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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Hollyhock 
Humulus Japonicus 
Entirely different and more beauti¬ 
ful than the plant of twenty years 
ago, being much more compact in 
growth, tne flowers larger, more 
richly colored and of better form. For a background to a flower 
garden nothing is better. All double varieties are hardy peren¬ 
nials; five feet nigh. 
Early Flowering. Blooms readily the first year from 
seed affording a wide range of colors in large 
single or semi-double flowers. No better annuals 
for background can be so easily obtained. Pkt. 15c. 
Chafer's Finest Mixed. Double perfection. “ 15c. 
Double Blood Red. Oz. Si.25. “ 10c. 
Deep Rose. Oz. $1.25. 44 10c. 
44 Lemon Yellow. Oz. $1.25. 44 10c. 
44 Pink. Oz. $1.25. 44 10c. 
44 Salmon. 44 10c. 
Double Pure White. A special strain of our own 
development; plant more compact and earlier 
blooming, flowers larger and better than those of 
the old white....Pkt. 10c. 
Double Choice Mixed. All colors. Oz. $1.00 44 10c. 
Double Mixed. Oz. 75c. 44 5c. 
Hardy annualclimb- 
er fifteen to twenty 
feet high, desirable for covering unsightly ob¬ 
jects or shading verandas. Oz. 85c.Pkt. 5c. 
_• A fine climber with clusters 
**yacinill Dcdll () f purple or white Howers 
followed by ornamental seed pods. Tender annual; 
growing from ten to twenty feet high. 
Alba, white. Oz. 15c.Pkt. 5c. 
Purpurea. Purple. Oz. 15c. 44 5c. 
Mixed. The above mixed. Oz. 15c. 44 5c. 
IBERIS —(See Candytuft) 
I _ _ Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum ) 
* Ia.ni \ curious plant for hanging baskets, 
rock-work, vases and edgings; leaves and stems suc¬ 
culent, appearing as though covered with ice 
crystals. Tender annual trailer; six inches high. 
Oz. 25c.Pkt. 5c. Kochia Trichophylla (Mexican Fire Bush) 
A beautiful climber for the greenhouse or the open air. Blooms more easily and profusely in 
I rather poor soil but gives more vigorous plants and attractive foliage if soil is rather rich. Tender 
annual; ten to fifteen feet high. 
Setosa (Brazilian Morning Glory) A vigorous rapid growing vine with large, handsome, three-lobed leaves and stems 
covered with brown hair. Flowers delicate blue or reddish purple and produced in clusters. Oz. 40c.Pkt. 10c. 
Coccinea (Star Ipomcea) Like a Morning Glory but covered with small brilliant red, star-shaped flowers. Oz. 20c. “ 5c. 
Bona Nox {Evening Glory) Violet blue. Oz. 20c Pkt. 5c. Fine mixed. Oz. 20c. 44 5c. 
Limbata mixed. Very large violet or blue flowers with white margins and throats. Oz. 20c. 44 5c. 
IPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT —(See Cypress Vine) 
IPOMOPSIS —(See Tree Cypress) 
JAPAN HOP —(See Humulus Japonicus) 
Tpo rc (Cotx lachryma) Curious ornamental grass with 
a 1 caro broad, corn-like leaves and seeds of a light slate 
color. Valuable for winter bouquets with everlasting flow’ers. Strings 
of handsome beads are made from the seeds. Hardy annual: three 
feet high. Oz. 15c.Pkt. 5c. 
JOSEPH’S COAT—(-See Amaranthus tricolor) 
(Mexican Fire Bush , or Summer 
Cypress) A quick growing foliage 
or hedge plant, remarkably symmetrical and attractive throughout 
summer ami fall. The foliage is as fine as moss and of clean, bright 
green color. Early in the fall innumerable little flowers appear and 
the whole bush gradually takes on a deep red tinge. Hardy annual; 
about two and one-half reet high. Oz. 40c.Pkt. 5c. 
| antana Very rapid growing free flowering plants that bloom 
through the latter part of summer and autumn. 
The plants form small shrubs, producing in abundance clusters of 
single, fragrant flowers that continually change color. Succeeded by 
green berries that turn to a deep blue. 
Finest French Hybrids mixed. Oz. 80c.Pkt. 5c. 
(Delphinium) The Larkspur is one of the 
handsomest and most useful of plants and for 
large gardens is invaluable. 
Double Dwarf Rocket mixed. Beautiful spikes of double flowers in 
many shades. Hardy annual: one foot high. Oz. 20c.Pkt. 5c. 
Cardiopetalum. Ornamental, free blooming plant; flower deep blue, 
heart-shaped. Hardy annual: one foot high.Pkt. 5c. 
Tall Stock Flowered, mixed (Consolida ft. pi.) Flowers double, borne 
on spikes about fifteen inches long. Colors rose, white and shades of 
blue. Hardy annual; two feet high.Pkt. 5c. 
Double Emperor (Imperiale fl.pl .) Compact and profuse bloomer 
having erect spikes of very double flowers. Hardy annual; one and 
one-half feet high. Mixed Colors .Pkt. 5c. 
Nudicaule. Scarlet flowers; fine for rockeries, flower borders or pot 
culture. Hardy perennial; eighteen inches high.Pkt. 10c. 
Elatum (Bee Larkspur) Flowers intensely blue with hairy petals in the 
center giving them a fancied resemblance to a bee. Hardy perennial; 
three to five feet high, according to soil and location.. Pkt. 5c. 
Formosum. Flowers large, deep blue, small white center. Hardy 
perennial: three to five reet high, according to soil and location: July 
to November.Pkt. 5c. 
Cashmerianum. A most floriferous and valuable perennial, flowering 
the first year from seed sown early in spring. The flowers are dark 
blue, one to two inches across ana resemble a monk's hood. Height 
about one and one-half feet.Pkt. 10c. 
LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS —(See Peas , Everlasting) 
Kochia Trichophylla 
Larkspur 
