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



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cilia Siberica 



This is the best Scilla for forcing indoors, com- 

 ing into bloom with Roman Hyacinths. The flowers are 

 true ultra-marine blue and borne on graceful spikes of six 

 to twelve blooms each; the color is so distinct that no 

 garden should be without them. The 

 bulbs are hard}-, and may be left in 

 the ground for several years without 

 taking up. This variety is very fine 

 for edgings or planting in small beds. 

 Their pretty star-shaped flowers ap- 

 pear in earliest spring and make a 

 beautiful contrast with the Snowdrop 

 and Crocus. 2 cents each; /j cents per 

 dozen; $1.00 per 100, postpaid. 



gnowdrop 



The first to herald the ap- 

 proach of spring, defying the cold and 

 cr-.r . A c.DCDi.^A lifting its tiny white blossoms to view 



SCILLA SIBERlCA. ^ ^^^^^ heiovQ the snow has disappeared, 



and when no other sign of vegetable life appears. The 



flower is beautiful, and is more welcome by being so early. 



They should be planted in beds, in the border, or in clumps II M^ 



in the open lawn, and will endure any amount of hard treat- 

 ment; still, no flower better repays care and attention. „( 



Plant the bulbs in September or October — the earlier the 



better — to enable them to become well established before 



freezing weather. Set about two or three inches deep, and 



one inch apart, in clumps or triple rows; if planted singly 



they are not conspicuous. The bulbs should not be kept ^ „, ,. 



long out of the ground, and should not be disturbed oftener — -^ ■™^™*' 



than once in two or three years. 



DOZ. 100 



Snowdrop, Double 30 $2 .00 postpaid. 



♦♦ Single 15 1. 00 



'♦ Elwesii Giant 20 1.25 " - --. 



SNOWDROP. 



SPIRBA ^^^1^ 



It is one of the best hardy herbaceous plants, particu- 

 larly for cemetery purposes, its deep green, glossy leaves 

 remaining bright and beautiful when those of most 

 every other plant are dusty and faded. It bears 

 numerous long, feather-like spikes of small flowers 

 of the purest white, which are very useful and 

 highly esteemed for bouquets. For this pur- 

 pose it is extensively forced by florists for win- M^1!!%^IJ 

 ter flowers. When forcing Spirea Japonica, it 

 should be kept constantly wet. When the 

 clumps are planted in pots, no manure should 

 be added to the earth, and no liquid. manure 



should ever be applied to them when forcing. ^ p'^^ /fflv%&s^sJo^^^-e>ivr'^-8 j//i??-^«3i^feK^ 

 Spirea Japonica, fine, strong clumps. 20 cents {^ ^^^^^']^^fw^^~ 



each; $2.00 per dozen, postpaid. ^,^^^S^ 



By express, at purchaser's expense, 10 cents ,^.^^^.-__- 



each; $1.00 per doze7i. ' ~ -y"^^^-^-^^^^^ 



Spirea Japonica, Compacta flultiflora, of spirea. 



compact growth, good for early forcing, very floriferous. 2^ cents each; $2.^0 per 



dozen, postpaid. 



By express at purchaser s expense, ij cents each; $i.jo per dozen. 



