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D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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 root. Oz. 50c. ........Pkt. 5c. 
Parthenifolium Aureum Selaginoides. Finely cut, 
fern-like leaves of bright golden yellow color. 
Extra fine for bedding. Half hardy perennial; 
twelve to fifteen inches high .Pkt. 10c. 
RltrirlanfltA One of the most beautiful ever- 
rvnoaanine lastings. Sometimes called Straw 
Flower. The flower-heads are somewhat bell-shaped, 
becoming when mature fully expanded and some¬ 
times reflexed. They are gracefully poised on slender 
stems. The mixture we olTer includes rose with 
golden center and white with yellow disc. Blooms 
should be gathered before fully expanded and dried 
in the shade. The leaves are glaucous, clasping 
and are oval or elliptical in shape. 
Start under glass, or sow seed outdoors after 
danger of frost is over. Tender annual; one and 
one-naif to two feet high. Mixed .Pkt. 5c. 
RICINUS— (See Castor Bean) 
Wppf (Hesperis matronalis) Pro- 
duces loose clusters of 
flowers very fragrant during the evening and useful 
for cutting. Flowers cruciform, somewhat resem¬ 
bling the single Stock but smaller. 
Seed germinates readily in open ground if sown 
after danger from frost is past. Hardy perennial. 
Purple. Plants two and one-half to three feet 
high. Pkt. 5c. 
White. About two feet high... ** 5c. 
Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. 
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° FT 
ana moderately moist. When plants are about one 
inch high transplant and give plenty of light and air. Tender 
perennial; blooming the first year. Pkt. 15c. 
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 Au¬ 
gust to October. Half hardy annual; about two feet high. 
Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grown large, long stemmed flow¬ 
ers, in many beautiful shades and markings. Oz. 50c. .Pkt. 5c. 
Large Flowering Mixed. A mixture of improved dwarf, very 
large flowering sorts, more compact than 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-half to three feet. 
Splendens. Sold also as “Splendens Bonfire.” The large, 
brilliant scarlet flowers are in very striking contrast with the 
rich, dark green background of dense foliage. This variety is 
most generally used in parks and on extensive lawns, as it is 
more vigorous than the dwarf varieties. One of the most 
distinct and effective bedding plants. Two and one-half to 
three feet high. Oz. $2.00. Pkt. 10c. 
Patens. 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 or in the greenhouse. Height of 
plant, about one and one-half to two feet. Pkt. 15c. 
Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered 
under different names claiming they are larger flowered or 
more floriferous than the old type. We have found none 
more 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. 
SCABIOSA —(See Mourning Bride) SCARLET FLAX—(See Linum) 
Salpiglossis 
Salvia 
Salpiglossis 
Q/'Vii'yonfkiio Retusus trimaculatus. Also known as 
OLlllZctllLIlUd 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 decoration 
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 trans¬ 
plant when weather is suitable. Hardy annual; about twenty 
inches high.Pkt. 15c. 
SENSITIVE PLANT —(See Mimosa Pudica) 
_ *1 (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) No twining 
plant in cultivation surpasses this in graceful 
beauty of foliage. Indispensable to florists 
for table and house decoration. The hard texture of its small 
glossy green leaves permits the long delicate sprays of foliage 
to be kept without wilting several days after being cut. 
Planted in spring it makes a fine 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. 
m ( Antirrhinum ) This 
Wm well known old border 
onaparagon p ,ant ° f 
MT long blooming season 
is now one of 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. (See colored plate opposite) 
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, in rich loamy soil in a sunny situation, 
setting one foot apart each way and giving them plenty of 
water; or sow seed in August or September and cover plants 
with a mulch on approach of cold weather. These fall-sown 
plants mav 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 biennial; 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. 
