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FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Balloon Vine 
( Card.iospermum halicacabum ) A favorite with 
children, being remarkable for its inflated mem¬ 
branous capsules containing the seed. It is sometimes called *‘Love-in- 
a-Puff." A rapid and graceful climber. Flowers small, white. The 
round black seed is marked with a white heart-shaped spot. Sow seed 
in open ground early in spring and give the plant some support to run 
upon. Tender annual; six feet high. Oz. 20c. — 
•Pkt. 5c. 
Balsam 
Known as Lady Slipper and Touch-me-not. The 
brilliantly colored, double rose-like flowers of 
this well-known border and bedding annual are 
thickly set along the branches of the erect 
bushy plants. The dainty individual flowers, often two inches across, 
are l>orne on very short stems and when cut they show to best ad¬ 
vantage floating in a dish of water. The colors range from white to 
dark purple, and areeither self colored or spotted and striped. Balsams 
are tender and should be started In boxes indoors or in the open 
ground when danger of frost is past. The plants prefer a rich moist 
or even wet sandy loam, and must not suffer for moisture. They do 
best if allowed eighteen inches apart each way in a sunny situation. 
Larger and more double flowers will be obtained if some of the young 
shoots are cut out when quite small, or by transplanting two or three 
times. Hardy annual; one to two feet high. 
Double Solferino. Flowers satiny white, streaked and spotted with 
crimson ami lilac. Oz. fiOc. Pkt. 5 C . 
Double Camellia, extra fine mixed. As double as a Camellia, which this 
variety resembles; white blotched with various colors. < >/. 00c.. Pkt. 5c. 
Double Pure White. Well adapted for florists’ use and for bouquets, 
very double. Oz. 60c .Pkt. lOc. 
Double Dark Red. ( Atrosanguinea plenissima) Very double, dark 
red blossoms. ... pk t 10c. 
Mixed Double Dwarf. About one foot high. Oz. 50c. Pkt. 5c. 
Mixed Double Tall. About two feet high. Oz. 40c. “ 5 C . 
• Very desirable for pot culture or for bedding 
out in partially shaded locations. Suitable 
also for window boxes. Some varieties are 
* grown for their foliage, but most sorts when 
given proper care produce abundantly large clusters of brilliantly 
beautiful wax-like flowers of fine form and substance. Sow seed in 
February or March in shallow boxes or small pots plunged in moss. 
Begonia seed is extremely small and great care should he taken in open¬ 
ing the packet and planting. Open the packet directly over the sur¬ 
face to prevent any seed being lost. The surface of the soil should be 
very smooth and the seed carefully scattered on the surface and 
lightly pressed in. The moss should be kept quite damp, but the sur¬ 
face of the soil should not be watered. Moisture can be retained in the 
soil by placing a glass over the box or pots. When the plants are 
large enough to handle, transplant into small pots, and to larger sized 
pots as required. For winter or spring blooming, sow from August to 
September. For outdoor bedding, select a shady moist situation, 
making the bed rich with well rotted manure and leaf mold, if obtain¬ 
able. The young plants started indoors may be set out when the 
weather is warm and settled. Water thoroughly every day. Tender 
perennial, blooming the first year if started early, one foot high. 
Tuberous Rooted Begonias 
The tuberous rooted varieties, if planted early in a temperature of 
sixty to seventy degrees, will with proper care give an abundance of 
bloom the first year. At the end of the season they may be dried off by 
withholding water, the tubers kept in a dry place free from frost ana 
planted the following spring, when they will bloom more freely than 
before. 
Robusta Perfecta. Plants are of robust, compact habit, dark green foliage 
and brilliant, double, cinnabar-scarlet flowers.Pkt. 25c. 
Single Mixed. The seed we offer will produce the finest single flowers in 
various shades ranging from white to deep red 
Double Mixed. The largest and best double flow 
Balsam 
Pkt. 25c. 
ers, including shades of pink, red, scarlet and light ye 
Pkt. 35c. 
Fibrous Rooted Begonias 
Of the kinds offered under this head Begonia Hex is grown for its very attractive ornamental foliage, while the others are 
among the most desirable for flowering in the house, or in partly shaded locations outdoors. 
Vernon ( Semperflorens atropurpurea) Flowers brilliant, rich red, set off perfectly by the abundant, glossy green leaves, which 
are broadly margined with bronze and purple. Hardy and floriferous; the best of the semperflorens class..Pkt. 15c. 
Semperflorens alba. A very useful variety, well adapted for house or outdoor culture. Plants of compact dwarf habit, and 
under proper treatment almost continuous bloomers. Easily grown; flowers very attractive blush white.Pkt. 15c. 
Semperflorens rosea. Like Semperflorens alba, except flowers are rose colored. “15c. 
either a rich crimson tinted bronze, or emerald hued, hsiving the 
xed.. 
Rex. 
Ornamental leaved varieties, 
upper surface zone 
caved varieties. Leaves very large, and are eil 
ed or spotted with silvery white. Finest mixi 
Pkt. 25c. 
For Begonia Bulbs , see Bulbs and Roots , page 93. 
BELLIS— (Bee Daisy) 
BlfifnOnid. RrldjirrlTm ( Tecoma radicans . Trumpet Vine) One of the most showy, certainly one of the best 
S hardy, deciduous flowering climbers for covering verandas, arbors, trunks of trees, old 
walls, etc. v ines should be moderately pruned and well trained so as to afford a good circulation of air. thus insuring more 
JJJJ® better bloom. The flowers produced in clusters are trumpet shaped, two to three inches long and of orange red color. 
The foliage is very attractive and unusually free from insects. It not only is one of the best climbers, but planted on the 
lawn makes a pretty bush of drooping habit, if the tops are cut back. Sow seed in well prepared beds, either in autumn or 
very early in spring, in drills, and keep free from weeds. Hardy perennial, often growing thirty feet.Pkt. 10c. 
BUTTERFLY FLOWER— (See Schizanthus) 
I 1 • A much admired genus distinguished by its abundance of large showy sac-shaped or slipper-like 
flowers are creamy white and various shades of yellow, often splashed, spotted or blotched 
with dark reddish brown, two plants rarely having flowers marked exactly alike. Leaves lar 
felty, close growing. Under proper conditions can be grown indoors to perfection, making an exceedingly decorative pis 
Start at any time except during hot weather, in a temperature of about 60° F. Herbaceous annuals or shrubby 
perennials. 
Hybrida grandiflora. Large self colored flowers. 
Hybrida tigrina. Flowers beautifully Spotted. . 
Finest Hybrids Mixed. Seeds saved only from the most perfect flowers; all desirable.. 
CALENDULA—( See Ma rigold) 
CALIFORNIA POPPY— (See Eschscholtzia ) 
urge, 
ant. 
evergreen 
• Pkt. 25c. 
• “ 25c. 
. “ 25c. 
