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



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A Descriptive List of 



Choice Flower Seeds 



With General Directions for Cultivation 



MOST flowering plants will live in almost any soil, but to give them a fair chance to develop, some care 

 should be taken to make the ground suited to their needs. The soil best adapted for flowering plants 

 generally is a light, friable loam, containing a sufficient amount of sand to render it porous. Many 

 flowers are better if produced on plants of vigorous growth, hence a portion of the garden should be prepared 

 by deep digging, thorough pulverization and Uberal enriching with large quantities of well-rotted manure. 

 Since some other varieties produce the largest and finest colored flowers when grown on rather light, poor 

 soil, a portion of the garden should not be enriched. 



Cultural directions are given on the packets, and we urge purchasers to study them carefully. While 

 some seeds need special treatment, the following general rules will apply to all. Make the surface of the soil 

 as fine, smooth and level as possible ; do not plant when the ground is wet ; cover each lot of seeds to a uniform 

 depth, which should not be more than four to six times the diameter of the seed; press the soil firmly over 

 the seed ; plant in rows so that the starting plants can be seen easily ; thin out the young plants to prevent 

 crowding and keep entirely free from weeds. 



Plants are usually divided into three classes, Annuals, Biennials and Perennials. Annuals are plants 

 which normally live but a single season. Biennials are plants living two years; particularly those which do 

 not bear flowers and fruit until the second season. Perennials tend to live from year to year. 



ALL FLOWER SEEDS SENT POSTPAID ON RECEIPT OF PRICE 



Half ounces will not be supplied of kinds which sell for less than 30 cents per ounce. 



A ^«*^^1*««i««*M (Everlasting) A very pretty, half hardy annual producing white and rose colored, double daisy-hke 

 /\CrOCIiniUm flowers, about one and one-half inches in diameter. Each flower-head is borne singly on a very long stem; 

 leaves small, narrow, alternate. These are "Immortelles" so desirable for wreaths and winter bouquets. 



Sow the seed in open ground early in spring, preferably in light, well prepared soil, and cover with one-fourth inch of fine 

 soil firmly pressed down. Thin the young plants to four inches apart. Height fifteen inches. 



Album. Pure white. Oz. 25c • Pkt. 10c. 



Roseum. Light rose. Oz. 35c " 10c. 



Mixed. Seeds of the above varieties mixed. Oz. 20c " 10c. 



4 - A beautiful, hardy 



/\ GTP^ITA Tl 1 lYl annual of neat bushy 

 "•■•S^* «**'***** habit. The attractive 

 feathery flowers borne in dense clusters are very 

 useful for bouquets. Very desirable for outdoor 

 bedding and borders, being covered with bloom 

 nearly all summer. 



Sow outdoors after danger from frost is over; 

 or for earlier blooming start under glass and trans- 

 plant. Cover the seed with one-eighth to one-fourth 

 inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. 

 Mexicanum. Light blue; about two feet 



high Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf White. Height ten inches " 10c. 



Dwarf Blue. Height ten inches " 10c. 



Dwarf Mixed. Very desirable for borders 



and edgings. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



A m The annual varieties 



W l«rr»^«1W« ^^^ ^^ grown very 

 AA 1 VSSLIITI readily either outdoors 



cutting back the plants properly an almost constant 

 succession of bloom may be had. Seed can be sown 

 in open ground very early in spring, or may also be 

 sown outdoors in fall. 



Carpet of Snow (Corxpactum procumbens) A 

 comparatively new variety growing only three or 

 four inches high. Exceptionally tine for borders 

 or edgings. Plants covered with a njass of snow- 

 white flowers from early summer until autumpi 

 ......Pkt. 10c: 



Lilac Queen Of dwarf compact habit. Produces an 

 abundance of bloom of an attractive lavender 

 shade. Plants about six inches high — Pkt. 10c. 



Little Gem (Maritimum compactum) A beautiful 

 white sort for edgings, borders and rock work. 

 The plants grow about six inches high, produce 

 hundreds of flowers and form a compact mass of 

 bloom usually fifteen to eighteen inches across. 

 Hardy annual. Oz. 60c Pkt. 10c. 



Sweet (Maritimum) This very hardy annual for 

 borders, edging or massing in small beds, comes 

 into bloom early in the spring, covering itself with 

 clusters or trusses of small, pure white cruciform 

 flowers. They have a peculiar, delicate fragrance 

 and are useful in small bouquets. Usually not over 

 AcROOUNiUM eight inches high but spreading. Oz. SOc.Pkt. lOc, 



