D. M. FERRY <5c CO S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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Bachelor s Button. Balsam. C 
AURICULA—(Primula). — Called also Primula Auricula 
and French Cowslip. This is an old and well-known fa¬ 
vorite. Culture same as for Primrose. Tender perennial; 
height six inches. 
Alpine, the mbst hardy variety.15 
Finest prize, mixture of all the choicest varieties.20 
AZALEA IN I>IC A.— Spring flowering shrubs, universally 
admired for their beautiful flowers, which are produced 
in great profusion. Finest mixed. ..25 
BACH ELOR’S BUTTON—(Centaurea Cyan us).—' This 
is the widely known and ever popular “ Corn Flower'” 
or *• Corn Bottle " which, if the seed is sown just as soon 
as the ground is fit in spring, will furnish a profu¬ 
sion of white, blue and pink flowers from July until late 
in autumn. Hardy annual; two to three feet high. 5 
BALLOON VINE — (Cardiospermum halicacabum). 
—Remarkable for its inflated membranous capsules; 
sometimes called Love-in-a-PufT. A rapid and graceful 
climber. Tender annual; six feet high. Flowers white.. 10 
BALSAM— (Impatiens).— Known as Lady Slipper and 
Touch-Me-Not. Balsams have been so greatly unproved 
by cultivation thjit with proper treatment and good seed 
a single flower is the exception now rather than the rule. 
Hardy annual: one to two feet high. 
Double Solferino, satiny white, streaked and spotted 
with crimson and lilac. - Very choice .10 
Double Camellia, as double asa Camellia, which they 
resemble; white, blotched with various colors.10 
Mixed, double rose, has perfectly double, rose like blos¬ 
soms of almost every shade ami color . 10 
Double dark red, ( (itrosan guinea pianissimo), a very 
double, dark red variety, highly recommended..10 
Double pure white, well adapted for florists, for bou¬ 
quets ; very double . 20 
Mixed, double dwarf, about one foot high . 5 
Double, tall, grows about two feet high.. . 5 
BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS—(False Indigo). Ornament¬ 
al border plants producing bright blue, pea shaped flow¬ 
ers, borne on spikes six inches long. Hardy herbaceous 
perennial; three feet high. Blue . 10 
BARTONIA AUREA.—A pretty flowering plant of the 
Gentian family, producing a profusion of fine, bright 
metallic yellow blossoms about two inches across. 
Tender annual; one foot high . 5 
BEGONIA (Tuberous Rooted Varieties). 
It is but a few years since this magnificent race of 
Begonias was introduced to general culture and the 
marvelous hold it has gained on the public favor is only 
equaled by the improvements that have been made in 
the size and substance and range of colors of the flow-, 
ers. There are but few plants easier grown from seeds 
and if they are sown in February or March, and the 
young plants kept growing right along, they will fur¬ 
nish a profusion of flowers the first summer. At the 
end of the season the plants may be dried off by with¬ 
holding water, the tubers gathered and kept in a dry 
place, free from frost, and planted the following spring, 
when they will bloom more freely than ever. They are 
equally charming either as house plants or planted in 
masses in cooi. partially shaded places. Tubers are 
offered for sale by some, but they are very expensive and 
a single packet of seed, if properly handled, will fur¬ 
nish what would cost many dollars. 
Single mixed, very choicest.25 
Double “ “ “ ..'35 
FIBROUS ROOTED SORTS. 
Of the kinds offered under this head Begonia Rex is 
grown for its ornamental foliage, while the other 
kinds are among the very best for flowering in the 
house, or in partly shaded locations out doors. 
ELLIA. BARTONIA, AurEA. 
Robusta perfecta, of robust, compact habit, dark 
green foliage and brilliant double cinnabar scarlet 
flowers.50 
Seinperflorens alba. A very useful variety well adapt¬ 
ed to home or out door culture. Plants of compact, 
dwarf habit and are, under proper treatment, almost 
continuous bloomers. Easily grown; flowers pure 
white.15 
Seinperflorens rosea, like the above, except flowers 
are rose colored.15 
Vernon (seinperflorens atropurpurea). Flowers 
brilliant rich red. which are set off perfectly by the 
abundant glossy green leaves broadly margined with 
bronze anti purple. Extremely hardy and floriferous, 
the best of the seinperflorens class; new.15 
Rex, ornamental leaved varieties, finest mixed.25 
Begonia, Tuberous Rooted. Single 
BELVIDERE-(Clienopodlum scoparium), Sum¬ 
mer Cypress.— An ornamental, cypress like plant 
with inconspicuous, green flowers, nearly hidden by the 
foliage. It is well adapted for growing in cemeteries. 
Hardy annual . 5 
BIGNONIA RADIO A NS—(Trumpet Vine).— Well 
known, perhaps the most showy, and is one of the best 
hardy, deciduous climbers for covering verandas, 
arbors, trunks of trees, old walls, etc. Flowers brilliant 
scarlet, trumpet shaped; hardy perennial.10 
BOCCONIA JA PO NIC A—(cordate). —Stately and 
showy, perfectly hardy herbaceous perennial, suitable 
for planting singly or in groups. One of the earliest 
plants to begin growth in the spring, Handsome foli¬ 
age; height four to seven feet . 10 
BRAGHYCOME-fSwan River Daisy).—Effective in 
edgings, beds or rustic baskets. Half hardy annual: 
one-half foot high, free flowering. Mixed, blue and 
white... 10 
