D. M. FERRY Sc CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
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Nasturtiums 
Nasturtium 
Few plants are more easily crown or remain longer in bloom than the Tropceolum , 
with its large shield-shaped leaves and beautifully irregular llowers having long 
w . - -„ -o-- 0 long 
spurs and brilliantly colored petals. In favorable soil flowers are produced in 
abundance throughout the season. Much used for window boxes. If the black 
aphis appears spray the foliage vigorously with water. 
Seed is usually sown outdoors, as soon as the weather is warm and settled, in the row where the plants are to remain. 
Well pulverized soil, preferably well drained and moderately rich, should be used and the seed covered with about one inch of line 
soil firmly pressed down. A sunny situation is essential for free blooming. If the soil is very rich the plants give a large amount 
of foliage but few flowers. For earlier blooming, start indoors and transplant to the open ground after danger of frost is over. 
f\ r \r • ,• (Tropceolum minor) Sometimes called Tom-Thumb sorts. The flowers are brilliant and attractive, 
uwarr V aneties The plants are evenly dwarf and are often used for a border. When about two inches high, thin 
so as to give each plant about one foot of room. Hardy annual; about one foot high. 
Aurora. Flowers light 
carmine. Oz. 15c. 
reddish orange, veined with 
Bronze Colored. Bronze-orange. Oz. 15c.. 
Crimson. Hark crimson. Oz. 15c. 
Empress of India. Small, compact plant; deep scarlet 
flowers; very dark foliage. Oz. 15c. 
King Theodore. Scarlet-maroon or brown-red flowers. 
Oz. 15c. 
Pearl. Pale yellow. Oz. 15c. 
• Pkt. 5c. R ose- A warm rose-pink. Oz. 15c. 
• “ 5c. Scarlet. Scarlet-orange. Oz. 15c. 
. “ 5c. Schilling’s Striped. Bright yellow with brownish red or 
maroon blotches and stripes. Oz. 15c. 
5c. Yellow. Bright rich yellow. Oz. 15c. 
Dwarf Mixed. Many desirable shades and colors. 
5c. Oz. 15c; V A Lb. 30c; Lb. 85c. 
Pkt. 5c. 
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T *1* \T * ** (Tropceolum Lobbianum) The Lobbianum differs from the common tall, climbing or running 
1 railing V aneties nasturtium in being a little smaller in leaf, more compact in growth, more floriferous and having 
richer, more varied colored flowers. When about two inches high thin to six inches apart. Give some support to the vines as 
soon as they begin to run and they will usually grow six to eight feet during the season. The trailing sorts are much used 
for covering arbors and trellises. Half hardy annual. 
Bright Yellow. Yellow with purplish carmine stain. 
Oz. 15c; Y\ Lb. 50c. Pkt. 5c. 
Brilliant. Intense scarlet-red, dark foliage. Oz. 20c; 
Ya Lb. 50c. 4 * 5c. 
Chestnut Brown. Rich red-maroon. Oz. 15c. 44 5c. 
Giant of Battles. Sulphur, red blotches. Oz. 20c. 44 5c. 
Hemisphaericum. Straw, blotched and suffused orange- 
scarlet; very large foliage, very strong growing.usually 
twelve to fifteen feet high. Oz. 15c; Ya Lb, 40c. 44 5c. 
Jupiter. Very large, golden-yellow flowers; very large 
foliage, very strong growing, usually twelve to fifteen 
feet high; free blooming. Oz. 15c; Y± Lb. 40c. 44 5c. 
King of the Blacks. Black-red or crimson-maroon, with 
darker markings; dark foliage. Oz. 20c; Y\ Lb. 60c... Pkt. 5c. 
Light Yellow. Attractive light yellow or yellowish 
white with maroon stain. Oz. 20c; Ya Lb. 50c. 44 5c. 
Queen Wilhelmina. Foliage variegated, being marbled 
and veined with light green and white. Flowers rosy 
scarlet. Oz. 20c. 44 5c. 
Rose. Bright and attractive. Oz. 20c; J4 Lb. 50c. 44 5c. 
Spitfire. Bright, fiery scarlet flowers; very floriferous. 
Oz. 15c; Y\ Lb. 60c. 44 5c. 
Trailing Mixed. Lobbianum varieties. A wide range 
of colors and shades. Oz. 15c; Ya Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 44 5c. 
Madame Gunter's Hybrid Nasturtiums The flowers 
are striped or blotched with shades of red on yellow and 
orange ground, forming a combination of exceeding brilliancy 
and beauty. About four feet high. Half hardy annual. 
Oz. 15c; Ya Lb. 40c. Pkt. 5c. 
Chameleon Nasturtiums Almost every shade of color 
and marking known to nasturtiums; continually changing 
from day to day. Attractive strains. 
Dwarf Chameleon. Oz. 20c; Y\ Lb. 60c. Pkt. 5c. 
Trailing Chameleon. Oz. 15c; yA Lb. 40c. “ 5c. 
u t • - • Handsome bedding plants of the tobac- 
T\ fk co family, valuable for long and free 
A uuiiu blooming. The flowers are salver¬ 
shaped, with long tubular corollas. 
Sown outdoors when ground is warm and dry or for earlier 
blooming start in boxes indoors early in spring and transplant 
to open ground after danger of frost is past. Cover the fine seed 
one-eighth inch deep. Half hardy annuals; about three feet high. 
Affinis. Flowers large, white and fully expanded only 
in evening or cloudy days. Very fragrant. Oz. 80c. .Pkt. 5c. 
Sandenc, mixed. Flowers white, carmine-rose or violet, 
a little smaller than Affinis and unlike it, in full bloom 
during the day. Very floriferous.. 44 10c. 
NIGELLA— (See Love-in-a-Mist) CENOTHERA— (See Primrose) 
OyoIk Very pretty, spreading herbaceous plants with 
^■^ ********* clover-like leaves and richly colored blossoms. 
They are especially desirable for house culture as hanging- 
basket or window plants and are cultivated also in borders and 
rockeries. 
Sow seed in gentle heat in early spring and when well started 
transplant where they are desired to flower. The plants thrive 
well in a mixture of loam and sand. They require an abundance 
of water during the growing season and should have plenty of 
sunlight. Half hardy perennial; six to nine inches high. 
Rosea. Rose colored or light purple flowers, star-shaped, borne 
in large clusters on long stems. Pkt. 10c. 
