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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
Salpiglossis 
Very showy bedding or border plants 
with richly colored, funnel-shaped 
* llowers which a borne on long 
graceful stems. The fiowdrs-of mirptev scarlet, crimson, yellow, 
bull, blue or almost black are beautifully veined or penciled and 
are excellent for cut Mowers. They are easily grown and are 
most desirable for beds or borders. 
For early blooming seed may be started indoors as early as 
the middle of March and the young plants set out in tlie garden 
one foot apart, or seed may be sown outdoors after settled warm 
weather. Blooms from August to October. Half hardy annual; 
about two feet high. 
Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grown large, long stemmed Mowers, 
in many beautiful shades and markings. Oz. 50c. Pkt. 10c. 
Large Flowering Mixed. A mixture of improved dwarf, very 
large Mowerlng sorts, more compact than ordinary varieties and 
with much larger more richly colored Mowers.Pkt. 10c. 
Salvia 
(Flowering Sage) Among the most brilliantly 
colored of garden Mowers and extremely 
useful for bedding; also valuable for pot 
culture and cutting. Blooms are borne in 
long spikes well above the foliage and are of fiery red. crimson 
or blue, continuing in Mower a long time. The densely tilled Mower 
spikes are often eight to ten inches long and include thirty or 
more tube-like Morets, one to two inches in length. 
Start early in heat and transplant into light soil one to two 
feet apart; or seed can be sown outdoors after danger from frosr 
is past. Tender perennial, but blooms the first season; height 
one and one-half to three feet. 
Splendens. Sold also as “ Splendens Bonfire.” The large, bril¬ 
liant scarlet Mowers are in very striking contrast with the rich, 
dark green background of dense foliage. This variety is most 
generally used in parks and on extensive lawns, as it is more 
vigorous than the dwarf varieties. One of the most distinct 
and effective bedding plants. Two and one-half to three feet 
high. Oz. $2.00.Pkt. 10c. 
Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered 
under different names claiming they are larger Mowered or 
more Moriferous than the old type. Wo have found none more 
valuable than this strain in which the plant is more uniformly 
dwarf, and comes into bloom earlier than most sorts and 
remains covered with brilliant red Mower spikes a remarkably 
longtime. Height of plant about two feet.Pkt. 10c. 
Patens. One of the finest blue Mowers known; not as well suited 
for bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but very attrac¬ 
tive in the mixed border or in the greenhouse. Height of plant, 
about one and one-half to two feet.Pkt. 15c. 
SCABIOSA —(See Mourning Bride) 
SCARLET FLAX — (See Linum) 
Scarlet Runner Beans ^a??ito!,e°r W belrmg 
sprays of brilliant scarlet pea shaped blossoms. Used either 
as a snap or shell bean for eating as well as being desirable 
for ornamental purposes. Seed may be planted out of doors 
as soon as danger of frost is past. Vines ten to twelve 
feet high... Pkt. 10c. 
Schizanthus 
Retusus Trimaculatus. Also known 
as ButterMy Flower or Poor Man's 
Orchid. Dainty compact branching plants with finely cut 
foliage, covered when in bloom with clusters or spikes of 
brilliantly colored butterily-like flowers. Valuable for 
garden decoration or pot culture. Petals bright yellow with 
margins and tube of carmine or purple-rose, shading from 
lighter to darker shades. 
The seed may be sown outdoors after danger of frost, 
is past, where the plants are to remain: or start inside and 
transplant when weather is suitable. Hardy annual;about 
twenty inches high .Pkt. 15c. 
SENSITIVE PLANT — (See Mimosa Pudica) 
O_»1 ( MyrsipJiyllum asparagoides ) No twining 
P lant * n cultivation surpasses this in 
k “ , * a *** v *’ , ^‘ graceful beauty of foliage. Indispensable 
to florists for table and house decoration. The ban! texture 
of its small glossy green leaves permits the long delicate 
sprays of foliage to be kept without wilting several days 
after being cut. 
Planted in spring it makes a fine pot plant for fall and 
winter. The seed germinates, very slowly. The process 
may be hastened somewhat by soaking the seed in hot 
water for ten hours before planting, but even then it is 
often six or eight weeks before the plants make their 
appearance. Tender perennial climber, ten feet high, 
oz. roc. Pkt. 10c. 
Salpiglossis 
