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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
makes a blaze of color. As the stalks and branches are 
delicate they will do better if supported by small sticks. 
Sow where the plants are wanted to bloom, as they do 
not bear transplanting. Thin to six inches apart. Hardy 
annual; one foot high. 
Eschscholtzia, mandarin, a very beautiful variety. 
The outer side of the petals is brilliant 
scarlet , the inner side rick orange .15 
“ Californica, bright yellow . 5 
“ crocea, alba, fl. pi., creamy white, double _ 5 
“ “ striata, beautifully striped . 5 
“ mixed. 5 
EULALIA JAPOMCA. 
A most magnificent ornamental grass from Japan, 
growing five to six feet high, and exceedingly graceful. 
A single plant often makes thirty to forty elegant, re¬ 
curved flower spikes of light violet color, resembling 
ostrich plumes. Beautiful for vases in the winter. 
Transplant from hot-bed, ten feet apart. 
Eulalia, Japonica, light violet, beautiful . 10 
watered abundantly. The soil best adapted to their 
growth is a turfy, fibrous peat, mixed with sand and 
leaf mold, and underlaid with pieces of broken crock. 
FEVERFEW .-(See Matricaria and Pyrethrum). 
FORGET-ME-NOT-CMyosotis). 
The Forget-Me-Not is an old favorite plant, bearing 
clusters of star shaped, delicate blue flowers with white 
and yellow eyes. It flourishes best in a moist, shady, 
situation, and it is in constant bloom nearly the whole 
season. If the seed be sown in autumn, it will succeed 
best, and flower early in spring. Hardy perennial; six 
inches high. 
Myosotis, palustris, blue flowers, with white and 
yellow eyes. . 
“ Alpestris nana ccerulea, plant of dwarf, com¬ 
pact habit, flowers bright blue ; very fine ; 
four to six inches high.. 
Euphorbia. 
ElTOL'A. 
Foliage dull green, covered with hairs; blossoms blue, 
striped, three quarters of an inch across, produced in 
terminal racemes. Excellent for cutting, because a 
branch placed in water will bloom many days, and the 
blue is intense in color. Succeeds best in warm, sandy 
soil, not over rich. Sow in open ground early in spring, 
and thin to one foot apart. Hardy annual; one foot 
high. 
Eutoca, viscida, blue. 5 
“ alba striata, striped. 5 
“ mixed. c 
FEATHER C;RASS-(Stlpa). 
Hardy, perennial, ornamental grass of much beauty, 
used in the formation of winter bouquets. Seeds should 
be started in hot-bed, as they germinate slowly. 
Stipa, pennata (Feather Grass), delicate and 
pretty. . 
EUPHORBIA. 
Euphorbia, variegata, hardy annual; foliage 
beautifully veined and margined with white; 
very showy. Sometimes known as Mountain 
of Snow. 
Fern. 
Many of the most beautiful sorts are propagated from 
seed only. Their exceeding grace and beauty will well 
repay all care bestowed upon them. 
Ferns, fine mixed, an almost endless variety . 25 
“ fifty finest species mixed, very beautiful ... .25 
Our jacket 0/ fifty species mixed contains all 
the newest and most desirable kinds of ferns. 
FERNS. 
Flowerless plants, too well known to need description. 
Many of the varieties are exquisitely beautiful. The 
plants should be kept in a warm, humid atmosphere, and 
Forget-Me-N ot. 
