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D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Stock, Early Flowering Brompton 
Sunflower 
(H eli an thus) 
These stately.old 
fashioned flow¬ 
ers wit h 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 or adjacent swamp holes. Their very 
tall dense growth and bright yellow 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 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 with about one-half inch of fine soil firmly 
pressed down. When about four inches high, 
thin one and one-half to two feet apart to secure 
best development. 
Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. The most at¬ 
tractive of the very double sunflowers. Plant 
tall, growing seven feet high and blooming pro¬ 
fusely all summer. Flowers very large, often eight 
to ten inches across, very d on bio, with long 
fringed petals and resemble chrysanthemums. 
The color is a splendid, rich, golden-yellow, free 
from any black center. Oz. 25c. Pkt. 5c. 
Globusus Fistulosus (Crlohc. at' 1 nthhft Sutijloicer) 
This variety produces very large, exceedingly 
double flowers, often six to eight inches in diam¬ 
eter and of bright yellow color. The plants are 
about five feet nigh. 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. 
Farly blooming and produced in abundance 
throughout a long season. Oz. 30c...... .Pkt. 5c. 
SWEET ROCKET — (See Rocket) 
Stock 
i Mathiola) Sometimes called Gilliflower. 
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-luce double flowers in a 
wide range of attractive colors. They are suitable for cutting, 
being pro luce 1 on stems of good length in pleasing contrast 
with tne dark green foliage of tin* bushy plants. Each of the 
four types is of long flowering period, ana if the earlier ones 
are started indoors, a profusion of fragrant and pleasing 
flowers is afforded for the entire season. Sow seed outdoors 
early in spring, using well fertilized, carefully pulverized soil 
and cover the seed with one-fourth inch of tine soil firmly 
pressed down. Make the rows fifteen inches apart. Thin to 
six inches apart in the row. For earlier blooming start indoors 
and transplant. Height of plants, one to one and one-half feet. 
Early Flowering Brompton 
A decidedly superior annual 
strain with the splendid foliage 
ut flowering witn the German 
Ten Weeks and decidedly superior on account of its length of 
stem and size of flower spike. 
Belle of Naples. Oi l rose or light purplish rose. Pkt. 15c. 
Camaldoli. Dark violet or light purplish red. 4 ‘ 15c. 
Snow White- . 10c. 
Vesuvius. Blood-red or deep purplish red. 15c. 
Mixed. Includes shades of white, old rose, blood-red. purple 
and violet. Oz. $3.(X).Pkt. 5c. 
Double German Ten Weeks 
This favorite half-hardy summer blooming annual has de¬ 
liciously fragrant flowers and is very desirable for cutting. 
Double German Ten Weeks, Mixed. Shades of white, red, 
purple, lavender and maroon. Oz. $1.00... Pkt. 5c. 
Double German Ten Weeks, Pure White. Very useful for floral 
work and bouquets. Oz. $>2.75. Pkt. 10c. 
Intermediate or Autumnal Stocks 
Sown at the same time as the Ten Weeks, will succeed them 
in bloom, thus affording flowers continuously until late in the 
fall. Flowers larger, 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. Intermediate Scarlet- - Pkt. 15c. 
Brompton and Emperor Stocks 
These require a longer time than the Intermediate to grow 
and cannot endure our winters unless protected. 
Brompton, mixed. 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 biennial. Oz. $1.00. Pkt. 10c. 
Emperor, or Perpetual, mixed. Fine spikes of bloom, rich and 
attractive. It will live several years outdoors if protected 
from frost. Sow in spring for fall and winter flowers indoors; 
sow in midsummer for spring blooming. Tender perennial. 
Oz. $5.00. Pkt. 10c. 
STRAW FLOWER —(See Helichrysum and Rhodanthe) 
Sunflower, Double Chysanthemum Flowered 
