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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
# (Dianthua Caryophyllus) ‘•Carnation,” “Pink,” “Clove Pink,” “Florists Pink,” are names 
m n 4-« applied by different people to the same or to different plants of several species as well as to 
.a.rnfl.LlOll hybrids between them. They are all easily grown from seed and very free blooming, the flowers 
**•*■ ^“^ m. m. j >r jght colored and with a most delicious clove-like fragrance. Some varieties are best 
adapted for pot culture and make tine house plants; others do best in beds in the open ground. The improved varieties we 
offer are suitable also for cutting. They produce very double, seini-circular blooms with thick wax-like petals and long pod¬ 
like calyx. The 
be prevented 
bloom, all excepi 
Stemmed beauties. Half hardy perennial, usually treated as a biennial. 
Large Flowering Carnations Best Suited for Pot Culture 
iitable also for cutting. They produce very aouuie, semi-circuiar mooms wun muck wax-nice peiais ana long poa- 
The plants are branching but compact and erect, with slender, bluish green foliage. The bursting of the calyx may 
id by using ashes or some form of potash. Where size and quality of Mowers are desired rather than profusion of 
•xeept the terminal buds should be removed. This is the method employed by florists to obtain the larger longer- 
The choicest varieties sold by Morists are propagated from cuttings but very beautiful double Mowers just as good in form 
and more fragrant, although not as large, can be produced from the seed we offer. Sow under glass in the greenhouse or hotbed 
from January to March, use well prepared soil, cover lightly and keep in a temperature of about 60° F. Sprinkle with a Mne 
spray. When of a sufficient size transplant out of doors two feet apart each way, or may be sown in permanent bed as early in 
spring as weather will permit. 
Double Perpetual Flowered Mixed. An exceedingly beautiful variety producing very double flowers of various shades and colors. 
Plants closely branched and very symmetrical. Seed saved from choicest double flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
Fine Double Selves. Seeds from finest self-colored named varieties grown in the open ground; many beautiful shades.. 44 10c. 
Fine Double Striped. Seed from fine named striped sorts. “ 15c. 
Choicest White Ground. Seed from choice, large flowered, 
named varieties, with nearly white petals bordered or tinted 
with red or purple.. Pkt. 35c. 
Extra Choice Double Mixed. Seed from choicest 1* rench, 
German, Italian and English named sorts. Certain to 
produce a large proportion of double and finely formed anil 
colored flowers in a great variety of shades and markings. 
Oz. $2.50. Pkt. 15c. 
Choice Double Mixed. A mixture containing many of the very 
choicest colors and types.. . Pkt. 10c. 
Picotee, Extra Fine Double Mixed. Extra tine seed from named 
varieties, petals bordered, spotted and splashed; sure to give 
flowers of splendid quality in good proportion. Pkt. 25c. 
Varieties Adapted to both Pot and Outdoor Culture 
Seed may be sown outdoors early in spring, using well 
pulverized soil, preferably samly loam. Make rows one fo< t 
apart and cover seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly 
pressed down. When two inches high, thin to eight or t« n 
inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors. There are 
usually onlv a few flowers obtainable in the open ground the 
first year, but if the phmts are protected through the winter 
they will bloom freely the second season. In southern latitudes 
seed may also be sown outdoors in fall. Half hardy perennials, 
fifteen inches high, except Marguerite which can be treated 
very successfully as an annual. 
Early Double Snow White. A splendid Sort for either pot 
culture or the garden. The plants are vigorous, erect and 
bushy; come into Mower very early and furnish abundant 
bloom for a long time. The flowers are large, double, cli at* 
white and wonaerfidly fragrant. Pkt. 25c. 
Marguerite. The plants of this wonderfully fine strain may be 
made to bloom in four months. Flowers large, double, deeply 
fringed, very fragrant and appear in very attractive shades 
of color. Plants semi-dwarf. One of the best carnations in 
cultivation. Especially desirable for bedding as an annual 
and for cutting. Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 5c. 
