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



Portulaca 



There are few flowers in cul- 

 tivation that make such a daz- 

 zling display of color in the 

 bright sunshine as a bed of 

 portulaeas. They are in bloom from about the first of July till 

 killed by frost in autumn. The seed requires a moderatelj^ high 

 temperature for germination, and should not be sown until set- 

 tled warm weather. Sometimes they are started indooi-s but 

 usually are sown directly where the plants are to stand. The soil 

 need not be rich, the plants doing better in hot, rather dry 

 ground. They should have sunny situation; the flowers close in 

 shadow but are open in sunshine. Tender annual; about nine 

 inches high, 



SIN'GLE VARIETIES. 



Alba, pure white Pkt. Sets 



'■ 5cts 



" 5cts 



" Sets 



" 5cts 



jffm, 



Aurea, deep golden. 

 Caryophylloides, carnation striped. 

 Striata, yellow, striped with red. . . . 

 Fine Mixed 



lOcts 

 lOcts 

 lOcts 



DOUBLE VARIETIES 



Not all the plants wiU come double, but the single ones 

 can be pulled out. They will stand any amount of 

 dry weather. 



Double white Pkt. lOcts Double scarlet 



♦' sulphur •• lOcts " orange 



'• rose striped. . '' lOcts " mixed 



KrimrOSC. evening large.^ showy Wossoms which 

 are fully expanded only towards and during evening. Blossoms 

 yellow or white and veiy freely and constantly produced. 



Acaulis Alba. Of prostrate habit, the leaves lying on the 

 ground; produces an abundance of large, blush-white 

 flowers about three inches across. Hardy perennial; six 

 inches high \ Pkt. Sets 



Lamarckiana. Superb spikes of large, bright yellow blos- 

 soms three to four inches across. Hardy biennial, but 

 blooms the first year; height four feet Pkt. 5cts 



Primule Japoaica Th^f^brAlfufZS: 



various colored flowers stand in whorls, pyramidically 

 arranged on short flower stems; one foot high. Though 

 perennial, new plants flower more freely and seed should 



be sown every year. Mixed varieties Pkt. 25cts 



After sowing the seeds of Primula Japonica, let them re- 

 main in a cool and moist place for four or five weeks, then 

 place in a frame or house where there is bottom heat and 

 thev will grow freely. 



Primula Sinensis xi^^'SStir^inteV 



blooming pot plant is especially valuable in that its 

 brightly colored, and finely formed' flowers and attractive 

 f ohage may be had in perfection from November until 

 late in spring. The several varieties afford a wide range 

 of splendid colors, the flowers being produced in clusters. 

 According to location and facilities, sow the seed in weU 

 drained shallow pans from April to the last of July, to 

 insure flowering the following winter. Use finely sifted 

 leaf mold, loam and sand in equal parts. Cover slightly 

 and place the pans, when Avell watered, in a temperatiu'e 

 of about 60'= F. 



SINGLE FRINGED PRUrOLA. 



Bright Rose Pkt. 35cts Ccerulea, blue... Pkt. 35cts 



Scarlet '• 35cts 



Soliel d' Empel, magnificent, fine, white variety " 25cts 

 Choicest mixed, from choicest of best fringed 



varieties " 35cts 



Choicest Fern Leaved, mixed " 35cts 



DOUBLE FRINGED PRIMULA. 



These are verj^ choice: many plants wfll produce double 

 flowers. Double mixed — ' Pkt. ^5cts 



PRIMULA. 



Pyrethrum 



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PORTULACA- 



Veiy ornamental plants both 

 in foliage and flowers. Sow 

 , ,, , . from December to April in 



shallow boxes, m a temperature of 60". As soon as the 

 young plants can be handled, transplant singly into small 

 pots or shallow boxes, where they mav remain until the 

 time of planting out into the open ground in May, (See 

 also Matricaria). 



Parthenifolium aureum, {Golden Feather'). Beautiful, 

 gold leaved bedding plant. Flowers white; height one 

 root Pkt. octs 



Parthenifolium aureum selaginoides. Has finely cut, fem- 

 hke lea^-es of bright golden vellow color. Extra fine for 

 bedding. Half hardy perennial; height one foot. Pkt. 10c 



Roseum. Ray flowers fully two inches in diameter, car- 

 mine-rose with golden yellow center. Foliage finely cut. 

 Hardy perennial; two feet high Pkt. lOcts 



QUAKING GRASS— (See 5W^a). 



kPIOCIQUTIIC most beautiful 

 everlastings. Flowers bell- 

 shaped, gracefully poised on slen- 

 der stems. Blooms should be 

 gathered before fuUy expanded; 

 and dried in shade. Tender an- 

 nual one foot high. 



' -anglesi, rich rose, with golden cen- 

 ter Pkt. octs 



.Maculata alba, white, with yellow 

 disc Pkt. octs 



Mixed Pkt. Sets 



RICINUS— (-See Castor Bean.) 



Rf\rVciP'\ (Hesperis Matronalis). 

 ii^ri^CI Produces clusters of 

 flowere very fragrant during the 

 evening. Seed germinates readily 

 in open ground. Hardy perennial; 

 one and a half feet high. 



Sweet, purple Pkt. Sets 



Sweet, white Pkt. 5cts 



