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EARL FERRIS NURSERY, Hampton, Iowa 
FREE GIFTS FOR EARLY ORDERS 
Don’t overlook the choice Premiums we are offering all customers who order early—see page 5 of this 
catalog for details. These are gifts you will be proud of, and it will pay you to order now so that you can 
take advantage of them. 
We Give Satisfaction to Our Customers Everywhere 
York, Pa., Sept. 12, 1933 
Dear Sir: Mr. Ferris, I am very proud to say I haven’t lost a 
single thing. My Rose of China grew very nicely, and I raised 
every Barberry plant—they put on a lot of new growth. 
MYRTLE SPANGLER. 
Neenah, Wise., Sept. 14, 1933. 
Dear Sir: I got 200 Amoor River North Privet and a Rose 
bush last spring, and every plant is growing just fine. 
, Yours truly, WILLIAM ECKRICH. 
Chicago, Ill., 2443 New England Ave., Sept. 13, 1933. 
Dear Sir: I have been very proud of all my Earl Ferris nursery 
stock and have had wonderful results with it all. Everything I 
bought from your nursery has grown well, and I can see how 
healthy your nursery stock is when compared to my neighbors’ 
from other nurseries. I am certainly recommending you to them. 
Yours truly, MRS. GEORGE BERRY. 
Columbus, Ohio, 36 W. Tompkins St., Sept. 18, 1933. 
Gentlemen: All shipments received from you have been entirely 
satisfactory, both in the way they were received as well as the 
plants themselves. It has been a pleasure to do business witth you. 
Yours truly, F. W. RUFENER, JR. 
Ionia, Mich., 93? W. Main St., Sept. 3, 1933. 
Dear Mr. Ferris: We want you to know that we have had 
exceptionally fine success w 7 ith the stock we ordered this past spring. 
The Peonies all lived and_two even blossomed this year; the Red 
Leaf Barberries are splendid, as also are the Iris, Spirea and the 
Blue Snruce. We are well pleased with all of them. 
MR. AND MRS. C. E. McMILLAN. 
Coal City, Ind., Oct. 6, 1933. 
Dear Sir: I am very glad to be able to report no losses in my 
flower garden. My roses have been the talk of the towm and are 
still blooming. I have had blooms every day. Also my perennial 
Phlox all lived and bloomed—they have some blooms yet. I am 
certainly proud of them, and when I want more, I will order from 
vour company. 
MRS. I. P. HILBURN. 
Sun Prairie, Wise., Feb. 6, 1933. 
Dear Sirs: Want you to know that the nursery stock we got 
from you last spring was good, hardy stock. Strawberries are fine, 
fruit trees are all growing, and Blackberries fine. Sure am satisfied, 
and am sending a little order again today. You can always depend 
on me as a Ferris booster. 
Yours sincerely, DR. T. F. PFAFF. 
INDEX 
. 19 
Achillea. 
. 33 
Almond, Flowering 
. 55 
Ampelopsis . 
. 65 
Anthemis. 
. 33 
Apples . . ... 
_ 73-75 
Aquilegia. 
Arbor'Vitae . 
20-21, 67 
Ash . 
. 46 
Asparagus .. 
. 72 
Aster . 
Baby’s Breath. 
. 35 
Balloon Flower .... 
. 36 
Barberry . 
... 55, 66 
Basswood .. 
. 46 
Beauty Bush . 
. 56 
Birch . 
.46 
Bittersw r eet. 
.65 
Blackberries ....... 
. 71 
Bleeding- Heart .... 
. 3 3 
Boston Ivy .. 
. 65 
Buckthorn . 
.67 
Butterfly Bush. 
. 56 
Campanula . 
34 
Candytuft . 
. 35 
Canterbury Bells . . . 
. 34 
Caragana .... 
. 67 
Catalpa .. 
... 46, 47 
Catchfly ’...... 
. 37 
Cedar . 
... 21, 23 
Cherrv Trees. 
.76 
Chinese Lantern . . . 
. 36 
Clematis. 
.65 
Columbine.. . . 
. 3 3 
Coralbells .. 
Coreopsis. 
Chrysanthemum . . . 
Crab Apples . 
