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M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



(Also see Carnation). 



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(Dianthiis). The Diciuthus family furnishes many of the 

 most beautiful flowers including the Carnation, Sweet Wil- 

 liam, Chinese and Japanese Pinks, in all their varieties. 

 Hardy and half hardy biennials and perennials but nearly 

 all blooming the first year from seed; of easy culture. A 

 warm soil is desirable, one where water will not stand, par- 

 ticularly during the winter. Seeds may be sown in the open 

 ground where they are to stand but better results are ob- 

 tained, at least in the north, if plants are started in the 

 house. (See colored plate, page 5). 

 Crimson Belle. Rich, vivid crimson color; flower 

 single and of extraordinary size and substance, 

 evenly and finely laciniated. Half hardy bien- 

 nial, blooming freely the first season Pkt. lOcts 



Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully mar- 

 bled and striped with light shades of pink upon 

 lighter ground. Half hardy biennial, blooming 



freely the first season " lOcts 



Royal Pinks {Heddewigi nobilis). These very 

 large single flowers afford a wide range of 

 colors. The petals are deeply cut and fringed 

 and are in splendid shades of blood-red to car- 

 mine, pink and even white " lOcts 



Heddewig's Single mixed. Flowers of the best 

 shades and beautifully marked; half hardy 



biennial " Sets 



Double Brilliant Maroon. This beautiful vari- 

 ety is easily cultivated, and its velvety maroon 

 flowers are very attractive. Very valuable for 

 cut flowers and in bouquets. Half hardy 

 biennial 



Double Diadem. Very regular, densely double, 

 and of all tints, from crimson-purple to deep 

 black-purple. Half hardy biennial, blooming 

 freely the first season 



Double Japan. To be properly appreciated, 

 these should be seen; rich in hue, very double, 

 deeply fringed petals; only lacking fragrance 

 to make them perfect. Half hardy biennial, 

 blooming freely the first season; mixed 



Heddewig's Double. Flowers very large and 

 double, and of various shades of brilliant colors. 

 Half hardy biennial 



Double China, mixed. A mixture of the last 

 four strains, sure to give very fine flowers. . . . 



lOcts 



Sets 



Sets 



5cts 



PHYSALIS fRANCHCTI 



(Lantern Plant). When 

 well grown, plants are 

 about two feet high producing from the axis of each leaf 

 one or more large, brilliant red-coloi-ed seed pods which in 

 form and color are suggestive of a Japanese lantern. 

 These contain bright, cherry-like fruit, which is occasion- 

 ally used for making preserves. A strikingly beautiful, 

 decorative plant. It grows readily to a fruiting size the 

 first year from seed in the warmer latitudes... Pkt. lOcts 



Poppy, 



Double White Fringed. 



Sets PENTSTEM©: 



Handsome, half hardy herbaceous perennials about two 

 feet high and much in favor for bedding out. Flowers 

 bell-shaped or tubular, an inch and a half long, borne in 

 racemes or spikes, white and various shades of rose and 

 purplish red striped with white. The roots should re- 

 ceive some protection in winter. 

 Mixed, seed saved from best collections Pkt. lOcts 



PERII^LA '^^"'^'"racinfatr"'''"''"^ 



Ornamental foliage plants similar to Coleus. They are of 

 easy culture, growing freely in any good, common garden 

 soil. Fine for bedding with silver-leaved plants. Foliage 

 dark metallic bronze, almost black. Halt hardy annual; 



two feet high Pkt. Sets 



PERIWINKLE— (-See Vinca). 



(Papaver). Well known hardy annuals and perennials flowering in great profusion throughout the summer. 

 As early in spring as ground can be worked sow the seed where flowers are to bloom and cover lightly, since if 

 planted too deep the seed will not germinate and the annual varieties do not bear transplanting. To insure a con- 

 tinuous bloom during a long season the flowers should be cut regularly and no seed pods allowed to form. 

 The Shirley. This magnificent strain of Poppies 



affords during a long season flowers of the 

 most charmingly delicate shades of colors 

 imaginable, ranging from a pure, glistening 

 white through the pinks, reds and scarlets to 

 the deepest crimson, the darker shades fre- 

 quently being margined with white. Some of 

 the petals are of silky texture, others look like 

 tissue paper; some are plain, some crimped 

 and some wavy. The flowers are exceedingly 

 graceful and airy and lend themselves readily 

 to bouquets which should be cut before the 

 blooms ax-e fully expanded ; they will then keep 

 fresh in water for several days Pkt. 



Iceland, single mixed. The delicate flowers are 

 fragrant and their long stems make them 

 suitable for cutting. Colors white, yellow and 

 orange-red; blooms throughout the season. 

 Half hardy perennial, blooming the first year 

 from seed " 



Tulip Flowered. Produces bright scarlet flowers 

 borne well above the foliage. The petals 

 form a tuhp-shaped cup and after a time 

 black spots appear at the base of each petal. 

 Hardy annual, one foot high " 



Orientale. Large, gorgeous scarlet blossoms; 

 base of petals black. One of our most striking; 

 and showy garden perennials " 



Sets 



Sets 



Sets 



Sets 



Umbrosum. Rich vermilion, with a shining 

 black spot on each petal; one of the most 

 showy varieties ; hardy annual Pkt. Sets 



Cardinal. This is a very large and very double 

 poppy, each petal being so cut as to give the 

 blossom the appearance of a large ball of bril- 

 liant cardinal colored silk. It is certainly one 

 of the finest poppies in cultivation and a worthy 

 companion to our Double White Fringed Poppy, 

 from which it differs only in color 



Double White Fringed. This is the finest double 

 white poppy. The plants are about two and 

 one-half feet high, upright growing and so 

 floriferous that a very fine showing is made. 

 The blooms are from three to four inches in 

 diameter, perfectly double, finely fringed and 

 of the purest white 



Carnation, double white 



Carnation, double mixed. Large showy, double 

 flowers of various colors, two feet high 



Bracteatum. Large, orange -crimson flowers; 

 perennial 



Sets 



Sets 

 5cts 



Sets 



Sets 



^^^Papaver Somniferum, of which the Carnation Poppy 

 is an improved form, is the species used for the extraction 

 of opium. 



