D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
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Gypsophila 
Delicate, free-flowering plants covered with star-shaped flowers, valuable for mist-like effects anil as 
_ _ trimming in bouquets; also for hanging baskets or edgings. Sometimes called Baby’s Breath. Will 
thrive in almost any well prepared ground but does best on a limestone soil. Make handsome specimens dried. 
Elegans Large Flowering Pure White. Aii improved large flowering strain, superior to the common Elegans not only in size 
of flowers but also in color. Oz. 25c . . .Pkt. 10c. 
Elegans Mixed. Very small, delicate white and rose-pink flowers. Hardy annual; one foot high. Oz. 25c . “ 10c. 
Muralis. Charming, easily grown border plants having very small pink flowers. Hardy annual; six inches high. “ lOc. 
HEDYSARUM — (See French Honeysuckle ) 
HELIANTHUS —(See Sunflower) 
(Everlasting) Sometimes 
1 yauill ca ii ecl straw Flower. 
Large full, double daisy-like flower heads with 
prominent centers and stiff overlapping scales, 
produced in various shades of bright yellow and 
scarlet on stems of good length. Desirable as dried 
specimens and for use in making winter bouquets, 
f or this purpose the flowers should be gathered 
when on the point of expanding. 
Sow early in spring; thin to one foot apart 
each way. Hardy annual; two to two and one-naif 
feet high. 
Mon8trosum, fl. pi., mixed. Largest double flowers. 
Oz. 40c.Pkt. 10c. 
Well-known and much 
admired border and bed¬ 
ding plants, highly 
valued for the blue color and fragrance of their 
branching clusters of small salver-shaped flowers. 
Sow the seed early in spring, in mellow soil 
indoors, and when plants are one to two inches 
high, prick out into pots. Transplant to place 
when three to four inches high. Will live outdoors 
through the winter in a warm climate. Desirable 
also as a pot-plant for indoor blooming from fall 
sown seed. Half hardy perennial; one and one 
half to two feet high. 
Anna Turrell. Violet-blue.Pkt. 10c. 
King of the Blacks. Deep purple, almost 
black. “ 10c. 
Regal. Dwarf plants with immense (lower 
heads of many shades. Early flowering... 
Dark Varieties Mixed. Very choice. 
Oz. $1.25. 
HESPERIS MATRONALIS— (See Rocket ) 
Heliotrope 
10c 
10c. 
Gypsophila 
HlKiCPllC Afrir^nilC A vigorous branching plant. of easy 
* llUIoLUo /Til ILalluo culture, with pretty foliage and large, 
light yellow or cream-colored blossoms, dark purple in the center. The flowers 
are exceedingly showy, saucer-shaped, often two to three inches across; not of 
very long duration, but continue to bloom from early summer till October. 
The seed should be planted early, and the plants should be thinned to one foot 
apart each way. Hardy annual; about two feet high. Oz. 20c. Pkt. 10c. 
w w (Althaea rosea) For a background to a flower 
U garden nothing is better than the improved 
TwllV llOvclV strains we offer of this tall old fashioned garden 
* ^ perennial. The large, richly colored blossoms, 
about three inches across, ranging from deep yellow and red to pure white, are 
set as rosettes around the strong growing flower stalks. 
Sow seed in June or July, in open ground, and in the autumn, when the plants 
have made five leaves, transplant to permanent position two to three feet apart. 
The following summer they will bloom. All double varieties are hardy peren¬ 
nials; five feet high. 
Early Flowering. Blooms readily the first year from seed sown in spring. A wide 
range of colors in large single or semi-double flowers. Oz. $1.25...,. Pkt. 15c. 
Chater’s Finest Mixed. Double perfection . 15c. 
Double Blood Red. Oz. $1.25. 15c. 
“ Deep Rose. Oz. $1.25... „ 15c. 
44 Lemon Yellow. Oz. $1.25. 44 15c. 
“ Pink. Oz. $1.25. „ 15c. 
“ Salmon. Rich salmon color, suffused with pink Oz. $1.50. m 15c. 
“ Pure White. Our special improved strain. Oz. $1.50. 15c. 
Choice Mixed. All colors. Oz. $1.00 . 44 15c. 
44 Mixed. Oz. 75c. 10c. 
ft 1 ¥ • (Japanese Hop) Hardy annual climber fifteen 
liUmillUS Japomcus to twenty feet high with rough lobed leaves 
of variegated colors, very rough leaf stems and small flowers. Desirable for 
covering unsightly objects or shading verandas .Pkt. 10c. 
y | __ *_*.L ( Dot ich os lahla h) A line climber with clusters of purple 
nyacinm Dean 0I . white flowers followed by ornamental seed pods. 
Tender annual; from ton to fifteen feet high. 
Alba. White. Oz. 15c. Pkt. 10c. Purpurea. Purple. Oz. 15c.... Pkt. 10c. 
Mixed. The above mixed. Oz. 15c. 10c. 
I BE R IS — (See Candytuft) 
| ni . (Mrsembryanthem nm crystallinum) A curious plant for hanging 
iCe liani baskets, rock-work, vases and edgings: leaves and stems succu¬ 
lent. appearing as though covered with ice crystals. Tender annual trailer; six 
inches high. Oz. 80c. . .... Pkt. 10c. 
IMMORTELLES — (See Acroclinium , Globe Amaranth , Helichrysum , Rhoaanthe) 
IMPATIENS BALSAMINA — (See Balsam) 
Hollyhock 