. 75 
Crab, Flowering . .. 
. 64 
Crataegus. 
Currants . 
Dianthus . 
Digitalis . 
Delphinium . 
Deutzia ... . . . 
Dewberries . 
. 71 
Dicentra. 
Dogwood. 
Douglas Fir. 67 
Dutchman’s Pipe. 6 ? 
Elder. ? 6 , 67 
Elm.47 
Fir. 19, 67 
Flax, Perennial . 3? 
Flowering Crab.64 
Flowering Plum . 64 
Flowering Quince. 56 
Forget'Me-Not . 36 
Forsythia . 56 
Foxglove . 3 4 
Funkia . 34 
Gaillardia. 3 5 
Geum . 3 5 
Gladioli . 32 
Golden Bell... 56 
Golden Glow . .. 3 5 
Golden Marguerite. 3 3 
Gooseberries .72 
Grapes . 68 
Gypsophila . 35T 
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Hedges . 66 , 67 
Helianthemum .. 3 5 
Hemlock . 26 
Heuchera. 3 5 
Hibiscus. 35 
High Bush Cranberry. 63 
Hollyhocks . 3 5 
Honeysuckle. 58, 65, 67 
Horseradish . 72 
House Leek. 36 
Hydrangea. 58 
Iberis . 3 4 
Iris . 30, 31 
Ivy . 65 
Juniper. 21'24 
Kansas Gay Feather. 3 5 
Kerria. 58 
Larkspur. 34 
I.athyrus. 35 
Liatris. 35 
Ligustrum . 66 
Lilacs . 60 
Lilies.38, 39 
Lily'of'the'Valley. 3 5 
Linden, American . 46 
Linum . 3 5 
Lupines . 36 
Lychnis . 36 
Mallow 7 Marvels . 3 5 
Maltese Cross . 36 
Malus. 64 
Maple . 47, 48 
Matrimony Vine . .. 65 
Mock Orange. 63 
Moss Pink. 36 
Mountain Pink. 36 
Myosotis . 36 
Oak . 48 
Painted Daisy. 36 
Peaches.. 76 
Pearl Bush. 58 
Pears . 76 
Peonies . 27 
Perennials. 3 3'37 
Periwinkle .... 3 7 
Philadelphus .. 63 
Phlox.28, 36 
Physalis . 36 
Pieplant. 72 
Pincushion Flowvr . 36 
Pine. 16, 17 
Pinks . 34 
Plane Tree..49 
Plantain Lily. 7 . 34 
Platycodon. 36 
Plums. 77 
Plum, Flowering. 64 
Polygonum . 65 
Poplar. 48, 49 
Privet.. 66 
Prunus . 64 
Pussy Willow 7 . 63 
Pyrethrum . 36 
Raspberries . 70 
Rhamnus . 67 
Rhodotypos. 58 
Rhubarb. 72 
Rock Rose. 35 
Rosa Rugosa. 58 
Roses.40-4S 
Rudbeckia .3 5 
Salix. 63 
Saponaria. 36 
Scabiosa. 36 
Sea Lavender.37 
Sedum . 36 
Sempervivum. 36 
Shasta Daisy . 36 
Shrubs. 55-58, 67 
Siberian Pea Tree.67 
Silene. 37 
Silver Lace Vine . 65 
Snowball . 63 
Snow'berry. 58 
. Soapwort .. .'•. 36 
Spirea. 62. 67 
Spruce. 12'14, 67 
Statice . 37 
Stokes’ Aster.37 
Stokesia .. 3 7 
Strawberries . 69 
Sumac ... 63 
Sun Rose . ... . . 35 
Sweet Pea, Perennial . 3? 
Sycamore . 49 
Syringa .. 63 
Tamarisk . .. 6-3 
Taxus . 26 
Thorn. 64. 
Thuya. 29 
Trees, Dwarf F.lovwriog .... 6* 
Tsuga.. . . 26 
Umbrella Tree . 46 
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Veronica . f . .>........... 37 
Viburnum .'.. 63 
Vinca . 37 
Vines . 65 
Viola . 37 
Weigela . 63 
Willow 7 . 1 ....49 
Wisteria.65 
Yew . 26 
Yucca. 37 
