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D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



f* . These well known flowers are among the most attractive and graceful of the old fashioned garden 



I^gTlTQll^ga annuals. They are of easy culture but will amply repay any care or attention given them. 

 ^^**** ****** v*** g ow seed m ear i y S p r i n g a nd transplant to open ground or sow in open ground as soon as the 



weather is warm and settled. Cover seed about one fourth inch deep; thin to three or four inches apart. Fine for bedding or 

 borders. The young plants are very sensitive to wet, and care should be taken to prevent water standing on the leaves. 



Cyanus ( Bachelor's Button, Corn Flower) 

 Also known as "bluebottle" and "ragged sailor." If 

 seed is sown as early in the spring as the ground is fit 

 they will produce a profusion of flowers of attractive 

 colors from July until late in the fall. The flowers 

 should be kept picked so as to prevent the plants 

 exhausting themselves by seeding. Height about 3 feet. 



Cyanus Single Mixed. Oz. 40c Pkt. 10c. 



" Double Blue. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



" " Rose. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



White. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



Mixed. Oz. 40c " 10c. 



Imperialis (Sweet Sultan) 



This class produces large very double, finely 

 laciniated tlowers of graceful form and delicious 

 fragrance. They are very desirable for cut flowers 

 and will often last for over a week when placed in water. 

 They should be cut before the blossoms are fully opened. 

 Plants 2 l A to 3 feet high. 

 Imperialis Amaranth Red. Oz. Sl-00 Pkt. 10c. 



Lavender. Oz. 75c " 10c. 



Purple. Oz. 75c " 10c. 



White. Oz. 75c " 10c. 



Mixed. Oz. 60c " 10c. 



Suaveolens (Yellow Sweet Sultan). Oz. 75c " 10c. 



Variety Cultivated for Foliage 



Seed should be sown under glass and the young 

 plants grown in pots or boxes until settled warm 

 weather, when they may be set about one foot apart 

 where wanted for borders or bedding. In southern 

 latitudes seed may also be sown outdoors in fall. 

 Gymnocarpa. This is also called Dusty Miller. Valuable 



because of its finely cut silvery gray foliage and 



graceful drooping habit of growth. Half hardy 



perennial; one and one-half to two feet high. Pkt. 10c. 



Chrysanthemum 



These outdoor "summer Chrysanthemums" are 

 showy and effective for bedding or borders in the garden 

 and desirable for cut flowers. Plants become more 

 bushy and shapely if pinched back in early growth and 

 the practice of disbudding will result in much larger- 

 flowers. These annuals are not the winter flowering 

 sorts sold by florists and which are propagated only 

 by division of roots. 



Early Blooming Garden Sorts 

 Seed may be sown in the open ground after danger of frost is over and the seedlings thinned eight or ten inches apart, but 

 the best results come from sowing under cover early in May, and transplanting the young plants to open border. Height one 

 and one-half to two feet. 



Evening Star (Heilos) Golden yellow petals dark yellow center Pkt. 10c. 



White Gloria. Clear white pet tils dark disc " 10c. 



Carinatura Mixed Colors range from deep yellow to creamy white. Petals ringed or centered with striking markings of 



scarlet or maroon Pkt. 10c. 



Coronarium, double white. Very double white flowers, with petals reflexed and imbricated " 10c. 



Coronarium. double yellow. Rich golden yellow double flowers, about one inch across: abundantly produced " 10c. 



Coronarium Mixed. A choice mixture of several shades and colors. Oz. 50c " 10c. 



Mixed. The choicest Carinatum and Coronarium varieties, both single and double. Oz. 40c " 10c. 



{Cynoglossum) A very hardy annual recently introduced from China. The 

 flowers closely resemble the ordinary Forget-Me-Not in size and form and are 



of a beautiful shade of medium dark blue. They are borne on graceful branches 18 to 20 inches tall. This is very desirable for 



bedding and borders as well as for cut flowers. Sow seed one-half inch deep in open ground as soon as ground can be prepared. 



Thin to 8 or 10 inches in row. If the flowers are cut as they bloom the plants will flower continually throughout the summer. 



Amabile Blue Oz. 60c Pkt. 10c. 



Cinerarias are easily grown from seed in the greenhouse. The large heads of brilliant daisy- 

 like flowers of many colors, usually sharply margined and with dark eye, are very desirable "in 

 pots. The plants are often as broad as high and the velvety leaves are shaded on the under 

 side. Sow preferably early in fall. They thrive best in a mixture of loam and peat. Perennial, 



usually one to two feet high. 



Hybrida, choicest mixed. Large flowering Pkt. 25c. 



/"** I n f\r 1 o Beautiful hardy annuals with rose colored, white and purple flowers, in delicate but very brilliant shades. 

 V^lAI IvlO The plants are about one and one-half to two feet high and are profuse bloomers. Sow in light, warm soil, 

 as early in the spring as the ground can be worked, or if planted in August they will bloom the following summer. 

 Double Mixed Pkt. 10c. 



iotq (Blue) A rapid growing climber with handsome dark green foliage, bearing on graceful 

 slid stems large, bell-shaped flowers, green at first but rapidly changing to a beautiful deep 



violet-blue. A wire netting trellis or support for the many green tendrils to fasten upon is preferable to cords or smooth 



wire. A well established plant will run about thirty feet in a season. For best results start indoors early in spring in rather 



dry soil and set out the young plants after dange'r of frost is past. Tender perennial. Oz. 60c Pkt. 10c. 



COCKSCOMB— (See Celoisa) 



COIX LACHRYMA— (See Job's Tears) 



Magnificent ornamental foliage plants for house or garden culture. The leaves are of many shapes, 

 and the shades and colors are of remarkable beauty. Sow in shallow pots in rich light soil. Cover the 

 seed lightly with earth and keep the plants in an even moist temperature. Transplant to the open ground 

 ia bed or border as soon as danger of frost is over, and in a shady sheltered situation. For house 



plants seed may be sows indoors in fall. Tender perennial; plants about one to two feet high. 



Large Leaved Mixed. Rich, velvety leaves of large size, Plants of exceeding oeauty Pkt, 25c, 



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