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



FLOWERS FOR YOUR SPECIAL NEEDS 



If you have a general idea of your needs but are not sure what flowers would best fill them, you will find this table 

 a time saver. Use it, consulting the regular descriptions of varieties for details and adding the sorts which are not 

 included, but which you know to be especially suitable for your garden. 



HEIGHT OF PLANT 



LESS THAN ONE FOOT 

 TALL 



(For Borders, Low Bedding or 



Cutting) 

 Alyssum 

 Candytuft 

 Cockscomb 

 Forget-Me-Not 

 Godetia 



Marigold, French 

 Mignonette 

 Nasturtium, Dwarf 

 Pansies 

 Pinks 



Petunia, Dwarf 

 Poppy, American Legion 

 Texas Blue Bonnet 

 Verbena 

 Zinnia, Mexicana 



ONE TO TWO FEET TALL 



(For Bedding or Cutting) 



Balsam 



Calendula 



Carnation 



Centaurea 



Chinese Forget-Me-Not 



Coreopsis 



Escholtzia (California Poppy) 



Gaillardia 



Love-in-a-Mist 



Nasturtium, Trailing 



Petunia, Hybrida 



Phlox 



Poppies (tall varieties) 



Snapdragon, Semi-Dwarf 



Stock 



Sweet William* 



TWO TO THREE FEET 

 TALL 



(For Bedding or Cutting) 



Aster 



Canterbury Bell* 



Celosia, Feathered 



Four O'Clock 



Foxglove* 



Gladiolus 



Helichrysum 



Larkspur 



Marigold , African 



Mourning Bride 



Nicotiana 



Salpiglossis 



Salvia 



Snapdragon, Tall 



Zinnia, Double Giant 



OVER THREE FEET TALL 



(For Backgrounds) 

 Canna 



Castor Beans 

 Cosmos 

 Hollyhock* 

 Kochia 



Love Lies Bleeding 

 Sunflower 

 (Climbers) 

 Balloon Vine 

 Cobaea Scandens 

 Hyacinth Bean 

 Ipomoea 

 Moon Flower 

 Morning Glory 

 Scarlet Runner Beans 

 Sweet Peas 



FLOWERING SEASON 



LATE SPRING 



(Before June 25) t 



Anemone* 



Canterbury Bell* 



Columbine* 



Coreopsis, Lanceolata Grandi- 



flora* 

 Delphinium, Perennial* 

 Foxglove* 



Gaillardia, Grandiflora* 

 Sweet Peas, Early Flowering* 

 Sweet William* 



EARLY SUMMER 



(June 25 to August l)t 



Alyssum 



Clarkia 



Gladiolus 



Gypsophila 



Hollyhock* 



Pansy 



Petunia 



Pinks 



Portulaca 



Sweet Peas, Spencers 



Sweet William* 



Verbena 



LATE SUMMER 



(August 1 to September 21)t 



Alyssum 



Aster 



Celosia 



Four O'Clock 



Marigold 



Petunia 



Phlox 



Poppy 



Portulaca 



Salpiglossis 



Sunflower 



Zinnia 



AUTUMN 



(After September 21)t 



Alyssum 



Calendula 



Carnation 



Cosmos 



Dahlia 



Kochia 



Nemesia 



Pansy 



Petunia 



Phlox 



Snapdragon 



COLOR OF FLOWERS 



WHITE 



Alyssum 



Candytuft, Rocket 

 Moon Flower 

 Shasta Daisy 



Also the white named varie- 

 ties of 

 Aster, Cosmos, Escholtzia, 

 Gladiolus, Larkspur, Phlox 

 and Sweet Peas 



YELLOW OR ORANGE 



Afghan Gilliflower 



Calendula 



Coreopsis 



Marigold 



Sunflower 



Also the yellow and orange 



named varieties of 

 Celosia, Chrysanthemum, Glad- 

 iolus, Pansy, Portulaca and 

 Zinnia. 



BLUE 



Blue Lace Flower 

 Chinese Forget-Me-Not 

 Forget-Me-Not 

 Love-in-a-Mist 



Also the blue named varieties 



of 

 Bachelor's Button, Larkspur, 

 Pansy and Sweet Peas. 



RED 



Salvia 



Scarlet Runner Beans 



Tritoma 



Also the red named varieties 



of 

 Aster, Gladiolus, Petunia, 

 Phlox, Poppy, Verbena, Sweet 

 Peas and Zinnia. 



ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR CUTTING:— Aster, Calendula, Carnation, Columbine*, Coreopsis, Foxglove*, Gladiolus, Gypso- 

 phila, Marigold, Mourning Bride, Salpiglossis, Sweet Peas, Zinnia. 



FOR WINTER BOUQUETS:— Acroclinium, Cockscomb, Globe Amaranth, Gypsophila, Helichrysum, Job's Tears, Rhodanthe, Statice. 



NEED LEAST CARE: — Chinese Forget-Me-Not, Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandiflora, Kochia, Love-in-a-Mist, Larkspur (Annual), 

 Portulaca. 



WITHSTAND DROUGHT WELL:— Alyssum Carpet of Snow, Arctotis, Dimorphoteca, Escholtzia (California Poppy), Four O'Clock, 

 Petunia, Portulaca. 



FOR SEMI-SHADY PLACES: — Anemone, Canterbury Bell, Clarkia, Columbine, Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandiflora, Daisy, Foxglove, 

 Forget-Me-Not, Godetia, Larkspur, Matricaria, Pansy, Scarlet Flax, Schizanthus, Snapdragon. 



* From seed sown the previous year. : 



t For the latitude of Detroit. In general, each hundred miles either north or south makes a difference of five-days in date of bloom. 

 However, if you live either on the Pacific coast or in the far south, this table of flowering seasons will be of little use to you. 



