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D. M. FERRY & COS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Primula Sinensis 



p • . _ Fir^riitKT (Oenothera) Large, showy saucer-shaped blossoms, usually fully expanded only towards and 



* rimrOSej tiVening during evening. The blossoms are yellow or white and are very freely produced. 



Lamarckiana (Showy Evening) Superb spikes of large, bright yellow blossoms about three inches across. Sow in open 



ground early in spring, or if blooms are wanted the first season, start very early in hotbed and transplant. Hardy 



perennial but blooms the first year; height four feet Pkt. 10c. 



(Chinese Primrose) This beautiful winter blooming pot plant is especially valuable 

 in that its brightly colored and finely formed flowers and prettily cut foliage may 

 be had in perfection from November until late in spring. 

 Sow seed indoors in well drained, shallow pans or boxes from April to last of July, to insure flowering the following winter. 

 For best results use finely sifted leaf mold, loam and sand in equal parts. Cover slightly and place the pans in a temperature 

 of about 60° F. Water with a fine spray. If covered too deeply or if allowed to dry after being wet the seed will not germinate. 

 Transplant into pots and keep in a cool place so that the plants will grow slowly until ready to bloom. Seed may also be 

 sown in fall. Greenhouse perennial, six to ten inches high. 



Single Fringed, Choicest Mixed Pkt. 25c. 



Double Fringed Mixed. Very choice; shades of red, rose, white, etc. The seed we offer can be depended on to produce a very 

 large proportion of double flowers Pkt. 25c. 



Very ornamental, both foliage and flowers. Well adapted for bedding and borders. Sow outdoors 

 in spring as soon as ground can be worked, or for best results start the seed indoors and transplant 

 after danger from frost is past. (See also Matricaria I 

 Parthenifolium Aureum (Golden Feather) Beautiful dwarf gold leaved bedding plant. Flowers white. Half hardy perennial 



often treated as an annual; height one foot. Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. 



Roseum Single Mixed (Painted Daisy ) Large daisv.like flowers, the petals of which are brilliantly colored in red or rose. 

 Plants from two to two an i one-half feet high, with finely cut foliage. Bright, easily grown, and becoming very popular. 

 Hardy perennial. (For furtlier description see page 8) Pkt. 10c. 



DU J i.L One of the most beautiful everlastings. Sometimes called Straw Flower. The flower-heads are somewhat 

 rvnOQantnc bell-shaped, becoming when mature fully expanded and sometimes reflexed. They are gracefully poised on 

 slender stems. The mixture we offer includes rose with golden center and white with yellow disc. Blooms should be gath- 

 ered before fully expanded and dried in the shade. 



Start under glass, or sow seed outdoors after danger of frost is over. Tender annual; one and one-half to two feet high. 



Rose Oz. 75c. Pkt. 10c. 



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Pyrethrum 



White Oz. 75c " 10c. 



Mixed Oz. 75c " 10c. 



RICINUS— (See Castor Bean) 



Rocket, Sweet L^tVolaus) 



Produces loose clusters of flowers very 

 fragrant during the evening and useful 

 for cutting. Flowers cruciform, some- 

 what resembling the single Stock but 

 smaller. 



Seed germinates readily in open 

 ground if sown after danger from frost is 

 past. Hardy perennial. 



Purple. Plants two and one-half to three 



feet high Pkt. 10c. 



White. About two feet high. . . " 10c. 



15 Multiflora Dwarf Perpet- 

 KOSfi "*•• Mixed. Plants under 

 A»^"*w good care will commence 

 to flower when six inches high and about 

 two months old, and continue to grow 

 and bloom until they form compact 

 bushes about sixteen inches high, well 

 covered with single and double flowers. 

 Open the berries and separate the 

 seeds, sowing in pots of rich sandy soil 

 and keepat about 70° F. and moderately 

 moist. When plants are about one inch 

 high transplant and give plenty of light 

 and air. Tender perennial; blooming 

 the first year Pkt. 15c. 



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Salpiglossis 



Very showy 

 bedding or 

 b order 

 plants with richly colored, funnel-shaped 

 flowers which are borne on long graceful 

 stems. The flowers of purple, scarlet, 

 crimson, yellow, buff, blue or almost 

 black are beautifully veined or penciled. 

 They are produced abundantly during 

 the entire summer, and are certainly 

 worthy of more general cultivation than 

 they have heretofore had. As they lend 

 themselves readily to artistic arrange- 

 ment they are very desirable for cut 

 flowers. They are easily grown and are 

 most desirable for beds or borders. 



For early blooming seed may be 

 started indoors as early as the middle of 

 March and the young plants set out in 

 the garden one foot apart, or seed may 

 be sown outdoors after settled warm 

 weather. Blooms from August to 

 October. Half hardy annual; about two 

 feet high. 



Extra Fine Mixed. Flowers of many 

 beautiful shades, finely veined or 

 penciled. A choice mixture of large 

 flowering varieties. Oz. 90c; Pkt. 10c. 



Salpiglossis 



