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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Briza, Maxima, 
Calceolaria, Rugosa. 
IIRIZA—(Ornamental Grass).—Very useful ornamental 
grass, much sought for in forming winter bouquets and 
wreaths; one foot high. Hardy annual; sow outdoors 
m April or May. 
Maxima, large; attractive. 5 
Grad I is, slender; .dwarf.5 
RROW A 1 . 1,1 A. These handsome, profuse bloomers are 
used freely both for in-door and out-door planting, on 
account of the ease with which they may be grown and 
their usefulness for cut flowers. Half hardy annual; 
height eighteen inches. 
Roezli, produces white and blue flowers.15 
Klata, fine mixed. [ ’ 'jq 
AN OPS IS—(laciniosa cry t li rocarpa).— An orna¬ 
mental climber of the gourd family, bearing green 
I nuts, which change in color as the season advances, to 
bright scarlet striped with white. Tender annual, ten 
feet, high; has tuberous roots which may be kept over 
like potatoes . 5 
C AC A LI A.— (See Tassel Flower.) 
CAL AM PELLS -(Kccremocarpus) Scaber. -A beauti¬ 
ful, tender climber from Chili, with delicate foliage, and 
bright orange blossoms in racemes, freely produced late 
in the season. Tender perennial; fifteen feet high.10 
C A L A N I) RIXI A.— Fi ne dwarf plants for growing in mass¬ 
es; produce an abundance of blossoms; well suited for 
edgings rockeries, etc. Tender annual; one-half to one 
foot high. 
Granriinora, rosy lilac . - 
Umbel lata, crimson . '!*...!!.!!!.!! 5 
CALC LOLA KI A. -A • favorite "and universally admired 
genus, remarkable for their large, beautifully spotted 
blossoms. An almost countless number of hybrids have 
been raised. They are grown in pots in the conserva¬ 
tory 1 green-house and garden. Herbaceous or shrubby 
evergreen perennials. 
Hybrida grand i flora, flowers of immense size; seed 
saved from finest specimens. 25 
Hybrida tigrina, flowers of the largest size, bciatifuily 
spotted. Seed saved from choicest collection . 25 
Hybrida pumila com pacta tigrina, dwarf variety. 
•ALCEOLARIA 
ten inches high. Flowers of fine form and beautiful 
color . .25 
Finest hybrids mixed, seed saved only from the most 
perfect flowers, embracing many of recent introduction; 
all desirable . 25 
Rugosa, shrubby.; grown in and out of doors. Saved 
from the finest varieties , mixed . 25 
CALEN DU LA.— (See Marigold.) 
CALIFORNIA POPPY.— (See Eschscholtzia.) 
C’A I-LA -ETHIOPICA—(Ethiopian Id ly). — An old and 
very desirable plant, either as an aquatic or as an orna¬ 
ment for the drawing room and conservatory. Will 
flower in one year from planting of the seed. Half 
hard}' perennial. 05 
CALLIOPSIS, OR COREOPSIS.— A very showy border 
plant, producing flowers in nearly every shade of. yel¬ 
low. orange, crimson, red and brown. Hardy annual; 
two feet high, mixed^fine . 5 
CALLIKHOE- (Poppy Mallow). Extremely hand¬ 
some border plants, bearing large, rich, violet-purple 
flowers in great profusion throughout the season. 
Hardy annual; one to two feet high. 
Involucrata, trailing; purplish-crimson. 5 
Pedata, purple, white eye . 5 
“ uaua, dwarf; one foot. 5 
CAMELLIA JAI’ONICA.— House or green-house 
evergreen, perennial shrubs, easily grown from seeds. 
As varieties do not come true from seed when plants 
are grown this way, one may have the pleasure of get¬ 
ting something distinct and of unusual merit. Mixed, 
finest double varieties.05 
CANARY R 1 RI) FLOWER (Tropoeolum pere- 
grinum).— A beautiful climber, the charming little 
canary colored blossoms bearing a fancied resemblance 
to a bird with its wings half expanded. The plant has 
a luxuriant, rambling character, and if the seeds are 
planted by the side of an arbor or trellis, will run 
twenty feet and blossom from July till frost comes 
Tender annual. jq 
Candytuft. Carmine. 
Candytuft. Rocket. 
CANDYTUFT (Ibe- 
Universally 
known and cultivat¬ 
ed. and considered 
indispensable for 
cutting. All the 
varieties look best 
in beds or masses. 
Hardy annual; one 
foot high. 
Purple. . 5 
White.5 
Rocket (Empress), 
white, extra large 
trusses. One would 
scarcely believe," 
without seeing it, 
what an improve¬ 
ment this is in size 
and quality of the 
flowering trusses 
over the common 
white variety. Ours 
can be relied on to 
be the large flower¬ 
ed kind .5, 
Fragrant, white . 5 
Crimson, fine. 5 
Carmine, of dwarf. 
compact habit... .10 
Fine mixed.5 
