hardy annual: one foot high " 15c. 



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