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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
Pyrethrum 
Very ornamental, both 
foliage and flowers. 
Well adapted for bed¬ 
ding 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 (Golden Feather) 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 tine for bedding. Half hardy perennial; 
twelve to fifteen inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
Roseum. Hay flowers two to three inches in diame¬ 
ter, carmine-rose with golden yellow* center. Fol¬ 
iage finely cut. Hardy perennial: two to two and 
one-half feet high. Pkt. 10c. 
PknrlanfKp One of the most beautiful ever- 
ivnoaanine lastings; sometimes called Straw 
F!ow r er. Flowers somewhat bell-shaped, rose with 
golden center and white with yellow* disc, grace¬ 
fully poised on slender stems. Blooms should be 
gathered before fully expanded and dried in the 
shade. Start under glass, or sow* seed outdoors 
after danger of frost is over. Tender annual: one 
and one-half to two feet high. Mixed .Pkt. 5c. 
RICINUS —(See Castor Bean) 
D nr b p f (Hesperis matronalis) Pro- 
»JWCd c p| Ces loose clusters <*f 
Mowers very fragrant during the evening and 
useful for cutting. Flow*ers cruciform, somewhat 
resembling the single Stock but smaller. Seed 
germinates readily in open ground if sow*n after 
danger from frost is past. Hardy perennial. 
Purple. Plants two and one-lialt to three feet 
high. Pkt. 5c. 
White. About two feet high. “ 5c. 
Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. 
t\OS6 Plants under ordinary care will com- 
* mence to flower when six inches high 
and about two months old, and will continue to 
grow and bloom until they form compact bushes 
about sixteen 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. 1 5c. 
ROSE MOSS— (See Portulaca) 
Very showy bedding or border 
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 August to October. Half hardy 
annual; about two feet high. 
Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grow*n annual; long stemmed flow¬ 
ers, in many beautiful shades and markings. Oz. 50c. .Pkt. 5c. 
Large Flowering Mixed. A mixture of improved sorts, more 
compact than the ordinary varieties and with much larger, 
more richly colored flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
( 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-hair to three feet. 
Splendcns. Sold also as “Splendens Bonfire.” Large, brilliant 
scarlet flowers are in these plants afforded a rich, dark green 
background of dense foliage. This variety is most generally 
used in parks and on extensive lawns, as in growth it is 
more vigorous than the more dwarf varieties. One of the 
most striking and effective bedding plants. Two and one- 
half to three feet high. Oz. $2.00. Pkt. 10c. 
Paten*. 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. Height of plant, about one and one- 
half to tw*o feet. Pkt. 15c. 
Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered 
under different names with the claim that they are larger 
flowered or more floriferous than the old type. We have 
found none of them more distinctly 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 (See Linum) 
Salpiglossis 
Salvia 
Schizanthus 
Salpiglossis 
Rctusus trimaculatus. Also known as 
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 deco¬ 
ration or pot culture. Petals bright yellow with margins 
and tube of 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 
transplant when weather is suitable. Hardy annual: about 
twenty inches high.Pkt. 15c. 
SENSITIVE PLANT —(See Mimosa Pudica) 
Q* «1 (Myrsiphyllvm asparagoides) No twining 
I SVY plant in cultivation surpasses this in graceful 
•****-*■**• beauty of foliage. Indispensable to florists 
for table and 4iouse decoration. The nard texture, of its 
small glossy green leaves permits the long delicate sprays of 
foliage to be kept without wilting several days after Vicing 
cut. Planted in spring it makes a line 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. 
(Antirrhinum) This 
well known old border 
and bedding plant of 
_ long blooming season 
is now oneof 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 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, preferably in rich loamy soil in a 
sunny situation, setting one root apart each way and giving 
them plenty of water: or sow the seed in August or Sep¬ 
tember and’ cover the plants with a mulch on the approach of 
cold weather. These fall-sown plants may be transplanted 
into pots and flowered in the house, and in this case give them 
the same temperature and treatment as geraniums and 
carnations. Tender perennial, often treated as annual or bi¬ 
ennial: 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, white throat. " 5c. 
Fine Mixed. Includes all of the best colors. Oz. 35c... " 5c. 
STIPA PENNATA- -(See Feather Grass) 
Snapdragon 
