FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Nasturtium 



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NASTURTIUM. 



Madame Qunter's Hybrid Nasturtiums. 



Flowers are striped or blotched with shades of red on yel- 

 low and orange ground, forming a combination of exceed- 

 ing brilliancy and beauty. About four feet high. Half 

 hardy annual Pkt. Sets 



Dwarf Nasturtiums '^E'^S^vSal: 



turtmms m the yard is very brilliant and attractive, bloom- 

 ing all the season. Hardy annual ; about one foot high. 

 Aurora, light reddish-orange veined with carmine. Pkt. Sets 



Bronze colored, bronze-orange '' Scts 



Crimson, rich, dark crimson " gets 



Empress of India, small, compact plant, dark scar- 

 let flowers, very dark foliage " sg^g 



King Theodore, dark scarlet maroon " Scts 



Pearl, pale yellow *' g^-^g 



Rose, a warm rose pink " q^^^ 



Scarlet, scarlet orange *' sg^g 



Schilling's Striped, bright yellow, maroon stripes. " Sets 



Yellow, rich golden yellow " scts 



Mixed Dwarf, all of the above colors mixed " Sets 



Trailing Nasturtiums ifa7iutT The 



Lobbianum differs from the common running nasturtium 

 in being less rank growing, more floriferous, and having 

 richer, more varied colored flowers of many shades, from 

 the richest scarlet to very deep maroon. Fine for cover- 

 ing arbors trellises and rustic work. Half hardy annual; 

 about ten feet high. 



Bright Yellow, with carmine stain Pkt. Scts 



Brilliant, intense scarlet red, dark foliage " 5cts 



Cardinal, deep scarlet, dark foliage " 5cts 



Chestnut Brown, rich red maroon " octs 



Giant of Battles, sulphur, red blotches " Scts 



Hemisphsericum, straw color, blotched and suf- 

 fused with scarlet orange " Scts 



King of the Blacks, crimson-maroon with darker 



markings " Scts 



Light Yellow, with rich maroon stain " Scts 



Rose, a deep shade, distinct and attractive '' Scts 



Spitfire, bright fiery scarlet, very floriferous " Scts 



Mixed Trailing, {Lobbianum varieties') " Scts 



Chameleon Nasturtiums ^iJ^t°of 



this novel sort is in full bloom, one can find upon it fiowers 

 of almost every shade of color and form of marking known 

 to nasturtiums. No matter what color a flower may be 

 when it opens, it is continually changing until it fades. 



Dwarf Chameleon Pkt. Scts 



Tall Chameleon " Scts 



IVpiY^fif) fill's (Love Grove) The flowers are single, 



^ ^^***^K**'*** cup-shaped, about an inch in diameter 



and usually come in delicate shades of blue and white. A 



delicate and singularly attractive hardy annual about 



six inches high. Mixed varieties Pkt. Scts 



NlCflf Ifll n^ Handsome garden plants of the tobacco 

 i^iwi^Liciiici. family, valuable for the long duration 



and freedom of their bloom. Half hardy annuals; three 



feet high. Flowers salver-shaped, having long, tubular 



corollas. 

 Affinis. Flowers large, white and fully expanded only in 



evening or cloudy days. Deliciously fragrant Pkt.Scts 



Sanderae. Flowers carmine-rose, a little smaller than 



Affinis and unlike it is in full bloom during the day. 



Very floriferous Pkt. SScts 



WQELLA— (See Love-in-a-Mist). 



]V|-|lotl^ Beautiful trailing plants with prostrate 



l^Uld-llci. stems. Fine for rock work, pots, baskets 



and vases, as the branches hang pendulous over the edge 



of vase or basket. The blossoms are produced abundantly 



and are convolvulus-shaped, brilliant and of various colors. 



Hardy trailing annual; six inches high. Mixed.. Pkt. Scts 



^xrri'f^finifi Charming little plants, well adapted 



■i-^J^*'^******* for rockeries and baskets. The florets 



are star-shaped, white or tinted with various shades and 



during th« evening are very fragrant. Half hardy annual. 



six inches high. Mixed Pkt. Scts 



Olpa nHpr (^^^'^um Oleander). This well known 

 ^-'*^*****^^* shrub is of easy culture and flowers 

 freely the greater part of the year. In warm, moist cli- 

 mates it requires no protection and attains the proportions 

 of a good sized tree. The flowers have a salver-shaped 

 corolla, with a crown of cut appendages in the center 



and are white or different shades of X'ed Pkt. Scts 



Ovall^ Very pretty, herbaceous plants with richly 

 ^-'■^****^ colored blossoms. They thrive well in a mix- 

 ture of loam and sand. Desirable for greenhouse decora- 

 tion, rock work or baskets. Half hardy perennial. 



Rosea, rose colored Pkt. lOcts 



Ploribunda alba, white '' lOcts 



CENOTHERA— (-S'ee Primrose). 



Tyfxx{\Y%\T {P<^onia Herbacea Chinensis). Well known 



irGk^K}li.jr herbaceous perennial plants. They are so 

 gorgeous in their beauty that they should have a place in 

 every yard and are sure to repay the little care required. 

 About three feet in height. 



Double, mixed Pkt. 3Scts 



Oeilm The palm is perhaps one of the most ornamental 



r <***** plants in the greenhouse and those varieties that 

 are hardy enough to bear planting out in the lawn during 

 warm weather are sure to command attention. The seed 

 is slow to germinate. _ , . _ 



Chamaerops Humilis {Dwarf Fan Palm). The most hardy 

 and dwarf of its species, seldom attaining over eight or 

 ten feet in height Pkt. lOcts 



Chamaerops Excelsa. A greenhouse variety in our climate. 

 As a lawn plant in our southern states, nothing could be 

 more conspicuously attractive. A well grown specimen 

 will attain the height of twenty-five or thirty feet. 



Pkt. lOcts 



Ty^tmrtfia. fll-JlCC {Gynerium argenteum). Mag- 



Jr dill pels vJl«.»» niflcent ornamental grass, 



producing numerous flower stems surmounted by plumes 



of silvery inflorescence. Half hardy perennial: ten feet 



high Pkt. Scts 



Peas, Everlasting SyTefe^nffcnSbe^ 



producing for many weeks a succession of white, rose and 

 purple blossoms in clusters of 8 to 10 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 bloom is afforded. Ihe 

 plants die down late in the fall and start again in the 

 spring. Sow seed in open ground. 



Rose. Pkt. Sets 



White •• •• " Sets 



Mixed " Sets 



PELARGONIUM— (See Geranium). 