Double Dwarf Vienna Mixed. Large flowered and conies into 
bloom early, producing Mowers of many colors and beautiful 
markings: a large proportion double. Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Red Grenadin. Comes into bloom very early and the 
charming, double, scarlet Mowers are very valuable ror form¬ 
ing bouquets. Pkt. 15c. 
( Ricinus) Tall majestic plants 
I for lawns or driveways; with 
v/aotvi ail broad, beautifully lobed. palm- 
Carnation like leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed metallic hue 
and long spikes of ‘scarlet, or of green, prickly seed pods. 
Makes a rapid, vigorous growth in rich soil. Sow seed outdoors after danger from frost is over, preferably in I'ght rich soil, or for 
earlier blooms start indoors and transplant. For best development each plant should have at least four feet each way. Its rich 
luxuriant growth makes it very attractive for a long distance either grown singly or in groups, or as center plants with 
(’annas. Dahlias, etc., giving a semi tropical effect. Seed beautifully striped or mottled. Tender annual; six to fifteen feet high. 
Zanzibaricnsis. Wonderf ully vigorous, from ten to fifteen feet high. Leaves have a brilliant luster, measuring about thirty inches 
across, ranging in color from bright green to deep bronze. Seed very large, oval. Mixed Varieties. Oz. 20c .Pkt. 5c. 
Sanguineus. ( Tricolor ) Blood red stalks with red venation in leaves; height about six feet. Oz. 15c... . “ 5c. 
Castor Bean, Mixed. A desirable mixture of all the named varieties. Oz. 15c.. 44 5c. 
Celosia 
uresque ciass or piams naving coioreu lonage ana in which me limmueittuie t*nmn 
vessels together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, sometimes 
?ed like plumes and sometimes more dense, being corrugated and frilled at the edge 
b. They form the gavest possible decoration in beds and borders, retaining their bril 
An odd and picturesque class of plants having colored foliage and in which the innumerable small 
flowers and seed v« 
gracefully arranger 
like a cock’s comb. They form the gavest possible decorati< 
liant coloring often from midsummer until frost. The red Cristata sorts are sometimes cut before fully ripe and dried in the 
house for winter bouquets. Seed may be sown outdoors as early in spring as ground is warm and dry, using if possible light, 
rich, well pulverized soil, and giving plenty of moisture. For larger and nu>re beautiful plumes start the seed very early in¬ 
doors and transplant to place when weather is settled. Also adapted for growing in pots in greenhouse and conservatory. Half 
hardy annuals. 
Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. Plants pyramidal, branching, two or more feet high, covered with long, brilliantly colored and 
gracefully formed plumes in red, yellow or violet. An excellent mixture of plumosa or feathered celosias. Pkt. 5c. 
Triumph of the Exposition. A splendid plumosa variety. Plant of pyramidal form, bearing many exceedingly graceful, 
feather-like spikes of intensely brilliant crimson color. Height two to three feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Variegated. A cristata strain between the plumosa and the dwarf cockscomb types. The plumes are broadened at the top, 
variegated and striped in red and yellow. Height one and one-half to two feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Japan. Plant grows two to two and one-half feet high and is covered with spikes which are finely crested and of brilliant colors 
usually variegated crimson and deep yellow. One of the best of the tall cristata types... Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf Cockscomb Varieties ( Celosia Cristata ) 
Giant Empress. This beautiful dwarf plant has bronze leaves Glasgow Prize. (President IViiers) Plant resembles a very large 
and forms very large crimson combs. Height about one comb, densely corrugated; brilliant, deep purplish red. 
foot... Pkt. 10c. Foliage dark, not abundant; ten to twelve inches_ Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf Rose. One ft>ot high ; large rose colored combs. “ 10c. Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf growing sorts. 
Dwarf Yellow. Large yellow combs. Height one foot.. 44 10c. Oz. $1.75 -*. * .Pkt. 5c^ 
