FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



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Peas, Everlasting 



Petunia 



(Lathams latifolins) An easily grown, hardy perennial climber with smaller flowers 

 _ lacking the fragrance of Sweet Peas, but producing for many weeks a succession of 

 blossoms in clusters of eight to ten each. Only a few flowers can be expected the second season but in the third and fourth, 

 the plants then bein^ well established, an abundance of foliage and blooms is afforded. The plants die down late in the 

 fall and start again iu the spring. 



Sow the seed out doors early in spring, using well prepared soil and covering the seed about one inch deep with fine 

 soil firmly pressed down. The perennial sorts are suitable for covering stumps and fences, and on a trellis will often grow 

 five to six feet. 

 Mixed. Includes white, rose and purple flowers. Oz. 50c Pkt_ jqc. 



PERIWINKLE— (See Vinca) 



{Peony Roots are listed in our autumn Bulb Catalogue.) 



Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. They are also used along walks and driveways 

 and are often grown in window boxes. Their richness of color, duration of bloom and culture 

 will always make them popular. They endure drought exceptionally well. The seed we offer is 

 the result of careful hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a proportion of 

 double flowers as any. 

 In some strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five inches across; in others, they are deeply fringed; still 



others have star-like markings radiating from the throat and extending nearly or quite to the outer margin of the blossom; 



again, others have full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red-purple and are variously striped and 



blotched. 



Plant the seed, which is exceedingly fine, in a warm, open, sunny place. Seeds may be sown directly in the open ground or 

 for early results the plants may be started in cold-frame, hot bed or in pots indoors, in a temperature averaging sixty to 

 seventy degrees. Water with a fine spray and do not permit the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and should not 

 be trusted in the open until danger of frost is over. Any good, friable garden soil, well pulverized and in good condition may 

 be used, and the seed covered with about one-eighth to one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. The row s should 

 be two feet apart. Thin to eighteen inches apart. The plants begin to bloom when small and continue until cut off by frost. 

 Tender perennial, blooming the first year; about one and one-half feet high. 



Petunias may also be grown under glass in winter. The best method is to sow seeds late in summer and grow stocky 

 plants in pots, but old plants can be lifted on the approach of cold weather, cut back and taken inside foe winter bloom. 



Hybrida Dwarf Rosy Morn. Compact in 

 habit of plant but producing thi'oiigh- 

 out the summer an abundance of 

 clear rosy pink flowers with white 

 throat. An excellent sort for borders, 

 edgings or porch boxes Pkt. 10c 



Hybrida Dwarf White. Plants of compact 

 habit, covered with a profusion of 

 white flowers Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida Dwarf Mixed. Plants compact 

 growing. A choice mixture of many 

 shades and colors. Very desiiable for 

 small beds. Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida Countess of Ellesmere. Deep 

 rose with white throat. Very desir- 

 able for bedding Pkt. 1 Oc. 



Hybrida General Dodds. Single flowers 

 of rich, dark purple color Pkt. 10c- 



Hybrida White. Large single white 

 flowers Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida Striped and Blotched. Includes 

 striped or blotched flowers in a wide 

 range of brilliant colors. A fine 

 bedder. Oz. $1.2.5 Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida Choice Mixed. An excellent 

 range of colors including white, stripes 

 and shades of rose, red and purple. A 

 very satisfactory mixture. Oz. 7.5c. 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous 

 and flowers very large; some striped, 

 others self colored. j\ Oz. $1.00. 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Double Finest Mixed. The seed we 

 offer will produce a large percentage 

 of double flowers in a good range of 

 colors Pkt. 20c. 



Fringed Single Mixed. Very attractive. 

 deeply fringed flowers in a variety of 

 colors Pkt. 20c. 



Fringed Double Mixed. Large flowering; 

 many colors; flowers beautifully 

 fringed Pkt. 25c. 



Superbissima Mixed. Flowers of 

 immense size, superbly colored with 

 throats beautifully veined. We have 

 carefully compared other strains sold 

 as "Giants of California," etc., and 

 have found none superior and many of 

 them not equal to our strain of this 

 magnificent variety Pkt. 25c. 



Petunias 



