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1>. M. FERRY <1* CO’S I) ESC RIF TJ VK CATALOGUE. 
Chamaerops, excelsa (Hempen Palm of China), 
is a green-house variety in our climate. As a 
lawn plant in our Southern States, nothing 
could be more conspicuously attractive. A 
well grown specimen will attain the height of 
twenty-five or thirty feet.25 
PAMPAS GRASS—(Gyiieriuiu). 
Magnificent, ornamental grass, producing numerous 
flower stems, surmounted by plumes of silvery inflores¬ 
cence. Half-hardy perennial, from South America; ten 
feet high. Start in heat. 
Gynerium, argenteum.10 I 
Pansy, gold margined..15 
4 ‘ mahogany colored .15 
“ violet, white edged.15 
“ Prince Bismarck, golden bronze, marbled; 
remarkably beautiful.15 
44 Lord Beaconsfield, the ground color is purple- 
violet, shading off in top petals only to a 
whitish hue, a peculiarity which lends to the 
whole flower an unusually bright appearance. 
The flowers are of immense size, and it is 
altogether very desirable.15 
“ Snow Queen, or Snow Flake, fowers of a 
delicate , pure white: very pretty.15 
PANSV. 
These lovely flow¬ 
ers are favorites with 
all, not only for the 
brilliancy and varie¬ 
ty of their colors, 
but for the durability 
of their bloom. Seed 
may be sown in open 
ground in spring or 
summer, or in hot¬ 
bed early in spring. 
Young plants pro¬ 
duce the largest and 
best flowers. The 
plants should always 
occupy a cool, par¬ 
tially shaded situa¬ 
tion, and the ground 
cannot be too rich; 
coolness and mois¬ 
ture are necessary. 
1 ransplant when an 
inch high. Seed 
sown in July will 
blossom late in au¬ 
tumn; if sown in 
October, will bloom the following spring. Hardy bien¬ 
nial; four inches high. 
In Germany, where the culture of the Pansy is carried 
to the utmost perfection, the following method is ob¬ 
served : 
A fresh bed of rich vegetable mold is selected every 
year, worked deeply and thoroughly manured; liquid 
manure also being applied occasionally during the sea¬ 
son. The bed is well soaked the day previous to sowing 
and the »jed is kept evenly moist and well shaded during 
the germinating period (eighteen to twenty days). 
Later the plants are transplanted to a similar bed, 
where they grow well into winter, producing an abund¬ 
ance of large flowers. 
The following varieties we have imported from 
the best English , German and French florists and 
can recommend them with confidence . They are 
saved from the choicest and largest flowers , and 
comprise all shades of color, from pure white to 
King of the Blacks. 
Pansy, copper colored ..15 J 
“ Emperor William, indigo, dark center . 15 | 
“ King of the Blacks, coal black.15 
“ large stained, large and extra fine.15 
“ Odier, each petal blotched.15 
“ pure yellow .15 
“ variegated and striped, fine .15 
44 white, pure. . 15 
44 purple, white edged.15 
44 sky blue. 15 
44 fawn colored.15 
Pansy. 
Pansy, Trimardeau, an entirely distinct and 
beautiful race with flowers of the richest and 
most varied shades of color. The plants are 
of a vigorous and compact growth, and the 
flowers, which possess unusual substance and 
consistency, are each marked with three large 
blotches or spots. They are of fine form and 
Pansy, Striped. 
