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



SF'IRBA. 



It is one of the best hardy herbaceous plants, 

 •particularly 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 use- 

 ful and highly esteemed for bouquets. For this 

 purpose it is extensively forced by florists for 

 winter 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. 



Spirea Japonica, fine, strong clumps. 

 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozefi, postpaid. 



Spirea Japonica, Compacta Multiflora, of "^^^^^s^^^s^i^m^^^-^ 



compact growth, good for early forcing, very '-^-^-^^rv-^^ifes^*^ 



floriferous. 20 cefits each; $2.00 per dozeji, postpaid. Spirea. 



Spirea by express, at purchaser's expense, 10 cents each; Si. 00 per dozen. 



SCILLA 



A beautiful class of small bulbs, with pink, white and blue flowers, bloommg about the 

 time of the Crocus; are entirely hardy and need not be disturbed oftener than once in 

 three or four years. They will thrive in almost any garden soil, and should be planted 

 in October or November, about two inches deep, and in clumps or masses, placing the 



little bulbs about an inch apart. The flowers appear in 

 spring before the leaves, and when these come they should 

 not be disturbed so long as they are fresh and green. The 

 destruction of these leaves is almost the only thing likely 

 to injure the bulbs. 



Scillas are well adapted to growing in pots or pans in 

 the house, and treated in this way will flower in February. 

 Place six to a dozen bulbs in a pot close 

 to the surface of the soil; good garden- 

 er's earth is the best. Allow them 

 to root in the cold before removing to 

 the warmer room, and water as often 

 as the earth shows dryness, 



Scilla Campanulata 



{Wood Hyacinth), pink, white 

 and blue, in separate colors, j cents 

 each; 2^ cents per doze7i, postpaid. 



Scilla Siberica, 



Scilla Siberica . . . 



This is the best Scilla for forcing indoors, coming into bloom 

 with Roman Hyacinths, The flowers are true ultra-marine blue 

 and are borne on graceful spikes of six to twelve blooms each. 

 The bulbs are hardy 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 appear 

 in earliest spring and make a beautiful contrast with the Snow-^ 

 drop and Crocus, j cents each, jo cents per dozen; $1.2^ p^r''--^^^^^ 

 100, postpaid. Scilla Campanulata. 



