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I). M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
P ETUNIA 
Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in 
beds. Their richness of color, duration of 
bloom, and easy culture will always render 
them popular. They do well sown in open 
border in spring, or earlier in cold frame 
or hot bed, and transplanted eighteen 
inches apart. Tender perennial, 
but blooms profusely the first sea¬ 
son. One and a half feet high. 
The fully double Petunias do not 
produce seed, so that to procure 
double flowering plants we must 
use seed of single flowers, which 
have been carefully fertilized by 
pollen from double ones. The seed 
we offer is the result of careful hy¬ 
bridization, and can be depended 
upon to give as large a proportion 
or double flowers as any. 
Single Dwarf Compact ( Inimitable. Dwarf), bushy plants of 
six to eight inches in height, covered with beautifully 
striped and blotched flowers. Pkt. locts 
Countess of Ellesmere, deep rose, white throat... “ Sets 
Finest Striped and Blotched. “ lOcts 
Nvctaginiflora, pure white. “ Sets 
Fine Mixed . “ Sets 
Double Mixed . “ 20 ct* * 
LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 
Large Flowered Mixed . Pkt. lOcts 
Choicest Large Flowered Mixed. 
Pkt. IScts 
Fringed and Stained Mixed, large 
flowered, very desirable..Pkt. 2 Gets 
Superbissima, Mixed—The flowers are 
of immense size, superbly colored, 
and the open throats are beautifully 
veined. We have carefully compared 
other strains sold as Giants*of Cali¬ 
fornia, etc., and have found none 
superior, and most of them not 
equal to our strain of this mag¬ 
nificent variety.Pkt. 2Sets 
Brilliant Rose,exceedingly beau¬ 
tiful,large fiowersof the bright¬ 
est rose color. A distinct color 
in Petunias. Oneof the finest va¬ 
rieties in cultivation, and comes 
true from seed.Pkt. 2Sets 
Grandiflora Robusta, fl. pi., 
dwarf, of robust growth, form¬ 
ing a compact, upright, branch¬ 
ed bush, about ten inches in height and fourteen inches in 
width, with large, double flowers in all shades of colors ex¬ 
isting in Petunias. Pkt. 25cts 
Double Fringed Brilliant Rose, bears large, exceedingly 
double flowers of the most brilliant rose color. Very desir¬ 
able.Pkt. 50cts 
Extra Double Fringed, many colors, beautifully fringed, a 
good percentage double.Pkt. 50cts 
PETUNIA. 
PHLOX PBU"«ONPI .9- 
Very hardy annuals, thriving in almost 
any situation, and unequaled in the magnificent display of t heir many 
and brilliant colored flowers. Plants from seed sown in open ground 
in fall or early spring will begin flowering about July first and remain 
literally covered with bloom until after severe frosts late in autumn. 
For masses of separate colors or for cutting for bouquets, they are 
unsurpassed. One foot high. 
Fine Mixed.Pkt. Sets 
LARGE FLOWERING PHLOX 
Alba, pure white.Pkt. lOcts 
Black Warrior, very dark purple . “ lOcts 
Scarlet, black center. “ lOcts 
Rosea, deep rose. “ lOcts 
Carmine Red . “ lOcts 
Kermesinu Alba Oculata, rosy crimson, white eye. “ lOcts 
Splendens, crimson, pure white eye; one of the finest of this strain. “ lOcts 
Isabellina, creamy yellow. Very desirable. 44 lOcts 
Rosy Chamois, beautiful shade of rose. “ lOcts 
Stellata Splendens, rich crimson, with star shaped white eye_ *' lOcts 
Extra Choicest Mixed, composed of the best of the large flowered 
varieties. “ lOcts 
PHIftY Pofonni^ I me varieties or tne pei 
B \ BBBV '* among the choicest of our flowers for bed¬ 
ding and border plants. They are hardy and need no protection: will 
flourish in any soil, succeeding better, however, iu deep, rich, rather moist 
ground. Mixed seed saved from splendid sorts.Pkt. lOcts 
Petunia, 
Double Fringed. 
PELARGONIUM —(See Geranium). 
Ppnf<ifPmAll Handsome, half hard}', herbaceous per- 
■ B>BB * ,i, * 0,BBVB1 ennials, much iu favor for bedding out. 
Flowers long, bell shaped in racemes or spikes. 
Mixed, seed saved from collection of best varieties_Pkt. lOcts 
Ppf^Sllci Nankinensis Atropurpurea Laciniata - Orna- 
■ OB 1B1 ** mental foliage plants similar to Coleus. Fine for 
bedding with silver leaved plants. Foliage metallic bronze, same 
culture as for Coleus. Half hardy annual. Pkt. 5cts 
PERIWINKLE—(See Vinca). 
PICOTEE—(See Carnation). 
PllVCifiFrancheti—This is certainly a great addition 
* to our list of cultivated plants. It forms a 
branching plant about two feet high, and when well grown pro¬ 
duces from the axil of every leaf one or more ball shaped seed 
pods, which at maturity are an intense orange red color, con¬ 
taining bright red cherry-like fruit. This is superior to the 
ground cherry or husk tomato for making preserves. When 
covered with the ripe pods it is one of the most strikingly beau¬ 
tiful decorative plants. It grows readily to a fruiting size the 
first year from seed.Pkt. 1 Gets 
Pf*i ITI EVENING (CEnothera). — Produces large, showy 
blossoms, which are fully expanded only towards 
and during evening. Blossoms three to four inches across, usually yel¬ 
low or white, and very freely and constantly produced. 
Acaulis alba—Of prostrate habit, the leaves lying on the ground; pro¬ 
duces an abundance of large, white flowers about three inches across. 
Hardy perennial; six inches high. Pkt. octs 
Lamarckiana, superb spikes of large, bright yellow blossoms about four 
inches across. Hardy biennial, but blooms the first year; height four 
feet..... Pkt. octs 
Phlox Drummondi. 
