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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Stock, Double German Ten Weeks 
Sunflower 
(Reliant hus ) These state¬ 
ly, old fashioned flowers 
with the newer improved 
varieties are coming into 
special favor as a background for lawns and in front of 
high fences. Valuable also as a screen to hide unsightly 
places and sometimes used to mitigate the evil of adjacent 
swamp holes. Their very tall dense growth and bright yel¬ 
low disc-like flowers of very large size and long blooming 
period make them one of the most deserving and useful 
of hardy annuals. 
Sunflowers grow readily in almost any soil but do best on 
light, rich limestone or alluvial land well supplied with 
moisture and not shaded by trees or buildings. Sow the 
seed outdoors in spring after danger of frost is over, 
preferably in well pulverized soil either broadcast or in 
rows two to three feet apart and cover about one-half inch 
deep. When the young plants are about four inches high, 
thin one and one-half to two feet apart to secure the best 
development. 
Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. The most attractive of 
the very double sunflowers. Plant tall, growing seven 
feet hign and blooming profusely all summer. Flowers 
very large, often eight to ten inches across, very double, 
with long fringed petals and resemble chrysanthemums. 
The color is a splendid, rich, golden-yellow, free from any 
black center. Oz. 25c. Pkt. 5c. 
Globosus Fistulosus ( Globe , or Dahlia Sunflower) This 
desirable variety produces very large, exceedingly double 
flowers, often six to eight inches in diameter and of 
bright yellow color. The plants are usually about five feet 
high. Oz. 15c. Pkt. 5c. 
Stella. The plant of this fine variety is spreading with many 
branches and attains a height of about three feet. The 
flowers are about three inches in diameter and are of an 
unusually pure golden yellow with black discs or centers, 
and are borne on long stems well above the foliage. Early 
blooming and produced in abundance throughout a long 
season. Oz. 80c. Pkt. 5c. 
STRAW FLOWER —(See Helichrysum and Rhodanthe) 
Stock 
( Mathiola ) Sometimes called Gillifiower. Considered almost indispensable where a fine display of flowers 
is wanted and particularly valued for edgings, bedding and pot culture. The improved varieties we 
offer of this favorite garden plant produce dense spikes of very fragrant and beautiful rosette-like 
double flowers in a wide range of attractive colors. They are suitable for cutting, being prod need on 
stems of good length in pleasing contrast with the dark green foliage of the bushy plants. Each of the 
four types is of long flowering period, and if the earlier ones are 
started indoors, a profusion of fragrant and pleasing flowers is 
afforded for the entire season. 
Sow outdoors early in spring, using well fertilized, carefully pul¬ 
verized soil and cover seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly 
pressed down. Make the rows fifteen inches apart; thin to six inches 
apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and transplant. Height of 
plants, one to one and one-half feet. 
Early Flowering Brompton 
A decidedly superior, large-flowering annual strain with the 
splendid foliage and bloom of the older type but flowering with the 
(ierman Ten weeks and decidedly superior in length of stem and size 
of flower spike. This group is also called Beauty Stocks, Giants of 
Nice, “Cut and Come Again” and Victoria Stocks. 
Belle of Naples. Old rose or light purplish rose. Pkt. 15c. 
Camaldoli. Dark violet or light purplish red. “ 15c. 
Snow White ( Victoria) . 44 10c. 
Vesuvius. Blood-red or deep purplish red. “ 15c. 
Early Flowering Brompton Mixed. Includes shades of white, old rose, 
blood-red, purple and violet. Oz. 53.00. Pkt. 5c. 
Double German Ten Weeks (Large Flowering) 
This favorite half-hardy summer blooming annual has deliciously 
fragrant flowers and is very desirable for cutting. 
Double German Ten Weeks, Mixed \Levkojen) Shades of white, red, 
purple, lavender and maroon. Oz. 5100.....Pkt. 5c. 
Double German Ten Weeks, Pure White. Very useful for floral work 
and bouquets. ()z, $2.75 .Pkt. 10c. 
Intermediate or Autumnal Stocks 
Sown at the same time as the Ten Weeks, the Intermediate sorts 
will succeed them in bloom thus affording flowers continuously 
until late in the fall. The flowers are larger and are produced on 
longer, bolder spikes. For indoor blooming, if sown in pots late in 
summer the plants will bloom the following spring. 
Intermediate White.=.Pkt. 15c. 
Scarlet.. 44 15c. 
Winter or Biennial Brompton Stocks 
These require a longer time than the Intermediate to grow and 
cannot endure our winters unless protected. 
Brompton Mixed. This mixture of Winter or Biennial Brompton 
Stocks forms bushy plants flowering in the fall outdoors if started 
in hotbed early in spring and transplanted, or blooming well in 
winter from seed sown outdoors in summer if plants are taken up 
in the fall and given cool airy quarters indoors; half hardy bien¬ 
nial. Oz. 5100. Pkt. 10c. 
SWEET ROCKET— (See Rocket) 
Sunflower, Stella 
