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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
I irilim Grandiflorum Rubrum (Scarlet Flax) 
*-*** AU1A1 A beautiful and effective plant of 
slender and delicate growth having a profusion of 
bright flowers. If sown in hotbed and transplanted 
into good, rich soil, one foot apart, the period of 
flowering will be much advanced but the seed can 
be sown in the open ground after the weather is 
warm. Hardy annual; about one and one-half 
feet high. Oz. 30c. Pkt. 5c. 
Lobelia 
A very useful genus of 
plants of easy culture and 
well adapted for bedding, 
pots or rockeries. It makes 
a neat edging for beds of white flowers and is very 
effective in masses, being completely covered with 
flowers for a long time. Half hardy annual; us¬ 
ually about six inches high. 
Emperor William. A very fine, compact variety with 
intensely blue flowers. Oz. $1.75. Pkt. 5c. 
Queen of Whites. Pure white flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Crystal Palace. Most graceful and very desirable, 
having bright blue flowers and very dark green 
foliage... Pkt. 5c. 
Gracilis. The flowers are bright blue with small 
white centers, fine for baskets and vases, trailing 
gracefully and blooming profusely. Plants six 
inches high. Pkt. 5c. 
Tenuior. Very large, intensely blue flowers, with 
unusually long stems. Very desirable for outdoor 
bedding and cutting. Plants upright growing 
about one foot high. Pkt. 10c 
LONDON PRIDE— (See Lychnis Chalcedonica) 
Love-in-a-Mist 
( Nigella) Also known 
as Lady-in-the-Green 
and as Devil-in-a-Busli, because the blossoms are 
partly concealed by the abundance of finely cut 
foliage. Both plant and flower are handsome and 
require but little care. Hardy annual. 
Damascena, fl. pi. Double blue flowers; one and one-half to two feet high. Oz. 20c. Pkt. 5c. 
Damascena nana, fl. pi. Double white and blue flowers; one foot high. 44 5c. 
¥ • Very conspicuous plants with spikes of pea-shaped blossoms. Looks well 
.Lilipill as a background to other lower growing annuals. Hardy annual; about 
* three feet high. 
Cruikshanki. Blossoms white, shaded with yellow, blue and purple. Oz. 20c. Pkt. 5c. 
I fi° wers this plant are brilliantly colored, and are borne in clusters, 
time. Hardy perennial. 
Chalcedonica. (London Pride) Very bright scarlet flowers; plants about two feet high. Oz. 
MALCOMIA MARITIMA— (See Virginian Stock) 
No flower garden seems complete without this fine old-fashioned plant. The African vari¬ 
eties are tall, usually about three feet, while the French are more dwarf; all are desirable. 
Start the seed early indoors and transplant six inches apart as soon as danger from frost is 
over. Hardy annuals; in bloom till frost comes. 
African Double Dwarf, Lemon Colored. Very early and a profuse bloomer of verv compact habit. One of the best of 
this class. Comes true from seed; about eighteen inches high. Desirable for shrubbery or mixed border. Pkt. 5c. 
African Orange Quilled. A double variety with quilled petals; flowers showy, bloom very early and are desirable for 
Marigold, El Dorado 
They continue fresh a long 
30c. Pkt. 5c. 
Marigold 
cutting. About fifteen inches high 
and golden yellow; very double. 
.Pkt. 5c. 
Pkt. 5c. 
African El Dorado, Double. Flowers about three inches in diameter, imbricated, 
extremely double and in tints of primrose, orange and gold. Oz. 40c... - Pkt. 5c. 
African Double Mixed. Well adapted for large beds. Oz. 30c. Pkt. 5c. 
French Legion of Honor. A single, dwarf, bushy variety bearing rich golden yel¬ 
low flowers with garnet blotches in center of each petal; about one foot high. 
Oz. 30c. Pkt. 5c. 
French Double Dwarf, Gold Striped. Brown 
Valuable for bedding. 
Prince of Orange. (Calendula officinalis fl. pi.) Very large double, golden yellow 
flowers, the petals shaded dark orange. Oz. 25c. Pkt. 5c. 
Meteor. (Calendula officinalis fl.pl.) Large double flowers; 
petals light yellow, delicately edged with orange; two feet 
high. Oz. 20C.. Pkt. 5c. 
Tagetes Signata Pumila. Small, bright orange yellow 
flowers; dwarf habit, excellent for borders or massing. 
The plants average about twelve inches high.Oz.35c.Pkt.5c. 
MARVEL OF PERU —(See Four O'Clock) 
MATHIOLA—(See Stocks) 
Mafripovia Eximiagrandiflora.fl.pl. (Double Fever- 
lYlCtLllCdlla. i WhitP .b.nhlp- 
few) White, double 
Half hardy annual. 
desirable for bed- 
.. .Pkt. 5c. 
Lobelia, Emperor William 
ding. 
Mauranrlin Graceful climber for greenhouse, basket 
ivicLiii auuua. or outdoor purposes. The vines are 
covered with rich purple, white or rose colored, foxglove 
shaped blossoms. Tender perennial, blooming first season; 
six feet high. 
Fine Mixed. Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 10c. 
MEXICAN FIRE BUSH— (See Kochia) 
