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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
• (I)ianthus Caryophyllus) ‘•Carnation,” “Pink,” “ Clove Pink. Morists Pink, are names 
f applied by different people to the same or to different plants of several species as well as to 
1^3.1 nSLll Oil hybrids between them, they are all easily grown from seed and very free blooming, the Mowers 
W1V,AA being bright colored and with a most delicious clove-hke fragrance, borne varieties are best 
adapted for pot culture and make fine house plants; others do best in the open ground. Half hardy perennial. 
Large Flowering Carnations Best Suited for Pot Culture 
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Double Perpetual Flowered Mixed. An exceedingly beautiful variety producing very double Mowers of various shades and colors. 
Seed saved from choicest double Mowers...;.*-.•VT'L’j- .** 25c * 
Fine Double Selves. Seeds from finest self-colored named varieties grown in the open ground; many beautiful shades.. io c . 
Fine Double Striped. Seed from fine named 
striped varieties. Pkt. 15c. 
Choicest White Ground. Seed from choice, 
large flowered, named varieties, with nearly 
white petals bordered or tinted with red or 
purple. Pkt. 35c. 
Extra Choice Double Mixed. Seed from choic¬ 
est French, German, Italian and English 
named sorts. Certain to produce a large pro¬ 
portion of double and finely formed and 
colored Mowers in a great variety of shades 
and markings. Oz. $2.50. Pkt. 15c. 
Choice Double Mixed. A mixture contain¬ 
ing many of the very choicest colors and 
types. Pkt. 10c. 
Picotee, Extra Fine Double Mixed. Extra fine 
seed from named varieties, petals spotted and 
splashed; sure to give Mowers or splendid 
quality in good proportion. Pkt. 25c. 
Varieties Adapted to both Pot and 
Outdoor Culture 
Carnation 
Seed may be sown outdoors early in spring, 
using well pulverized soil, preferably sandy 
loam. Make rows one foot apart and cover 
seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly 
pressed down. When two inches high, thin to 
six inches apart. For earlier blooming start 
indoors. Half hardy perennials, fifteen inches 
high, except Marguerite which can be treated 
very successfully as an annual. 
Early Double Snow White. A splendid sort for 
either pot culture or the garden. The plants 
are vigorous, erect and bushy; come into 
Mower very early and furnish abundant 
bloom for a long time. The Mowers are 
large, double, clear white and wonderfully 
fragrant. Pkt. 25c. 
Marguerite. The plants of this wonderfully 
Mne strain may be made to bloom in four 
months. Flowers large, double, very fragrant 
and appear in very attractive shades of 
color. One of the best carnations in cultiva¬ 
tion. Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 5c. 
Double Dwarf Vienna Mixed. Large flowered 
and comes into bloom early, producing Mow- 
ers of many colors and beautiful markings; 
a large proportion double. Oz. $1.50.Pkt. 10c. 
Double Red Grenadin. Comes into bloom very 
early and the charming, double, scarlet 
Mowers are vefy valuable for forming bou¬ 
quets. Pkt. 15c. 
Castor Bean 
( Ricinus ) Tall majestic plants for lawns; with leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed metallic 
hue and long spikes of scarlet, or of green, prickly fruit. Makes a rapid, vigorous growth in rich 
soil. Sow seed outdoors after danger from frost is over, or for earlier blooms start indoors anti 
For best development each plant should have at least four feet each way. Tender annual: six to fifteen feet high. 
Wonderfully vigorous, from ten to fifteen feet high. Leaves have a brilljant luster, measuring about thirty mc^. 
. “ 5c. 
. “ 5c. 
Oz. 15c... 
transplant. , 
Zanzibariensis. Wonderfully vigorous, from ten--rw orv. 
across, ranging in color from bright green to deep bronze. Mixed A arietibs, Oz. 40c 
Sanguineus ( Tricolor ) Blood red stalks with red venation in leaves; height about six feet. 
Castor Bean, Mixed. A desirable mixture of all the named varieties. Oz. Ioc. 
A class of plants having colored foliage and in which the innumerable small Mowers and seed vessels 
together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, sometimes gracefully arranged^ like 
Celosia 
plumes and sometimes more dense, being corrugated and frilled at the edge like a cock 8 <g)mb. They 
form the gayest possible decoration, retaining their brilliant coloring for a long time. Seed may pe 
sown outdoors as early in spring as ground is warm and dry, using if possible light, rich, well pulverized soil, and Riving plenty 
of moisture. For larger and more beautiful plumes start the seed very early indoors and transplant to place when weather is 
settled Also adapted for the greenhouse and conservatory. Half hardy'annuals. . .. 
Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. The plant is two or more feet high, and is covered with long, brilliantly colored and gracefully 
Triumph' of the Exposition. 11 PI ant of°pramidal form, bearing many exceedingly graceful’, feather-like spikes of intensely hrd- 
VaricLated! °A strain between Vhe plumosa and'’cockscomb types in which the plumes are broadened at tiie top, variegated and 
Japan^Vlant grows\woto two and one-h^lf °feet hYgh*and° is covered with spikes which are finely crested and of brilliant colors 
_^ grows . 
usually variegated crimson and deep yellow' 
Dwarf and Tree Cockscomb Types 
Giant Empress. This beautiful dwarf plant has dark red leaves 
and forms immense bright, crimson combs. Height about 
one foot. ■••••• .. • • *Pkt. J 2 C * 
Dwarf Rose. One foot high; large rose-colored combs. 10c. 
Dwarf Yellow. Large yellow'combs. Height one foot.. 10c. 
Glasgow Prize. (’President Thiers) Plant resembles an immense 
comb, densely corrugated; brilliant, deep purplish red. 
Height ten to twelve inches. Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf growing sorts. 
Oz. $1.75 . Pkt. 5c. 
