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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



IPOMCEA Qn^ND\FLORA— (See Mo07i Flower) - 

 IPOMCEA PURPUREA— (See Morning Glory) 

 IPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT— (See Cypress Vine) 

 JAPANESE HOP— (See Humulus Japonicus) 

 JOSEPH'S COAT — (See Amaranthus tricolor) 



l/-kK*e T*»avc (Coix lachryma) Curious ornamental 

 JOD S 1 ea.rS grass with broad, corn-like leaves and lus- 

 trous slate colored seeds used for beads. Valuable for winter 

 bouquets with everlasting flowers. Plant outdoors early in 

 spring in hills three feet apart, four or five seeds in a hill, and 

 cover half an inch deep. Hardy annual; three feet high. 

 Oz. 15c Pkt. 10c. 



Kochia Childsi 



(Summer Cypress) A quick growing 

 foliage or hedge plant, very sym- 

 metrical and attractive in summer and fall. The foliage is as 

 fine as moss and of clean, bright green color. Early in the fall 

 innumerable little flowers appear and the bush takes on a deep 

 red tinge. Sow outdoors early in spring, covering one-fourth 

 inch deep. Make the rows two feet apart and thin eighteen 

 inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and transplant 

 to open ground. Hardy annual: about two and one-half feet 

 high. Oz. ;25c. . Pkt. 10c. 



LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS— (See Peas, Everlasting) 

 LATHYRUS ODORATUS— (See Sweet Peas) 



I orif-orto The plants form small shrubs, producing in 

 M^^M-ll-^M-M.^ late summer and autumn heliotrope-like 

 clusters of single, fragrant flowers that change color. Succeed- 

 ed by green berries that turn to a deep blue. Start under glass 

 and transplant when danger of frost is over. May also be 

 grown in pots. Tender perennial: about two feet high. 

 Finest French Hybrids mixed. Oz. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



¥ 1 (Delvhinium) The Larkspur with its 



I ^JU'lC^nilt* lo"? clustered spikes of beautiful 

 *^'-** **'*'f *** irregular flowers, often with long 

 spurs, is especially valuable for its shades of blue. The 

 annual forms are Very desirable for bedding and the peren- 

 nials are strikingly effective as a background for borders and 

 for planting among shrubbery. Seed of annual varieties may 

 be sown outdoors early in spring. For earlier blooming start 

 very early indoors or sow in fall. Thin one to one and. one- 

 half feet apart. The perennial sorts are sowa in fall or "early 

 in spring. 



Annual Varieties 



Double Tall Stock Flowered Dark Blue. Oz. 50e. . .Pkt. 10c. 

 " " Lustrous Carmine. Oz.60c. " 10c. 



Shell Pink. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



Sky Blue. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



White. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



Double Tall Stock Flowered Mixed. Flowers double, borne on 

 spikes about fifteen inches long. Colors rose, white and 

 shades of blue. Hardy annual; two feet high. Oz. 40c. Pkt. 10c. 



Perennial Varieties 



Elatum (Bee Larkspur) Flowers blue with hairy petals in the 

 center giving them a fancied resemblance to a bee. Hardy 

 perennial: three to five feet high Pkt, 10c. 



Formosum. Flowers large, deep blue shaded indigo, small 

 white center. Hardy perennial; three to five feet high: long 

 blooming season Pkt. 10c. 



Annual Larkspur 



Hybrid Large Flowering Mixed. Single, semi-double and double in attractive shades of lavender, blue and purple. The plants 

 are tall growing and are most desirable as a background for lower growing flowers or for planting in clumps in the open 

 border. Oz. ^3.00 . x- o x- ^ 



T iniltn Grandiflorum Rubrum (Scarlet Flax) An attractive free-flowering bedding plant wi 

 *-*****-**** bearing on delicate stems clusters of glossy bright red single flowers, saucer-shaped,^ 



ith slender foliage and 



„ ., ---„ -^. „-„„-„ „„._.„. ^ ..^. .. — ^^„, with black center. If 



sown m hotbed and transplanted into good, rich soil, one foot apart, the period of flowerinswill be much advanced but the 

 seed can be sown in the open ground after the weather is warm. Hardy annual: about one and one-half feet high. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Oz. 25c. 



T ,-^l_-.l*-^ The four dwarf (Srzjius) sorts are charming plants, well adapted for bedding, pots or rockeries. They 

 I ^OOfillct °i^^^^6 a iieat edging for beds of white flow-ers and are very effective in masses, being covered with flowers 

 *^ a long time. The flowers are usually blue with lighter center and are borne in neat clusters, each 

 irregularly lobed flower being about five-eighths inch across. 



Seed may be sow-n outdoors after danger of frost is over; or start the plants in pots in greenhouse or hotbed, early in spring 

 and transplant in May to place outdoors. Half hardy annual; usually about six inches high. 



True Blue. A very fine, erect and compact variety with clear intensely blue flowers. Oz. $2.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Queen of Whites. A neat little plant, very dwarf, with many pure white flowers; useful for borders " 10c. 



Crystal Palace. (Speciosa) An exceptionally graceful sort having bright deep blue flowers; very dark green foliage. 

 Oz. 81.50 Pkt_ loc. 



Gracilis. The flowers are bright blue with small white centers, fine for baskets and vases, trailing gracefully and blooming 

 profusely. The plants are slender, six inches high. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



Tenuior (Ramosa) Intensely blue flowers, decidedly larger than the other sorts and with unusually long stems. Very desirable 

 for outdoor bedding and cutting. Plants upright growing, about one foot high "^ .Pkt. 10c. 



