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



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Gourd 



{Cucurbita) a tribe of climbers with curiously shaped and 

 colored fruit. Being of rapid growth, they are fine to 

 cover old fences, trellises, stumps, etc. Tender annual; 

 ten to twenty feet high. 



Dish Cloth. A rapid chmber, having long, green fruit, the inside fibrous mass 

 of which, when the shell and seeds are removed, makes an excellent bath 

 sponge Pkt 



Orange. The well known Mock Orange •* 



Japanese Nest Egg. The fruits make excellent 

 nest eggs, since they are white, of proper 

 size, do not crack and are not injured by heat 

 or cold Pkt. Sets 



Apple Shaped. Yellow beautifully striped " 5cts 



Pear Shaped. Striped yellow, green and cream 

 color " Sets 



Pear Shaped, ringed. Exceedingly beautiful fruit 

 with rings of various shades of yellow run- 

 ning around it; green ends *' Sets 



Bottle. Curioiisly and handsomely shaped fruit " 5cts 



Corsican. Elegant fruit and rapid climber.... " Sets 



Siphon, or Dipper. Useful for dippers ** Sets 



Powder Horn. In the form of a powder horn.. . " 5cts 



Hercules' Club. The longest of all the varieties '• Sets 



Mixed " Sets 



QYNERIUM— (iSee Pampas Grass). 



/^vrneorkKfln Delicate, free flowering little plants, cover- 

 \j y pavpttiio. e(j ^j^^ a profusion of white and pink, small 

 star- shaped flowers. "Well adapted for hanging baskets or edgings 

 and valuable in conjunction with other flowers for making bou- 



tuets. WiU thrive anywhere. 

 legans, mixed. White and pink flowers. Hardy annual; 



one foot high Pkt. Sets 



Mural Is. One of the most charming and graceful border plants to 

 be found in any collection. As easily grown as candytuft but is 

 at its best in limestone soil. Pink flowers. Hardy annual; 

 six inches high Pkt. 5cts 



HEDYSARUM— 'S'ee French Honeysuckle.') 

 HELIANTHUS— (-See Sunflower\ 



Heliotrope. 



Helichrysum SSfl^ 



Hollyhock. 



full, double flowers of various 

 shades of bright yellow and scarlet. 

 Desirable as dried specimens and for use in making winter bou- 

 quets. For this purpose the flowers should be gathered when on the 

 .point of expanding. Hardy annual; one to three feet high. 

 Bracteatum ^Golden Eternal Flower). Bright yellow, orange 



center Pkt. Sets 



Nanum Atrosanguineum, fl. pi. Deep orange red " Sets 



Monstrosum, fl. pi., mixed. Varieties of largest double 



flow ers " Sets 



Mixed. The above varieties " Sets 



KT A 1 « r\4^w£\ *> £k Highly valued for the fragrance of their 

 lAeilUirupt? flowers and duration of bloom. Half 

 hardy perennial, blooming the first year from seed. 



Anna Turreli, violet blue Pkt. lOcts 



^,^^^;;.^^™ King of the Blacks, splendid '■'• lOcts 



"^^"^^Triompliede Liege, deep blue " lOcts 



^ Dark\arieties, mixed, very choice " lOcts 



Hf ^ 1 « rxi'^ t"i 1 rvfc ^ desirable, distinct, dwarf everlast- 



^M.VM.l.^f%.d Utll ing Tvith large globular clusters of 



, bright yellow or white flowers which retain their color, 



' for years. Excellent for forming winter bouquets. 



Hardy annual; one foot high. Mixed Pkt. 5cts 



HESPERIS MATRONALIS— (-S'ee iJocfceO. 



Heuchera SaLng\iii\ea 



A hardy perennial plant from two to three feet high, 

 easily grown from seed and producing long spikes 

 of brilliant crimson flowers. These are very desirable 

 in the garden or as cut flowers for florists' use. If start- 

 ed early indoors will bloom abundantly the first season 

 but the second season will give more and finer flowers. 



Pkt. lOcts 



Hibisc\is AfricaLi\us 



A very vigorous plant of easiest cultxu-e, about two 

 feet high and producing large, handsome, cream color- 



ed,^ingle flowers.^ Hardy annual Pkt. Sets 



The modern holly- 

 hock is entirely differ- 

 ent and more beauti- 

 ful than the plant of twenty years ago being much more 

 compact in growth, the flowers larger, richer colored, 

 and the double varieties are fuller and of better form. 

 For a background to a flower garden there can be no- 

 thing better. Hardy perennial; five feet high. 

 Chater's finest mixed, double varieties of the 



greatest perfection Pkt. 1 Sets 



Double blood red Pkt. lOcts Double pink.. " lOcts 

 '♦ deep rose.. " lOcts ** salmon " lOcts 

 " lemon yellow " lOcts 



♦• pure white. A special strain of our own develop- 

 ment in which the plant is more compact and 

 earlier blooming and the flowers larger and of 

 better shape than those of the old white. 



Pkt. lOcts 

 ♦• choice mixed, a well proportioned mix- 

 ture of all colors " lOcts 



•• mixed , " Sets 



Hollyhock 



