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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Canterbury Bell 



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

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

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

 hardy biennial, but if seed is sown very early indoors it may be treated as a tender 



Cardinal Climber 



sessile, lanceolate. Usually grown 

 annual. 



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

 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. 

 Double Blue. Shades of blue and purple. Oz. ^2.50 Pkt. 10c. 



Rose. Oz. S2.50 " 10c. 



White. Oz. ^2.50 " 10c. 



Mixed. Oz. $1.50 " 10c. 



Single Mixed. Colors white, and various shades of violet, rose, lilac and blue. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



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. Oz. ^2.50 Pkt. 10c. 



ilpoinoea qunmoclit hijdrida) 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. Oz. 80c Pkt. 10c. 



CARPET OF SNOW— (See Alyssum) 



^^ m T^ (Ricinus) Tall majestic plants for lawns or driveways; with broad, beautifully lobed, palm- 



l^^CTQW* xS6d.l^ ^^^^ leaves of gl'issy green, brown or bronzed metallic hue and long spikes of scarlet, or of green, 

 ^*^***^*'^'* a-^V^lAiA 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 plnnts 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. 25c " 10c. 



An odd and picturesque class of plants having colored foliage and in which the innumerable small 

 flowers and seed vessels together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, some times 

 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 red 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 dry, 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. 



Celosia | 



Tall Feathered Varieties 



Childsi Crimson {Chinese Wool flower) . Plants about two and one-half feet high, branch freely 

 V>urplish crimson flowers which resemble a ball of brilliantly colored wool. Oz. ^2.00 



Childsi Yellow {Chinese Wool- 

 flower). Of the same general 

 form as the Childsi Crimson, 

 but flowers are a very light 

 canary yellow color Pkt. 10c. 



Golden Plume (i')Iumosa). Pro- 

 duces an abundance of graceful 

 feather-like plumes of light 

 golden yellow. Height two to 

 three feet Pkt. 10c. 



Triumph of the Exposition (plu- 

 mosa). Plant of pyramidal form, 

 bearing many exceedingly 

 graceful, feather-lik:e spikes of 

 intensely brilliant crimson color. 

 Height two to three feet. 



••; Pkt. lOc. 



Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. 



Plants pyramidal, branching, 



two or more feet high, covered 



with Ion?, brilliantly colored 



and gracefully formed plumes 



in red. yellow or violet. An ex- 

 cellent mixture of plumosa or 



feathered celosias. Oz. 40c. 



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. 



D-warf Rose. One foot high; large 



rose-colored combs Pkt. 10c. 



Dw2u^ Yellow. Large yellow 



combs. Height one foot 



Pkt. 10c. 



Glasgow Prize (President Thiers) 



Plant resembles a very large 



comb, densely corrugated : bril- 

 liant, deep purplish red. Foliage 



dark, not abundant; ten to 



twelveinches. Oz. ^1 25.Pkt. 10c. 

 Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the 



best_ dwarf growing sorts. Oz. 



^'^•'^^ Pkt. 10c. Celosia, Glasgow Prize 



produce large, globular, 

 Pkt. 10c. 



