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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Mourning Bride 



(Scabiosa or Sweet Scabious) An^old-fashioned but most attractive flo"wer. Its great 

 abundance and long succession of richly colored, fragrant blossoms on long stems 

 _ make it one of the most useful decorative plants of the garden. Desirable for 



cutting as well as for beds and borders. Flower heads about two inches across; florets double, surrounding the thimble-shaped 

 cone, and giving a fancied resemblance to a pin cushion. {See colored plate on opjjosite page.) 



Seed may be so-v^-n in place as soon as ground can be worked; or for earlier blooming sow in hotbed early in spring and 

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



Double Blue Pkt. 10c. 



" Maroon '* 10c. 



Pink " 10c. 



Red " 10c. 



Double White Pkt. 10c. 



Yellow " 10c. 



" Mixed. Colors include deep and light purple, scarlet 

 pure white and dark mulberry red. Oz. 50c . Pkt. 10c. 



MOSS ROSE— (See Portldacn^ 



MYRSIPHYLLUM-(5ee Smilax) 



Nasturtium 



ASTURTIUM 



Few plants are more easily grown or remain longrer in bloom than the Tropceolum. 

 with its large shield-shaped leaves and beautifully irregular flowers having long 

 spurs and brilliantly colored petals. In favorable soil flowers are produced in 

 abufidanee throughoiat the season. Much used for window boxes. If the black aphis 

 appears spray the foliage vigorously with water. 

 Seed is usually sown outdoors, as soon as the weather is warm and settled, in the row where the plants are to remain. 

 Well pulverized soil, preferably well drained and moderately rich, should be used and the seed covered with about one inch of 

 fine soil firmly pressed down. "A sunny situation is essential for free blooming. If the soil is very rich the plants give a large 

 amount of foliage but few flowers. For earlier blooming, start indoors and transplant to the open ground after danger of 

 frost is over. 



Sometimes called Tom-Thumb sorts. The flowers are brilliant and attractive 



When about two inches high, thin so 

 as to give each plant about one foot of room. Hardy annual: about one foot high. 



Aurora. Flowers light reddish orange, veined with Pearl. Pale yellow. Oz. 15c; i^ Lb. 40c Pkt. 10c. 



carmine. Oz. 15c; K Lb. 40c Pkt. 10c. Rose. A warm rose-pink. Oz. 15c; J^ Lb. 40c " 10c. 



Bronze Colored. Bronze-orange. Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 40c.. " 10c. Scarlet. Scarlet-orang-e. Oz. I5c; J4 Lb. 40c " 10c. 



pv C \r ' t-' (Tropceolum minor) 



UWart V a.rietieS The plants are evenly dwarf and are often used for a border. 



Crimson. Dark crimson. Oz, 15c; J^ Lb. 40c " 10c. 



Empress of India. Small, compact plant; deep scarlet 



flowers: very dark foliage, Oz. 15c; 3^ Lb. 40c " 10c. 



King Theodore. Scarlet-maroon or brown-red flowers. 



Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 40c " 10c. 



Schilling's Striped. Bright yellow with brownish red 

 or maroon blotches and stripes. Oz. 15c; 34 Lb. 40c. 



Yellow. Bright rich yellow. Oz. 15c; M Lb. 40c 



Dwarf Mixed. Many desirable shades and colors. 

 Oz. 15c; M Lb. 40c; Lb. §1.25 



10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 



T.i. "■ r • ,• (Tropceolum Lobbiammi) 



railing Varieties turtium in being i •• • 



The Lobbianum differs from the common tall, chmbing or running nas- 

 _: a little smaller in leaf, more compact in. growth, more florif erous and having richer, 

 more varied colored flowers, When about two inches high thin to six inches apart. Give some support to the vines as soon 

 as they begin to run and they will usually grow six to eight feet during the season. The traihng sorts are much used for 

 covering arbors and trellises. Half hardy annual. 



Bright Yellow. Yellow with purplish carmine stain. 

 Oz. 15c ; ki Lb, 40c Pkt, 10c. 



Brilliant. Intense scarlet-red, dark foliage. Oz, 15c; 



14 Lb. 40c. 



Chestnut Brown. Rich red-maroon. Oz.l5c: 34 lb. 40c 



Giant of Battles. Sulphur, red blotches. Oz.loc:34 lb. 40c 



Hemisphaericum (Majus^ Straw, blotched and suf- 

 fused orang-e- scarlet; very large foliage, very 

 strong growing, usually twelve to fifteen feet high. 

 Oz. 15c; 34 Lb. 40c 



Jupiter (Afajus) Very large, golden -yellow flowers; 

 very large foliage, very strong growing, usually 

 twelve to fifteen feet high; free blooming. Oz. 15c; 

 34 Lb. 40c 



10c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



King of the Blacks. Black-red or crimson-maroon, with 

 darker markings; dark foliage. Oz. 15c; 34 Lb. 40c.Pkt.lOc. 



Light Yellow. Attractive hght yellow or yellovidsh 

 white with maroon stain. Oz. 15c: 34 Lb. 40c 



Queen Wilhelmina. Foliage variegated, being mar- 

 bled and veined with light green and white. Flowers 

 rosy scarlet. Oz. 15c; 34 lb. 40c 



Rose. Bright and attractive. Oz. 15c; 34 Lb. 40c 



Spitfire. Bright, flerj' scarlet flowers; very floriferous. 

 Oz. 15c: 34 Lb. 40c 



Trailing Mixed. Lobbianum varieties. A wide 

 range of colors and shades. Oz. 15c; 34 Lb. 30c; 

 Lb. SI. 00 



10c. 



lOc. 

 10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



Madzune Gunter's Hybrid Nasturtiums The flowers Cheimeleon Nasturtiums Almost every shade of color 



are striped or blotched with shades of red on yellow and and marking known to nasturtiums; continually changing 



orange ground. Vines about four feet long, being intermediate from dav to day. Attractive strains. 



between the dwarf and the trailing sorts. Half hardy annual. Dwarf Chameleon. Oz. 15c; 34 Lb. 40c Pkt. 10c. 



Oz. 15c; 34 Lb. 40c Pkt 10c. Trailing Chameleon. Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 40c 10c. 



