D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
COLEUS 
ular of 
plants. 
COLEUS. 
Probably the 
best known 
and mo6t pop- 
ornamental foliage 
Leaves are of many 
shapes, shades and 
colors and nearly 
all have a rich vel¬ 
vety appearance of 
extraordinary l>eau- 
ty. No lawn should 
be without these 
decorative plants. 
Tender perennial. 
Finest hybrids, mixed. 
Pkt. 2 Sets 
Large Leaved, mixed, ex¬ 
tra choice. . .Pkt. 25cts 
Large Leaved, Copper 
Colored. This Coleus is 
of great merit and is 
worthy of a prominent place 
in greenhouse and garden. The 
leaves are large and the plants 
grow about two feet in height. 
The foliage is a beautiful bronze 
or copper color and is quite dis¬ 
tinct. Unlike all other varie¬ 
ties of Coleus this variety comes perfectly true from seed.Pkt. 35cts 
..COLUMBINE.. 
(Aquilegia'). Every well regulated lawn has a space de¬ 
voted to hardy perennials, and no bed of perennials would be 
complete without a due proportion of Columbines. They are 
of the easiest culture and when once established will furnish 
for many years a magnificent display of the handsomest 
flowers, each spring and summer. The beds should be kept 
clear of weeds and given each year a liberal dressing of well 
rotted manure. Hardy herbaceous perennials; two to three 
feet high. 
Ccerulea hybrida, double, a vigorous growing, very hand¬ 
some variety with blue and white flowers. Pkt. lOcts 
Californica hybrida, one of the handsomest of all the colum¬ 
bines, having orange, red and yellow flowers ... Pkt. 1 Octs 
Vervameana fol. variegatis, plants variegated with double 
rose colored blossoms; exceedingly beautiful.. Pkt. lOcts 
Mixed double, best and fin< st colors . “ octs 
CONVOLVULUS MAJOR—(See Morning Glory). 
COIX LACHRYMA— (See Job's Tears). 
COREOPSIS— (See Calliopsis). 
CUCURB1TA — {See Gourds). 
A very effective autumn flowering plant. Quite hardy and 
rapid growing, forming bush-like plants four to eight feet 
high and covered with large, single, dahlia-like flowers. 
Should l)e started in this latitude in March and trans¬ 
planted to open ground about June 1st. 
Hybrida, large white. This variety produces a profusion of 
large, pure white flowers which being gracefully poised on 
long stems are extremely useful for decorative purposes. 
Pkt. 5cts 
hybrida, Giant mixed .. “ Sets 
EARLY FLOWERING COSMOS. 
We have secured an early flowering strain which will pro¬ 
duce plants that come into bloom the last of July and are 
covered with blossoms until late in the autumn. 
Dawn. An early flowering strain in which all the flowers are 
white . Pkt. octs 
Early Flowering, mixed. Comparatively dwarf plants, pro¬ 
ducing both wliite and colored flowers, coming into bloom 
much earlier than the giant forms .Pkt. Sets 
1 IICAI Well-known and universally admired 
If I III FK VII 1 tuberous rooted plants producing ex- 
^ B ceedingly handsome, red and white 
flowers. Tender perennial; one foot high. 
Persicum, mixed, of great beauty and many colors. 
Pkt. ir>cts 
Persicum, giganteum, mixed, characterized by beautiful 
foliage and profuse bloom; each flower is from two to two 
and a half inches long. Very choice. Pkt. 20cts 
n/nnPCC l/||ip (Ipomoea Qnamoclit). A most 
I II ItlN^ Viral beautiful climber, with deli- 
Vj I I IUUU filll- ca ^ (lark green feathery foli¬ 
age, and an abundance of bright, star shaped, rose, scarlet 
or white blossoms, which contrast most beautifully with the 
graceful foliage. Tender annual; about fifteen feet high. 
Scarlet. . Pkt. «>cts 
White. * 
Mixed. 5cts 
A UI II Both the single and double strains of this 
II f \III 1/1 magnificent race of plants may be had in the 
* ,/1BBB_B/ * greatest variety ana beauty from seed. If 
planted early and forced they can be made to flower the first 
season. Tender herbaceous perennials. 
Finest double, mixed, seed saved from choicest double floio- 
ers . Pkt. 15cts 
Finest single, mixed, brilliant flowers running through a 
wide range of striking colors . Pkt. 1 Octs 
For Dahlia roots , see page 05. 
COLUMBINE. 
{Diearf Morning Gloi'y). Dwarf plants of trailing, branch¬ 
ing habit, each covering a space about two feet in diameter. 
At mid-day they are completely covered with a mass of most 
brilliant, many colored blossoms which remain open in clear 
weather till evening. Half hardy annual; one foot high. 
Tricolor, bright blue, shaded to white; yellow throat. 
Albus, pure white. “ {* cts 
Mixed. . “ ,>cts 
