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FERRY 



COS D&SCRiPriVE CATALOGUE 



Helichrysum 



Heliotrope 



(Everlasting) Sometimes called 

 Straw Flower. Large full, double 

 daisy-like flower heads with prominent centers and stiff over- 

 lapping scales, produced in various shades of bright yellow and 

 scarlet on stems of good length. Desirable as dried specimens 

 and for use in making winter bouquers. For this piu-pose the 

 flowers should be gathered when on the point of expanding 

 Sow early in spring; thin to one foot apart each way. 

 Hardy annual; two to two and one-half feet high. 

 Monstrosum, fl. pi., mixed. Largest double flowers. Oz. <iOc 



Pkt. 10c. 



Well-known and much admired 

 border and bedding plants, highly 

 _ valued for the blue color and fra- 



grance of their branching clusters of small salver-shaped 

 flowers. 



Sow the seed early in spring, in mellow soil indoors, and 

 when plants are one to two inches high, prick out into pots 

 Transplant to place when three to four inches high. Will live 

 outdoors through the winter in a warm climate. Desirable also 

 as a pot-plant for indoor blooming from fall sown seed. Half 

 hardy perennial; one and one-half to two feet high. 



Madame Bruant. Violet-blue, white eye PIct. 10c. 



King of the .Blacks. Deep purple, almost black "10c' 



Regal. Flower heads of many shades " lOc! 



Dark Varieties Mixed. Very choice. Oz. $1.35 " lOc* 



HESPERIS MATRONALIS— (See Rocket) 



Hibiscus Africanus ^.a^roreLrsSl, 



with pretty foliage and large, light yellow or cream-colored 

 blossoms, dark purple in the center. The flowers are exceed- 

 ingly showy, saucer-shaped, often two to three inches across 

 The seed should be planted early, and the plants should be 

 thinned to one foot apart each way. Hardy annual; about two 

 feet high. Oz. 30c pj^t jq^.^ 



{Althaea rosea) For a background 

 to a flower garden nothing is better 

 * .V,. . ,r ,,. .-• J than the improved strains we offer 

 of this tall old-fashioned garden perennial. The large, richly 

 colored blossoms about three inches across, ranging frorn deep 

 yellow and red to pure white, are set as rosettes around the 

 strong growing flower stalks. 



Sow seedin June or July, in open ground, and in the autumn 



transplant to per- 



Hollyhock 



manent 

 bloom 



position 



Helichrysum 

 apart. The following summer they will 



two to three feet , 

 All double varieties are hardy perennials; five feet high 

 Early Flowering. Blooms readily the first year from seed sown in spring. A wide 



range of colors in large single or semi-double flowers Pkt. 15c. 



Chafer's Finest Mixed. Double perfection 



Double Blood Red 



II Deep Rose 



Lemon Yellow 



II Pink 



II Salmon. Rich salmon color, suffused with pink 



Pure White. Our special improved strain 



Choice Mixed. All colors. Oz. ^1.25 



Mixed 



Hyacinth Bean 



PouBuE Hollyhock 



15c. 

 15c. 

 15c. 

 15c. 

 15c. 

 15c. 

 15c. 

 15c. 

 lOc. 



Mnrrmlsic f an^viii/*iiic {.Japanese Hop) Hardy annual climber fifteen 



llUIllUlUb .laponiCUS to twenty feet high with rough lobed leaves of 



variegated colors, very rough leaf stems and small flowers. Desirable for covering 



unsightly objects or shading verandas Pkt. lOc. 



{Dolichos lahlab) A fine climber with clusters of purple 

 or white flowers followed by ornamental seed pods. 



Tender annual; from ten to fifteen feet high. 



Alba. White. Oz. 25c .Pkt. 10c. 



Purpurea. Purple. Oz. 25c ►... " 10c. 



Mixed. The foregoing mixed. Oz.25c " 10c. 



IBERIS— (S'ee Candytuft) 



Ine^ pijj „ J. (Jiesem6r?/a?if/i,emwm cr?/staiimMm) A curious plant for hanging 



ICC 1 ictllL baskets, rock-work, vases and edgings; leaves and stems succulent, 



appearing as though covered with ice crystals. Tender annual trailer; six inches 



high Pkt. 10c. 



IMMORTELLES— (See Acroclinium, Globe Amaranth, Helichrysuvi, Rhodanthe) 

 IMPATIENS BALSAMINA— (See Balsam) / 



1" Beautiful annual outdoor climber of luxuriant growth for 



J.OOFOO^r^ covering verandas and arbors, or for screening unsightly 

 A^vra.ji.jivi'\^t«. oijjects. Sow preferably in heat and transplant to open 

 border: or sow in open border after the ground becomes warm. Soak seed in 

 luke-warm water before planting. Tender annual; ten to fifteen feet high. 

 Bona Nox (Evening Glory) AMolet blue flowers, open, in the evening; similar to 



the white Moon Flower but not as large; seed as large bixt darker Pkt. 10c. 



Coccinea (Star Ipomoia) Like a Morning Glory but with smaller rather pointed 

 leaves, and covered with small, scarlet star-shaped flowers. Height often ten feel 



Seed small, black .s. Pkt. 10c. 



Limbata Mixed. Very large vioI,et or blue flowers. with white margins and throats. 

 The leaves are similar to thos6-of Japanese Morning Glory but are less varie- 

 gated. Seed large, black :>>... Pkt. 10c. 



Setosa (Brazilian Moryiing Gloiry) Very vigorous rapid growing vine with large, 

 three-lobed leaves and stems ^©Vered with brown hair. Flowers open in morning: 

 salver formed, delicate blue qr reddish purple with pink star in center and pro 



duced in clusters. Seed black;, a little larger than Limbata. Oz.406» Pkt. 10c. 



Fine Mixed. The four above vaJfjeties mixed. Oz. 20c " 10c. 



Early Flowering Sky Blue {IpoMdea grandiflora rubro coerulea) A most desirable, 

 early, free flowering sort, with glossy dark foliage and very large flowers that open 

 with a tinge of carmine rose and when mature are bright Kght blue.. Pkt. 15c. 



