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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
v (Mathiola) Sometimes called Gilliflower. 
Wl- I Considered almost indispensable where 
ill' IJT 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-like double flowers in a 
wide range of attractive colors. They are suitable for cutting, 
being produced on stems of good length in pleasing contrast 
with the dark green foliage of the bushy plants. Each of the 
four types is of long flowering period, and if the earlier ones 
are started indoors, a profusion of fragrant and pleasing 
flowers is afforded for the entire season. 
Sow outdoors early in spring, using well fertilized, carefully 
pulverized soil and cover seed with one-fourth inch of flue 
soil firmly pressed down. Make the rows fifteen inches apart; 
thin to six inches apart. 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 
and bloom of*the older type but flowering with the German 
Ten Weeks and decidedly superior in length of stern and size 
of flower spike. This group is also called Beauty Stocks. 
Belle of Naples. Old rose or light purplish rose. Pkt. 15c. 
Camaldoli. Dark violet or light purplish red. “ 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. $3.00. Pkt. 5c. 
Double German Ten Weeks lLarge Flowering) 
This favorite half-hardy summer blooming annual has de¬ 
liciously fragrant flowers and is very desirable for cutting. 
Double German Ten Weeks, Mixed ( Levkojen > 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 affordiug flowers cont inuously until late in the 
fall. Flowers larger, on longer, bolder spikes. For indoor 
blooming, if sown in pots late m 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. $4.00. 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 Rhodanthc) 
Sunflower, Double Chrysanthemum Flowered 
Stock, Early Flowering Brompton 
Sunflower 
(He li an thus) 
These stately,old 
fashioned flow¬ 
ers with the 
newer improved varieties are coming into special 
favor as a background for lawns ana 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 ouildings. 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 about one-half inch deep. 
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. Flowefs very large, often eight 
to ten inches across, very double, with long 
fringed petals and resemble chrysanthemums. 
The color is a splendid, rich, golden-yellow, free 
from any black center. Oz. 25c. Pkt. 5c. 
Globosus Fistulosus (Globe, or Dahlia Suji flower) 
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. 
Early blooming and produced in abundance 
throughout a long season. Oz. 80c. Pkt. 5c. 
SWEET ROCKET —(See Rocket) 
