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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
^ Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. They are also used along walks and driveways 
B M JL _ _ and are often grown in window boxes. Their richness of color, duration of bloom and easy cul- 
B ^ ture will always make them popular. They endure drought, exceptionally well. The seed we 
JL V>x %m V*JL JLJLC% offer is the result of careful hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a propor¬ 
tion of double flowers as any. 
In so m • strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five inches across; in others, they are deeply fringed: still others 
have star-like markings radiating from the throat and extending nearly or quite to the outer margin of the blossom; again, 
others have full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red-purple and are variously striped and blotched. 
Plant the s • *d, which m exceedingly fine, in a war n, open, sunny place. Seeds may be sown directly m the open ground: or 
for early results the plants may be started in cold-frame, hot bed or in pots indoors, in a temperature averaging sixty to 
s venty degrees. Water with a fine spray and do not permit the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and should not 
be trusted in the open until danger of rrost is over. Any good, friable garden soil, well pulverized and in good condition may 
be used, and the seed covered with about one-eighth to one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. The rows should 
he two feet apart. Thin to eighteen inches apart. The plants begin to bloom when small and continue until cut off by frost. 
Tender perennial, blooming the first year; about one and one-half feet high. 
Petunias may also be grown under glass in winter. The best method is to sow seeds late in summer and grow stocky 
plants in pots, but old plants can be lifted on the approach of old weather, cut back and taken inside for winter bloom. 
Single Dwarf Compact (Inimitable Dwarf) Bushy plants only about eight inches high, covered with small flowers, generally 
striped or blotched. In many the markings are as beautifully star-shaped as in the strain offered as “Star*’ petunyi. .Pkt. 15c. 
Countess of Ellesmere. Flowers single, deep rose, white throat, very small. A good bedder . “ io c . 
Nyctaginiflora. Flowers white, fragrant. A good white bedding variety ; very floriferous . “ lOc. 
Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched flowers in a wide range of brilliant colors. A fine bedder. 
Oz. 90c. Pkt. 10c. 
Fine Mixed. An excellent variety of markings including white, stripes and shades of rose, red and purple. A very satisfactory 
mixture. Oz. 60c .Pkt. 10c. 
Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large percentage of double flowers in a good range of colors . “ 20c. 
LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 
Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowers very large; some striped, others self colored. ^ Oz. $1-00.Pkt. 10c. 
Fringed and Stained Mixed. Very attractive, deeply fringed flowers in a variety of colors. “ 20c. 
Superbissima Mixed. Flowers of immense size, superbly colored with throats beautifully veined. We have carefully compared 
other strains sold as “Giants of California," etc., and have found none superior and many of them not equal to our strain of 
this magnificent variety...Pkt. 25c. 
Brilliant Rose. Large flowers of very bright, yet delicate and exceptionally attractive rose color. One of the finest single 
varieties in cultivation and comes true from seed.Pkt. 25c. 
General Dodds. Large, single flowers of an exceedingly rich, dark purple color. .A vigorous and very persistent bloomer and 
there are few garden plants that will make so satisfactory a display.pkt. io c . 
Extra Double Fringed Mixed. Large flowering; many colors; flowers beautifully fringed. “ 25c. 
Grandiflora Robusta, fl. pi. Dwarf, of robust growth, forming a compact, upright, branched bush about ten inches in height 
and fourteen inches in width, with large flowers, many double and in all shades of colors existing in petunias. The latest of 
the varieties to bloom.Pkt. 25c. 
0 m (Dianthus) The Pinks are old-fashioned favorites and as a class are more varied in color than the Carna- 
B M | tions but lack their fragrance. Both the single and double Pinks are well adapted for bedding and borders, 
1 JUT W and are suitable also for cutting as the stems are of good length and the brilliantly colored flowers, often 
JL JL A one and one-half to two inches across, contrast vividly with the rather narrow bright light green leaves. 
Seed may be sown in the open ground in spring after danger of frost is past, in the place where the 
plants are wanted to bloom. Use well pulverized soil, preferably sandy loam. Make the rows one foot to fifteen incites apart 
an l cover the seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. When two inches high, thin six to eight inches apart. 
spring blooming, if in a well drained situation and 
Plants compact , bushy, usually about one foot high. When grown for spring 
protected by a light mulch of straw or leaves, the pl£ 
slants are less likel 
likely to winter-kill than if in a moist unprotected part of the 
r will produce more and better blooms than those of the first 
season. 
Crimson Belle, lticli, vivid crimson color; flower single, of large size and splendid substance, evenly and finely laciniated Pkt. 10c. 
Eastern Queen. Single flowers beautifully marbled and striped with light shades of red upon lighter ground. Border of 
petals finely cut or laciniated.Pkt. 10c. 
Royal Pinks ( Heddeicigi nobilis) These 
very large, single flowers afford a wide 
range of colors. Petals deeply cut and 
fringed and flowers in splendid shades 
from blood-red to carmine, pink and even 
white. Plants dwarf and very free flow¬ 
ering. pkt. 10c. 
Heddewig’s Single Mixed. A splendid mix¬ 
ture of single flowers of the best shades 
ami beautifully marked. Plants dwarf; 
very free flowering. Oz. 50c .. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Brilliant Maroon. A beautiful 
variety easily cultivated; rich, deep red 
.Pkt. 10c. 
Double Dark Purple. An attractive and 
particularly useful color in pinks. The 
flowers are double, of large size, fine form 
and are suitable for cutting. Pkt. 15c 
Double Diadem Mixed (Ileddeirirfs) Very 
regular, double, anti all tints from crim¬ 
son purple to deep black purple. Oz. 00c. 
.....Pkt. 10c. 
Double Japan Mixed (Chincnsis laciniatus) 
The flowers are rich in hue; very double, 
deep fringed petals. Colors vary from 
white to rose, lilac, carmine, crimson, 
scarlet, purple, brown and almost black, 
spotted and striped. Oz. 80c...Pkt. 10c. 
Double China Mixed ( Chinensi8) White 
and dark crimson selves, also white tip¬ 
ped light purple and shades of red with 
darker blotchings. A mixture of double 
pinks unsurpassed in variety of brilliant 
coloring and marking. Oz. ‘10c. Pkt. 10c. 
Snowdrift. Clear white, double and fully 
as large as the popular Marguerite 
Carnation; desirable for chitting. Pkt. 15c. 
Pinks 
