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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Pansies are now produced in an almost infinite variety of colors and markings. Their brilliancy 
of shading, extended season of blooming and long keeping characteristics make them general 
favorites. We have been interested in the bringing forward of advanced types of very large 
varieties in this country as well as in Europe, and our stocks are the very best obtainable. We 
spare neither pains nor expense to satisfy the most critical trade. Every year we visit the 
gardens of the most expert specialists in Europe and are in position to give our customers the benefit of their knowledge. 
Seed may be sown indoors very early in spring, or a little later in the open ground, and transplanted when an inch high. 
Such plants will commence to bloom in June. If sown in July, the plants will bloom in the fall, or if sown in September, the 
following spring. The largest and best flowers are produced by young plants which have been grown rather slowly in a partially 
shaded situation, and in very rich soil; coolness and moisture are necessary. A situation sheltered from high winds and exposed 
to the morning sun is most favorable and frequent sprinklings are advantageous. Hardy perennial, four to six inches high. 
LARGE FLOWERING 
Gold Margined. Large, well formed flowers; very rich dark red, 
bordered and tinged golden yellow. Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 10c. 
King of the Blacks. Large velvety, pure black, probably the 
darkest flower grown. Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 10c. 
Meteor. Flowers large, rich, velvety red or mahogany. Excel¬ 
lent for massing or edgings. Very hardy. Oz. $1.50.. Pkt. 10c. 
pure Yellow. Brilliant, deep lemon yellow color, large flower¬ 
ing variety. Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 10c. 
Variegated and Striped. The flowers of this variety are 
beautifully striped in various colors, very rich and attractive. 
Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 10c. 
Violet White Edged. Deep warm violet, edged white. “ 10c. 
White. Flowers large and of fine form. An early, and very 
floriferous strain. Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 10c. 
Choice Mixed. Large flowering sorts. Oz. $1.00. “ 5c. 
Collection of eight splendid varieties.50c. 
GIANT FLOWERING 
Bugnot’s Very Large Stained, mixed. An exceptionally fine 
mixture of very large, blotched and stained flowers. Each 
petal distinctly blotched, and its margin usually veined. 
Sturdy plants. Many shades. Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 15c. 
Emperor William. Deep lavender blue petals, dark Prussian 
blue about the eye; very large flowering. Oz. $1.25- Pkt. 10c. 
Ferry’s Superbissima Blotched. Very large flowers of excep¬ 
tionally fine form and substance, usually ruffled and beauti¬ 
fully veined and blotched in all the finer and deeper shades 
and colors found in pansies. Plants very vigorous and florif¬ 
erous. Superior to rather than simply different from old 
strains. Wj Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 15c. 
Giant Blue Black. Very large flowers; a rich velvety purple, 
almost black. Pkt. 10c. 
Giant Flowering Parisian, mixed. Flowers of largest size, splen¬ 
did form and range of colors, as a rule in the lighter shades. 
Each petal usually beautifully blotched. Oz. $2.00. .Pkt. 10c. 
Giant Trimardeau, mixed. Our stock of this variety produces 
the largest pansies grown. Flowers of richest, most varied 
shades; generally marked with three large blotches. Plants 
very hardy and vigorous. Oz. $2.00..... Pkt. 10c. 
Giant Yellow ( Trimardeau ) Very large yellow flowers with 
large black centers. Pkt. 15c. 
Lord Bcaconsfield. The lower petals are very deep violet- 
purple, shading in upper petals to white, slightly tinted with 
purple. The flowers are very large and finely formed. 
Oz. $1.26 ....Pkt. 10c. 
Odier, or Very Large Stained, mixed. Very large flowers, dis¬ 
tinctly veined and each petal beautifully blotched. This is 
a very fine strain of pansies with wide range of splendid 
colors. Sturdy plants, very vigorous and floriferous. 
Oz. $4.00. Pkt. 15c. 
Extra Choice Mixed. From best named flowers of very large 
size. Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 10c. 
Pampas Grass 
(Gynerium argenteum) Magnificent ornamental grass, producing numerous flower stems surmounted 
by plumes of silvery inflorescence. Half hardy perennial; ten feet high. Pkt. 5c. 
Passion Flower ( Passifiora ) Most interesting and well known climber bearing singularly beautiful flowers. 
Ccerulea. Half hardy deciduous climber with blue and white flowers of remarkable'beauty. Pkt. 10c. 
c F » of in cr ( Lathyrus latifolius ) A hardy perennial climber producing for many weeks a succession of 
* LiVCl laollllg blossoms in clusters of eight to ten each. Only a few flowers can be expected the second 
season but in the third and fourth, the plants then being well established, an abundance of foliage and blooms is afforded. The 
plants die down late in the fall and start again in the spring. Sow seed in open ground. 
Mixed. White, rose and purple. Oz. 25c. Pkt. 5c. 
PELARGONIUM — (See Geranium) 
I> ■ |. Handsome, half hardy, herba- 
* enisiemon ceous perennials about two feet 
high and much in favor ror bedding out. Flowers 
bell-shaped or tubular, an inch and a half long, borne 
in racemes or spikes, white and various shades of 
rose and purplish red striped with white. 
Mixed. .Pkt. 10c. 
( Pceonia herbacea Chinensis) Well 
known herbaceous perennial plants 
which may be grown either from seed or roots. If 
the seed be sown in a cold frame in autumn, the 
plants will be large enough to transplant the follow¬ 
ing spring, and a year later will bloom. About three 
feet nigh. 
Double Mixed.Pkt. 25c. 
( Peony Roots are listed in autumn Bulb Catalogue.) 
PERIWINKLE —(See Vinca) 
Phlox Drummondi 
equalled in the magnificent display of their many 
and brilliantly colored flowers. Seed is usually sown 
very early in spring outdoors in rows one foot apart. 
Well pulverized soil, preferably rich and mellow, 
should be used and the seed, which germinates rather 
slowly, covered with about one-fourth inch of fine 
soil firmly pressed down. Thin to four inches apart. 
For very early blooming, seed may be sown outdoors 
in fall, or started indoors and transplanted early in 
April. Excellent for masses of separate colors or 
for bouquets. One foot high. 
Alba. Pure white, very desirable. Oz. 90c. Pkt. 10c. 
10c. 
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5c. 
Black Warrior. Very deep maroon. Oz. 90c. 44 
Isabellina. Creamy yellow. Oz. 90c. 44 
Kermesina Alba Oculata. Rosy Crimson, 
white eye. Oz. 90c.. 44 
Lilac. With white center. Oz. 90c. 44 
Rosea. Rose, with white eye. Oz. 90c. 44 
Rosy Chamois. Deep salmon rose. Oz. 90c.. 44 
Scarlet. Maroon center. Oz. 90c. 44 
Splendens. Crimson, pure white eye; one 
of the finest of this strain. Oz. 90c. 44 
Violet. Deep violet blue, white eye. Oz. 90c. 44 
Extra Choicest Mixed. Best large flowered 
varieties. Our mixture is unexcelled for 
profusion of bloom and wide range of bril¬ 
liant colors. Oz. 75c.. 44 
Phlox Drummondi 
