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



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cilia Siberica^- 



This is the best Scilla for forcing indoors, 

 coming 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 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 ap- 

 pear in earliest spring and make a 

 beautiful contrast with the Snowdrop 

 and Crocus. 2 cents each; 75 cents per 

 dozen; $1.00 per 100, postpaid. 



^nowdrop 



The first to herald the ap- 

 proach of spring, defying the cold and 

 lifting its tiny white blossoms to view, 



SCILLA SIBERICA. 

 long before the snow has disappeared, and when no other v 

 sign of vegetable life appears. The flower is beautiful, and 

 is more welcome by its being so early. They should be plant- 

 ed in beds, in the border, or in clumps in the open la\vn, and 

 will endure any amount of hard treatment; still, no flower 

 better repays care and attention. Plant the bulbs in Septem- 

 ber 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 5^ears. 



DOZ 



Snowdrop, Double 25 



" Single 15 1. 00 



*' Eiwesii Giant 20 i . 25 



100 

 )i.75 postpaid. 



SNOWDROP. 



SPIRCA 



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

 ticularly 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 purpose it is extensively forced b}^ florists 

 for winter flowers. When forcing Spirea Japo- 

 nica,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 dozen, postpaid. 



By express at purchaser's expense, 10 cents 

 each; $1.00 per dozen. 



Spirea Japonica, Compacta Multiflora, of compact growth, good for early forcing, very 

 floriferous. 2^ cents each; $2.^0 per dozen, postpaid. 

 By express at purchaser's expense, 13 cents each; $1.^0 per dozen. 



SPIREA. 



