D. M. FERRY & CO., WINDSOR, O N T. 
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Peony 
(Pceonia herbacea Chinensis) Well known herbaceous perennial plants, with very double flowers and abundant 
_ dark green foliage, which may be grown either from seed or roots. 
The seed is of very slow growth, and germination may be hastened somewhat by cutting or filing carefully a notch through 
the shell of the seed, preferably <>n the rounding side. Rich, well prepared soil should be used and the seed covered one-half 
inch deep: keep well moistened and at a temperature of 50° to 60°. If the seed be sown in a cold frame in autumn, the plants 
will be large enough to transplant the following spring, and a vear later will bloom. Plants about three feet high. 
Double Mixed. ......... .\.....Pkt. 25c. 
PERIWINKLE — (See Vinca) (Peony Root* are listed in our autumn Bulb Catalogue.) 
Phlox Drummondi 
T)L1 _ _ 1* (Large Flowering) Unequalled in the magnificent display of their many and 
X^niOX urummonai brilliantly colored flowers. The plants are hardy bush-like annuals with many 
b roa( j flat-topped clusters of nearly round and star-shaped flowers. They are 
of easiest culture and bloom profusely through a long season. Especially attractive in masses or ribbon beds of contrasted 
colors: useful as window-garden plants and very desirable for combining in mixed bouquets. 
Seed is usually sown very early in spring outdoors in rows one foot apart. A sunny situation is desirable. Well pulverized 
soil, preferably rich and mellow, should be used and the seed, which germinates rather slowly, covered with about one-fourtli 
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. Hardy annual; one foot high. 
Alba. Pure white, very desirable. Oz. 90c.Pkt. 10c. Rosy Chamois. Deep salmon-rose. Oz. 90c. Pkt. 10c. 
Black Warrior. \ ery deep maroon. Oz. 90c. “ 10c. Scarlet. With maroon center. *' 10c. 
Isabellina. Creamy yellow. Oz. 90c. .... “ 10c. Splendens. Crimson, pure white eye. Oz. 90c. 44 lOc! 
Kermesina Alba Oculata. Rosy crimson, white eye. ^ Violet. Deep violet-blue, white eye. Oz. 90c. 44 10c! 
•P z ' ^9?,', V ’' * * *. *' Extra Choice Mixed. Best large flowered varieties. 
Lilac. With white center. Oz. 9<)c. ** 10c. Our mixture is unexcelled for profusion of bloom 
Rosea. Rose, with distinct eye. Oz. 90c. 44 10c. and wide range of brilliant colors. Oz. 75c. 44 10c. 
(Papaver) These well-known hardy annuals and perennials flower in great profusion throughout the 
I summer. Both the single and double varieties are verv desirable for bedding and borders. The flowers 
I ( ) |]| 11/ are remarkable for their large size, delicacy of tissue and wide range of bright dazzling colors. 
Mk \/ ? As early in spring as ground can he worked sow the seed, which is quite small, where the flowers 
M. are to bloom as the annual varieties do not bear transplanting. Pulverized soil, preferably light sandy 
loam, should be used. Make rows fifteen inches apart and cover seed one-fourth inch deep. When two inches high, thin from 
six inches to one foot. To insure continuous bloom during a long season the flowers should be cut regularly and no seed 
pods allowed to form. K , i, . .. 
Annual Varieties 
Shirley. A magnificent variety, producing through a long season large single flowers of charmingly delicate colors, ranging 
from pure white through shades of pink and rose to brightest scarlet and carmine-red. If cut before the blooms are fully 
expanded, they will keep fresh in water for several days. Hardy annual, about twenty inches high. Oz. 35c.Pkt. 10c. 
Ryburgh Hybrid. A very desirable new strain of poppies obtained by crossing the Shirley and Ranunculus varieties. They 
range in color from white through shades of salmon and pink to scarlet and red. The flowers are double or semi-double and the 
delicate texture of the tissue-like petals givesthe flower an exceptionally dainty appearance (See colored plate opposite) .Pkt. 25c. 
Tulip Flowered. Single bright scarlet tulip shaped flowers, a black spot appearing at the base of each petal. Hardy annual 
about one foot high. Oz. 00c....pjjl jq c ' 
JJmWum. Very rich vermilion; a most showy single variety; hardy annual, about two feet high. 44 lOc! 
Cardinal. Mowers large and very double, each petal being so finely cut as to give the blossom the appearance of a large ball 
of brilliant cardinal colored silk. Hardy annual, two feet high. Oz. 25c.Pkt. 10c. 
Double White Fringed. The finest double white poppy. Plant upright growing and floriferous. Flowers three to four inches 
across, perfectly double, finely fringed. Hardy annual, two feet high. Oz. 25c.Pkt. 10c. 
Double Carnation White. Pure white, double showy flowers, beautifully fringed. Oz. 15c.. “ * ioc! 
Double Carnation Mixed. Large showy double fringed flowers of various colors; hardy annual, about two feet high! 
Oz. 15c. ..i0c. 
Double Choice Mixed. Very large, double poppies in a variety of colors. About two feet high. Oz. 20c. 44 lOc! 
Perennial Varieties 
... Perennial poppies do best in rows one and one-half feet apart and one foot apart in the row. Seed may be sown outdoors 
either in spring or fall. 
Bracteatum. Flowers very large, single brilliant orange-crimson; base of petals bluish black. A garden perennial of most 
striking appearance: about two feet high. Pkt. 10c* 
Orientate. Very large single gorgeous scarlet blossoms: base of petals bluish black. One of the most showy garden perennials; 
about two feet hisrh. Oz. $2.00......... ... Pkt. 10c! 
Orientate Hybrids Mixed. A choice mixture of Orientate Poppies in shades of white, salmon, orange, scarlet and crimson. “ 10c. 
Carnation Poppy is an improved double form of the single Papaver Somniferum, used for the extraction of opium, 
we do not furnish seed of the opium poppy. 
