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D. M. FERRY & C0. f DETROIT, MICH. 
Pet unias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. They are also used along walks and driveways 
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The full, double 
Petunia petunias do not produce seeds. 
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we offer is the result of careful hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a proportion of double flowers as any. 
ai e J ery ^measuring four to five inches across; in others, they are deeply fringed; still others 
Uie throat and extending nearly or quite to the outer margin of the blossom; again, 
are have full, double flowers. The colors ran fro fmm vhita ,^,,..., 1 ., ,-,.,.4 ^ _ . 1 ... .1 * . , b 
... ._~ . , - ,-~ Their richness of color, duration of bloom and easy cul- 
ture will always make them popular. They endure drought exceptionally well. The full, double 
petunias do not produce seeds. To procure double flowers one must use the seeds saved from single 
flowers which have been carefully fertilized by hand with pollen from the double ones. The seed 
have 
others have full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red-purple and are variously striped and blotched. 
be trusted m the oi>en until danger of frost is over. Any good, friable garden soil, well pulverized and in good condition may 
be used, and the seed covered with about one-eighth to one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. The rows should 
be two feet apart, linn to eighteen inches apart. The plants begin to bloom when small and continue until cut off by frost. 
Tender perennial, blooming the first year; about one and one-half feet high. 
Petunias are also sometimes grown under glass in winter. The best method is to sow seeds in late summer or early fall 
and grow stocky’ plants in pots, but old plants can be lifted on the approach of cold weather, cut back and taken inside for 
winter bloom. 
Single Dwarf Compact (Inimitable Dwarf) Bushy plants only about eight inches high, covered with small flowers, generally 
striped or blotched. In many the markings are as beautifully star-shaped as in the strain offered as ‘ Star ' petunia... Pkt. 15c. 
Countess of Ellesmere. Flowers single, deep rose, white throat, very small. A good bedder. ** 5c. 
Nyctaginiflora. Flowers white, fragrant. A good white bedding variety; very floriferous. “ 5 C ] 
Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched flowers in a wide range of colors. A fine bedder. Oz. 90c_ “ 5c. 
Fine Mixed. An excellent variety of markings including white, stripes and shades of rose, red and purple. Oz. 50c. 4 ‘ 5c. 
Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large percentage of double flowers in a good range of colors. “ 20c. 
LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 
Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowers very large; some striped, others self colored. Oz. $100. Pkt. 10c. 
Fringed and Stained Mixed. Very attractive, deeply fringed flowers in a variety of colors. “ 20c. 
Superbissima Mixed. Flowers of immense size, superbly colored with throats beautifully veined. We have carefully compared 
other strains sold as “Giants of 
California,” etc., and have found 
none superior and many of them not 
equal to our strain of this magnifi¬ 
cent variety. Pkt. 25c. 
Brilliant Rose. I-arge flowers of very 
bright, yet delicate and exceptionally 
attractive rose color. One of the 
finest single varieties in cultivation 
and comes true from seed.. .Pkt. 25c. 
General Dodds. Large, single flowers 
of an exceedingly rich, dark purple 
color. A vigorous and very persist¬ 
ent bloomer and there are few garden 
plants that will make so satisfactory a 
display. Pkt. 10c. 
Extra Double Fringed. Many colors; 
flowers beautifully fringed. .Pkt. 25c. 
Grandiflora Robusta, fl. pi. Dwarf, of 
robust growth, forming a compact, 
upright, branched bush about ten 
inches in height and fourteen inches 
in width, with large flowers, many 
double and in all shades of colors 
existing in petunias. The latest of 
the varieties to bloom. Pkt. 25c. 
Handsome, half 
rentstemon hardy, herba¬ 
ceous perennials about two feet high 
and very desirable for bedding and 
borders. They usually bloom the first 
year, especially if started early. The 
flowers are bell-shaped or tubular, an 
inch and a half long, and are borne in 
racemes or spikes. The colors include 
white ami various shades of rose and 
purplish red striped with white. 
Sow outdoors after danger of frost 
is past. It is well to use some mulching 
for protection through winter. 
Mixed.Pkt. 10c. 
(Pceonia herb ace a 
I CUIiy Chinenstis) Well known 
herbaceous perennial plants, with very 
double flowers and abundant dark 
green foliage, which may be grown 
either from seed or roots. 
The seed is of very slow growth, and 
germination may be hastened some¬ 
what by cutting or filing carefully a 
notch through the shell of the seed, 
preferably on the rounding side. Rich, 
well prepared soil should be used and 
the seed covered one-half inch deep; 
keep well moistened and at a tempera¬ 
ture of 50° to 00°. If the seed be sown 
in a cold frame in autumn, the plants 
will be large enough to transplant the 
following spring, and a year later will 
bloom. Plants about three feet high. 
Double Mixed.Pkt. 25c. 
(Peon;/ Roots are listed in our autumn 
Bulb Catalogue.) 
PERIWINKLE —(See Vinca) 
