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D. M. Ferry A. Co s Descriptive Catalogue. 
IPOMEA. 
Beautiful climbers. ,ind exceedingly attractive mixed 
with other 
climbers. T h e 
flowers are of a 
variety of shapes 
and sizes, and of 
an endless num¬ 
ber of colors, 
many being won- 
drously brilliant, 
and of graceful : 
form. They are i 
alike good for > 
green-house, for , 
pots and baskets, ) 
and for trellis, 
stumps, atbors, 
etc. They require 
heat in starting, 
and some of the 
, varieties will not 
Ipomea, bo^a nox. s ..cceeed out of 
the green-house. Tender annual; five to ten feet 
high. 
Ipomea, coccinea (Star Ipomea), fine scarlet. 5 
'* bona nox (Good Night), pure white.10 
“ limbata, elegantly blotched and margined with 
white..10 
limbata hybrida, great variety of colors; fine. 10 
“ elegantissima, large flowers, in form 
of a five pointed star, with intense purple 
center, and pure white margin . 10 
rubra cccrulea, immense flowers of bright ce¬ 
lestial blue; stove or green-house climber.... 10 
fine mixed.. .10 
MPOMEA QUAMOCUT (SCypress Vine) 
Job’s Tears. 
winter bouquets, in connection with everlasting frowj-s, 
and strings of handsome beads are formed from the 
seeds. Plant in open ground, in hills three feet apart, 
four or five seeds in a hill, and cover half an inch deep. 
Hardy annual ; three feet high. 
Coix, lachryma (Job’s Tears). .... . 5 
JOSEPH’S COAT-(See Amaranth us Tricolor). 
KAII.FUSSIA. 
Beautiful, free blooming little plants of dwarf and 
compact growth, somewhat resembling the single asters. 
Flowers are light blue, pure white, and the most intense 
violet-purple of any annual in cultivation—the richest 
color imaginable. A good plant for mixed beds and 
borders. Hardy annual ; six inches high. 
Kaulfussia, fine mixed. => 
IPOMOPSIS (See Tree Cypress). 
Jacobaea, double. 
JACOBiEA 
<S**«ecioV 
Remarkably pretty, free 
growing, profuse flowering 
plants, almost unsurpassed 
for brilliancy and beauty. 
Grow freely from seed, and 
are easily propagated from 
cuttings, not one in fifty 
failing. The double are 
the only ones worth culti- 
-•ating. Hardy annuals 
in open border, biennial in 
green-house. Sow in loam 
mixed with leaf mold. One 
foot high. 
Jacobsea, double crimson, extra fine.... 10 
“ double white, elegant..10 
double dwarf blue, constant in height, pure 
in color, and double to the center.10 
mixed, above varieties mixed 
10 
JASMINE. 
Hardy, deciduous, ornamental shrubs, growing three 
feet high, and producing beautiful yellow flowers.which 
are very fragrant, and much admired. The seeds re¬ 
quire bottom heat to start. 
Jasrainum, fruticans, yellow; fragrant.10 
JOB’S TEARS—(Coix). 
Carious, ornamental grass from East Indies, with 
broad, corn-likc leaves, and seeds of a light slate color, 
wonderfully lustrous. Valuable for the formation of 
Kaulfussia. 
EANTANA. 
These plants are rapid growers, forming small, hardy 
shrubs; and producing their pink, yellow, orange,white, 
constantly changing heads of flowers in great abund¬ 
ance. They have an agreeable, aromatic perfume. Start 
under glass. Any loamy soil suits them, and they are 
readily increased by cuttings, in sand, in heat. 
Lantana, finest French hybrids mixed, all colors.10 
alba magna, pure white; one foot.15 
“ Imperatrice Eugenie, rosy lilac; two feet., to 
EARKSPIR—(Delphinium), 
The Larkspur is one of the handsomest and most 
useful of plants, and for large gardens is invaluable. 
The leaves are much divided, flowers in terminal 
spikes. I’he brilliancy of some of the colors is un- 
