DUPUY & FERGUSON, 38 JACQUES CARTIER SQUARE, MONTREAL 
SUNFLOWER 
The larger varieties are 
useful in forming back- 
grounds of large beds 
or borders and for distant effects, while the smaller sorts may 
be planted with scarlet sahia. cannas and other tall bedding 
plants, also furnishing good cutting material. Hardy annuals. 
Miniature Excelsior Hybrids New. — originating 
from crosses 
made between different varieties of Helianthus Annuus andll. 
Cucumerifolius. this highly ornamental new Sunflower grows from 
4 to 6 feet in height, and bears a multitude of medium sized flow- 
ers from early summer until cut down by frost. The colouring 
presents a rich variety, being genreally of a pale or bright golden 
yellow, adorned with broad or narrower zones of shades varying 
from blood red through purple to dark brown. The cultme is as 
easy as that of any other annual Sunflower. Pkt., 20 cts. 
New Red Sunflower. — distinct break in 
Annual Sunflowers, growing 
to a height of six feet. It is of a free-branching habit, proJuciiig 
numerous flowers of a rich chestnut-red, tipped with yellow. It 
will be found useful and effective when grown on borders, as also 
In shrubberies, and the smaller flowers, when cut and vased, 
are most attractive and last long in water, appearing especially 
well by artificial light. Pkt., 15 cts. 
Starlight. — -The flowers are large, of very graceful appear- 
ance with petals beautifully tmsted like a flne 
form of Single Cactus Dahlia. The colour of the flowers are a 
beautiful Canary yellow, and borne on long stems, cannot be 
excelled for cutting purposes. The form of the flowers is most 
graceful and lends itself admirably to decorative work, and also 
have the great merit of lasting a long time in water. Pkt., 15 cts. 
Chrysanthemum Flowered. — Grows seven feet high. Per- 
fectly double; the colour is the brightest golden yellow. The 
flowers are so perfect in form that they resemble very double 
Chrysanthemum flowered Asters with long stems. Per pkt. 
10 cts. 
Stella.— Attains a height of 3 to 4 feet. The individual flowers. 
2 H to 3 mohes across, of the purest golden yellow with a black 
disc, are all home on long stems and rise well above the lovelv 
small green foliage. Pkt., 10 cts. 
Globosus Fistulosus. — Large double yellow flowers; 5 
Pkt., 10 cts. 
feet. 
Silver-leaved (Argophyllus). Single.- 
silvery foliage; most effective; 5 feet. 
-Yellow with black disc, 
Pkt., 10 cts. 
Perennial Mixed. — contains the finest single-flowerlng 
, .„ J ^ . hardy perennial sorts. Seeds sown 
eariy will produce flowering plants the first year; as subjects for 
the hardy border as well as for cutting they are of great value 
Pkt., 10 cts. 
SWEET WILLIAM Well-known hardy bien- 
^ \ I ,r .'^^^ nial, producing large heads 
of rich and beautifully coloured flowers, which make an imoosine 
display. " 
Scarlet Beautv. — ^° intensely rich deep scariet selec- 
, out of Pink Beauty, almost 
identical in colour to the Euphorbia splendens. A really grand 
advance. Pkt., 25 cts. 
Pink Beautv. ^ distinct new colour in this favorite 
. . ^ ,, ' hardy plant. In colour it is what 
florists call water-melon — pink or salmony-rose. Strikingly 
brilliant arid beautiful; the habit of the plant is perfect, being 
well-formed, neat and compact, the flowers borne in massive 
heads on stems 18 inches high. For mid-season mass bedding 
It has no equal. It is also very effective as a pot plant and for 
cutting. Pkt., 15 cts. 
Ferguson's Improved Auricula Eyed. 
fashioned garden flower of which it is difficult to procure a really 
good strain. Our improved variety is the finest on the market- 
it IS single and produces good trusses of large, round, individuai 
blooms, with smooth edges and rich, well-defined markings 
while a arge proportion of the flowers show the rather rare 
blue shade of colouring. Pkt., 10 cts. 
oingle Mixed. — All colours. Pkt., 10 cts. 
.The 
old- 
Choice Double Mixed. — Improved extra special strain 
pkt., 10 cts. 
Per 
Sweet William. 
Thalictrum dipterocarpum.— W/rbT 
S!r?"^£!^"£' T*'' ''"'■''£ sPi'a.vs of clear mauve and primrose flow- 
PT^anT»?fl" a'-e spherical and of the same pure m.iuve as the 
expanded flower. Invaluable for perennial borders owing to its 
nn^m^n '-"l".' 'J^^x";- 7*";^^^ °" P°<"- soil in a sunnv 
position. Height, 4'A feet. Pkt., SO cts.; 3 pkts., $1.25. 
Thunbergia. — (Black-eyed Susan).— Beautiful, rapid- 
„„ „ . . growing, annual climbers, preferring a 
warm, sunny situation: used extensively for hanging-baskets 
vases, low fences, etc.; very pretty flowers in buff, white, orange 
etc.. with dark eyes. 4 feet. Mi.xed colors. Pkt., 10 cts. 
VIRGINIAN STOCK. — ^^''^y summer hardy annu- 
„ J -^i. , *is, about 9 inches high 
covered with a dense mass of beautiful blossoms. Extremely 
effective in small beds, baskets or edging. Sowings at intervals 
may be made during the summer. Pkt., 10 cts. """vais 
VALERIANA (Garden , heliotrope).— Hardy perennial 
. „ , ..Pinnate fohage and panicles of flowers 
with odor of heliotrope. 5 feet. June and July 
Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts. 
^^''T'^^^ - ^° SO cts. White.— Pkt., 10 cts. 
VERONICA, Spicata. — elegant hardy perennial 
J8 inches hi«h. bearing all summer l^^i'^g^'^ S ^fXTgif^bC 
flowers, which lengthen with age. Per pkt., 10 cts. 
VIOLA OR TUFTED PANSIES 
These favourite Spring-flowering plants have been of late 
greatly improved. Nothing can surpass them for beauty and 
effectiveness when tactfully arranged in partially-shaded beds 
or ribbon borders. I 
Mauve Queen. — Rich mauve, very free. Pkt., 15 cts. 
Admiration. — Large, deep violet. Pkt., 15 cts. 
White Perfection.- Pure white, Pkt., 15 cts. 
Golden Yellow. — Pkt., 15 cts. 
Pkt*°20 cts^'"'''~°'^°'™^' ^^'^ newest bedding hybrids mixed. 
Mixed. 
; oz., 
64 
