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D. M. FERRY k GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Canterbury Bell 



{Campanula medium) Handsome, easily grown herbaceous plants of stately branch- 

 ing habit and profuse bloom for beds and backgrounds. They produce long racemes 

 of strikingly effective bell-shaped or saucer-shaped flowers of rich color. Leaves 

 sessile, lanceolate. Usually grown as a hardy biennial, but if seed is sown very early indoors it may be treated as a tender 

 annual. 



Sow seed outdoors early in spring in rows about two feet apart covermg with about one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly press- 

 ed down. The plants succeed best in light, rich soil with good drainage and in the fall should be transplanted or thinned to 

 eighteen inches or two feet apart and given some protection in severe winter weather. Height of plants, from two to four 

 feet. 



Pkt. 10c. 



" 10c. 



" 10c. 



" 10c. 



Oz. 35c 



Known as "Cup and Saucer" 



Cardinal Climber 



Celosia 



Double White 



Blue. Shades of blue and purple 



" Mixed. 



Single Mixed. Colors white, and various shades of violet, rose, lilac and blue. 



Calycanthema Mixed. Large single flowers, white, lilac, rose and purple. Known as "Cup and Saucer"' plant, the calyx form- 

 ing a cup round the base of the bell Pkt. 10c. 



(Ipomoea quamoclit Mjdrida) A rapid growing annual climber which if planted in 

 a warm sunny situation will attain a height of twenty feet in a season. The flowers 

 resemble those of Cypress Vine but are larger and more showy. The foliage is 



quite dense and the leaves laciniated. 



Seed is usually sown outdoors early in spring in the row where the plants are to remain. Cover seed one-half inch deep. 



Germination will be hastened if the soil is warm and kept in moist condition. Thin the young plants six to eight inches apart. 



If very early blooming is desired, seed should be started indoors Pkt. 10c. 



CARPET OF SNOW— (See Alyssum) 



£^ w^ {Ricinus) Tall majestic plants for lawns or driveways; with broad, beautifully lobed, palm- 



C A Ql ftlT iB^^ft tt 1^^® leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed metallic hue and long spikes of scarlet, or of green, 

 ^^^OW^K aJ\^%AM.A prickly seed pods. Makes a rapid, vigorous growth in rich soil. Sow seed outdoors after danger 

 from frost is over, preferably in light rich soil, or for earlier blooms start indoors and transplant. For best development each 

 plant should have' at least four feet each way. Its rich, luxuriant growth makes it very attractive for a long distance either 

 grown singly or in groups, or as center plants with Cannas, Dahlias, etc., giving a semi-tropical effect. Seed beautifully 

 striped or mottled. Tender annual; six to fifteen feet high. 

 Zanzibariensis. Wonderfully vigorous, from ten to fifteen feet high. Leaves have a brilliant luster, measuring about thirty inches 



across, ranging in color from bright green to deep bronze. Seed very large, oval. Mixed Varieties. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



Sanguineus. ( Tricolor) Blood red stalks with red venation in leaves ; height about six feet. Oz. 25c " 10c. 



Mixed. A desirable mixture of all the named varieties. Oz. 20c " IQc. 



An odd and picturesque 

 class of plants having col- 

 ored foliage and in which 

 the innumerable small flow- 

 ers and seed vessels together with their supports 



form a very brilliantly colored mass, sometimes 



gracefully arranged hke plumes and sometimes 



more dense, being corrugated and frilled at the 



edge like a cock's comb. They form the gayest 



possible decoration in beds and borders, retaining 



their brilliant coloring often from midsummer until 



frost. The I'ed Cristata sorts are sometimes cut 



before fully ripe and dried in the house for winter 



bouquets. 



Seed may be sown outdoors as early in spring 



as ground is warm and drj% using if possible light, 



rich, well pulverized soil, and giving plenty of 



moisture. For larger and more beautiful plumes 



start the seed very early indoors and transplant to 



place when weather is settled. Also adapted for 



growing in pots in greenhouse and conservatory. 



Half hardy annuals. 



Tall Feathered Varieties 



Childsi Crimson (C/u'-ie-se Woolflower) . Vlajits ahovil 

 two aud one-half feet high, branch freely and 

 produce large, globular, purplish crimson flowers 

 which resemble a ball of brilliantly colored wool 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Childsi Yellow {Chinese Woolflovjer) . Of the same 

 general form as the Childsi Crimson, but flowers 

 are a very light canary yellow color Pkt. 10c. 



Golden Plume (plumosn). Produces an abundance 

 of graceful feather-like plumes of light golden 

 yellow. Height two to three feet Pkt. 10c. 



Triumph of the Exposition (plumosa). Plant of 

 pyramidal form, bearing many exceedingly grace- 

 ful, feather-lifee spikes of intensely brilliant crim- 

 son color. Height two to three feet Pkt. 10c. 



Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. Plants pyramidal, 

 branching, two or more feet high, covered with 

 long, brilliantly colored and gracefully formed 

 plumes in red, yellow or violet. An excellent mix- 

 ture of plumosa or feathered celosias Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Cockscomb Varieties ( Celosia Cristata ) 



Giant Empress. This beautiful dwarf plant has 



bronze leaves and forms very large crimson combs. 



Height about one foot Pkt. 10c. 



Dwau^^ Rose. One foot high; large rose-colored 



combs Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Yellow. Large yellow combs. Height one 



foot Pkt. 10c. 



Glasgow Prize (President Thiers) Plant resembles 



a very large comb, densely corrugated; brilliant, 



deep purplish red. Foliage dark, not abundant; 



ten to twelve inches Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf grow- 

 ing sort«. Oz. fl.75 Pkt. 10c. 



Castor Bean 



