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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
Pyrethrum 
Very ornamental, both foliage and 
flowers. Well adapted for bedding 
and borders. Sow outdoors in 
spring as soon as ground can be worked, or for best results 
start the seed indoors and transplant after danger from frost 
is past. (See also Matricaria) 
Parthenifolium Aureum (GoldenFeather) Beautiful dwarf gold 
leaved bedding plant. Flowers white. Half hardy perennial, 
often treated as an annual: height one foot. Oz. 50c. .Pkt. 5c. 
Parthenifolium Aureum Selaginoides. Finely cut, fern-like 
leaves of bright golden yellow color. Extra line for bedding. 
Half hardy perennial; twelve to fifteen inches high.. Pkt. 10c. 
^ ne ^he rnos t- beautiful everlastings. 
rv 11 uuca. 11 t. 11 c; Sometimes called Straw Flower. The flower- 
heads are somewhat bell-shaped, becoming when mature fully 
expanded and sometimes reflexed. They are gracefully poised 
on slender stems. The mixture we offer includes rose with 
golden center and white with yellow disc. Blooms should be 
gathered before fully expanded and dried in the shade. The 
leaves are glaucous, clasping and are oval or elliptical in shape. 
Start under glass, or sow seed outdoors after danger of 
frost is over. Tender annual; one and one-half to two feet 
high. Mixed. Oz. 50c. Pkt. 5c. 
RICINUS —(See Castor Bean) 
D nr lr P f (Hesperis matronalis) Produces loose 
lxucivci, uwccl clusters of flowers very fragrant dur¬ 
ing the evening and useful for cutting. Flowers cruciform, 
somewhat resembling the single Stock but smaller. 
Seed germinates readily in open ground if sown after danger 
from frost is past. Hardy perennial. 
Purple. Plants two and one-half to three feet high. Pkt. 5c. 
White. About two feet high. ** 5 C . 
Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. Plants under 
i\OS6 good care will commence to flower when six inches 
* high and about two months old, and continue to 
grow and bloom until they form compact bushes about six¬ 
teen inches high, well covered with single and double flowers. 
Open the berries and separate the seeds, sowing in pots of 
rich sandy soil and keep at about 70° F. and moderately moist. 
When plants are about one inch high transplant and give 
plenty of light and air. Tender perennial; blooming the first 
year.. .Pkt. 15c. 
ROSE MOSS —(See Fortulaca ) 
Salpiglossis g 
Pery showy bedding or border 
C plants with richly colored, funnel- 
_ _ ° shaped flowers which are purple, 
scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, blue or almost black, beauti¬ 
fully marbled and pencilled. 
For early blooming seed may be started indoors as early 
as the middle of March and the young plants set out in the 
garden one foot apart, or seed may be sown outdoors after 
settled warm weather. Useful for cutting. Blooms from Au¬ 
gust to October. Half hardy annual; about two feet high. 
Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grown large f long stemmed flow¬ 
ers, in many beautiful shades and markings. Oz. 50c. Pkt. 5c. 
Large Flowering Mixed. A mixture of improved dwarf, very 
large flowering sorts, more compact than ordinary varieties 
ana with much larger, more richly colored flowers. .Pkt. 10c. 
Salvia 
(Flowering Sage) Among the most brilliantly 
colored of garden flowers and extremely 
useful for bedding; also valuable for pot 
culture and cutting. Blooms are borne in 
long spikes well above the foliage and are of fiery red, crimson 
or blue, continuing in flower a long time. The densely filled 
flower spikes are often eight to ten inches long and include 
thirty or more tube-like florets, one to two inches in length. 
Start early in heat and transplant into light soil one to two 
feet apart; or seed can be sown outdoors after danger from 
frost is past. Tender perennial, but blooms the first season; 
height one and one-half to three feet. 
Splendens. Sold also as “Splendens Bonfire.” The large, 
brilliant scarlet flowers are in very striking contrast with the 
rich, dark green background of dense foliage. This variety is 
most generally used in parks and on extensive lawns, as it is 
more vigorous tliau the dwarf varieties. One of the most 
distinct and effective bedding plants. Two and one-half to 
three feet high. Oz. $2.00. pkt. 10c. 
Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known; not as well suited 
for bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but very attrac¬ 
tive in the mixed border or in the greenhouse. Height of 
plant, about one aud one-half to two feet. Pkt. 15c. 
Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered 
under different names claiming they are larger flowered or 
more floriferous than the old type. We have found none 
more valuable than this strain in which the plant is more 
uniformly dwarf, and comes into bloom earlier than most 
sorts and remains covered with brilliant red flower spikes 
a remarkably long time. About two feet high.Pkt. 10c. 
SC A BIOS A— (See Mourning Bride) 
SCARLET FLAX — (SeeLinuni) 
Retusus trimaculatus. Also known as 
OLIli^ctllLllUd Butterfly Flower or Poor Man's Orchid. 
Dainty compact branching plants with finely cut foliage, 
covered when in bloom with clusters or spikes of brilliantly 
colored butterfly-like flowers. Valuable for garden decoration 
or pot culture. Petals bright yellow with margins and tube of 
carmine or purple-rose, shading from lighter to darker shades. 
The seed may be sown outdoors after danger of frost is 
past, where the plants are to remain: or start inside and trans¬ 
plant when weather is suitable. Hardy annual; about twenty 
inches high. pkt. 15c. 
SENSITIVE PLANT— (See Mimosa Pudica) 
g>_ (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) No twining 
Ifi'K plant in cultivation surpasses this in graceful 
K ^* mm ***’** m ’ beauty of foliage. Indispensable to florists 
for table and house decoration. The hard texture of its small 
glossy green leaves permits the long delicate sprays of foliage 
to be kept without wilting several days after being cut. 
Planted in spring it makes a fine pot plant for fall and 
winter. The seed germinates very slowly. The process may 
be hastened somewhat by soaking the seed in hot water for 
ten hours before planting, but even then it is often six or 
eight weeks before the plants make their appearance. Tender 
perennial climber, ten feet high. Oz. 50c. Pkt. 5c. 
W (Antiirhinum) This 
well known border 
nilH IllirnUflil and bedding plant of 
O long blooming season 
is now one of the best perennials suitable for flowering as an 
annual. The long showy spikes of curiously shaped tubular 
flowers with irregular spreading lobes and finely marked 
throats are fragrant as well as brilliantly colored. They are 
very desirable for cutting as the spikes of bloom are borne well 
above the dark glossy leaves and keep fresh for a long time. 
For blooms the first season outdoors, sow seed very early 
under glass and transplant to open border as soon as the 
ground is warm and dry, in rich loamy soil in a sunny situation, 
setting one foot apart each way and giving them plenty of 
water; or sow seea in August or September and cover plants 
with a mulch on approach of cold weather. These fall-sown 
plants may be transplanted iuto pots and flowered in the house, 
and in this case give them the same temperature and t reatment 
as geraniums and carnations. Tender perennial, often treated 
as annual or biennial; one and one-half to two feet high. 
Majus album. Pure white, light yellow throat. Pkt. 5c. 
Majus brilliant. Crimson and yellow, throat white. “ 5c. 
Majus Delila. Reddish-violet, w’hite throat. " 5c. 
Fine Mixed. Includes all of the best colors. Oz. 50c... " 5c. 
