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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Phlox Drummondi 
equalled in the magnificent display of their many and 
brilliantly colored flowers. The plants are hardy bush¬ 
like annuals with many broad flat-topped clusters of 
nearly round and star-shaped flowers. They are of 
easiest culture and bloom profusely through a long 
season. Especially attractive in masses or ribbon beds 
of contrasted colors; useful as window-garden plants 
and very desirable for combining in mixed bouquets. 
Seed is usually sown very early in spring outdoors 
in rows one foot apart. A sunny situation is desirable. 
Well pulverized soil, preferably rich and mellow, 
shoulcf be used and the seed, which germinates rather 
slowly, covered with about one-fourth inch of fine 
soil nnnly pressed down. Thin to four inches apart. 
For very early blooming, seed may be sown outdoors 
in fall, or started indoors and transplanted early in 
April. Hardy annual; one foot high. 
Alba. Pure white, very desirable. Oz. 90c. Pkt. 10c. 
Black Warrior. Very deep maroon. Oz. 90c. “ 10c. 
Isabellina. Creamy yellow. Oz. 90c. .. “ 10c. 
Kermesina Alba Oculata. Rosy crimson, 
white eye. Oz. 90c. “ 10c. 
Lilac, with white center. Oz. 90c. “ 10c. 
Rosea. Rose, with distinct eye. Oz. 90c. “ 10c. 
Rosy Chamois. Deep salmon-rose. Oz. 90c.. “ 10c. 
Scarlet. Maroon center. Oz. 90c. “ 10c. 
Splendens. Crimson, pure white eye; one 
of the finest of this strain. Oz. 90c. “ 10c. 
Violet. Deep violet-blue, white eye. Oz. 90c. " 10c. 
Extra Choice Mixed. Best large flowered 
varieties. Our mixture is unexcelled for 
profusion of bloom and wide range of 
brilliant colors. Oz. 75c. “ 5c. 
Pinks 
( Dianthus) The Dianthus family 
furnishes many of the most 
beautiful and profitable flowers 
including the Carnation, Sweet 
William, Chinese and Japanese 
Pinks, in all their varieties. The Pinks are old- 
fashioned favorites and as a class are more varied in 
color than the Carnations but lack their fragrance. 
Both the single and double Pinks are well adapted 
for betiding and borders, and are suitable also for 
cutting as the stems are of good length and the 
brilliantly colored flowers, often one and one-half to 
two inches across, contrast vividly with the rather 
narrow bright light green leaves. 
Seed may be sown in the open ground in spring after danger of frost is past, in the place where the plants are wanted to 
bloom. Use well pulverized soil, preferably sandy loam. Make the rows one foot to fifteen inches apart and cover the seed 
with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. When two inches high, thin six to eight inches apart Earlier blooming 
is obtained, in the north, if plants are started in the house. Plants compact, bushy, usually about one foot high. Where 
climate permits they may be treated as perennials, but practically are hardy annuals. When grown however for spring 
blooming, if in a well drained situation and protected by a light mulch of straw, cut fodder or leaves, the plants are less likely to 
winterkill than if in a moist unprotected part of the garden during the colder months. The plants thus wintered over will 
produce more and better blooms than those of the first season. 
Crimson Belle. Rich, vivid crimson color; flower single, of large size and splendid substance, evenly and finely laciniated.Pkt. 10c. 
Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully marbled and striped with light shades of redupon lighter ground. Borderof petals 
finely cut or laciniated. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Pinks 
Royal Pinks ( Heddewigi nobilis ) These 
very large, single flowers afford a wide 
range of colors. Petals deeply cut and 
fringed and flowers in splendid shades 
from blood-red tocarmine, pink and even 
white. Plants dwarf and very free 
flowering. Pkt. 10c. 
Heddewig’s Single Mixed. A splendid mix¬ 
ture of single flowers of the best shades 
and beautifully marked. Plants dwarf; 
very free flowering. Oz. 50c.Pkt. 5c. 
Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful va¬ 
riety easily cultivated; rich, deep red 
flowers.Pkt. 10c. 
Double Dark Purple. An attractive and 
particularly useful color in pinks. The 
flowers are d« >uble, of large size, fine form 
and are suitable for cutting... .Pkt. 15c. 
Double Diadem Mixed ( Heddewig's) 
Very regular, double, and all tints from 
crimson purple to deep black purple. 
Oz. 90c. Pkt. 5c. 
Double Japan Mixed < Chinensis lacinicitus) 
The flowers are rich in hue; very double 
deep fringed petals. Colors vary from 
white to rose, lilac, carmine, crimson, 
scarlet, purple, brown and almost black, 
spotted and striped. Oz. 80c — Pkt. 5c. 
Double China Mixed ( Chinensis ) White 
and dark crimson selves, also white 
tipped light purple and shades of red 
with darker blotchings. A mixture of 
double pinks unsurpassed in variety of 
brilliant coloring and marking. 
Oz. 30c.Pkt. 5c. 
Snowdrift. Clear white, double and fully 
as large as the popular Marguerite 
Carnation; desirable for cutting.Pkt. 15c. 
