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D. M. FERRY & GO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Beautiful annual outdoor climber of luxuri- 
IDOmOea anfc K rowth f° r covering verandas and 
ir arbors, or for screening unsightly objects. 
Sow preferably in lu»at and transplant to open border; or sow 
in open border after the ground becomes warm. Soak seed in 
luke warm water before planting. Tender annual; ten to fifteen 
feet high. 
Setosa ( Brazilian Morning Glory) Very vigorous rapid growing 
vine with large, three-lobed leaves and stems covered with brown 
hair. Flowers open in morning; salver formed, delicate blue or 
reddish purple with pink star in center and produced in clusters. 
Seed black, a little larger than Liinbata. Oz. 10c. Pkt. 10c. 
Coccinea (Star Tpomcea) Like a Morning Glory but with smaller, 
rather pointed leaves, and covered with small scarlet, star- 
shaped flowers. Height often ten feet. Seed small, black. 
' 20c .Pkt. 10c. 
Bona Nox (Evening Glory) Violet blue flowers, open in the 
evening; similar to the white Moon Flower but not as large; seed 
as large but darker. Oz. 20c. Pkt. 10c. 
Limbata Mixed. Very large violet or blue flowers with white 
margins an 1 throats. The leaves are similar to those of Japanese 
Morning Glorv but are less variegated. Seed large, black. 
Oz. 20c. Pkt. 10c. 
Fine Mixed. The four above varieties mixed. Oz. 20c. “ 10c. 
Early Flowering Sky Blue (Iponuea grandifiora rubro cccrulea) A 
most desirable, early, free flowering sort, with glossy dark 
foliage and very large flowers that open with a tinge of carmine- 
rose and when mature are bright light blue. Pkt. 15c. 
IPOMCEA GRANDIFLORA -(See Moon Flower) 
IPOMCEA PURPUREA— (See Morning Glory) 
IPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT— LS’ee Cypress Vine) 
JAPANESE HOP —(See I famulus Japonicus) 
JOSEPH’S COAT—(See Amaranthus tricolor) 
Kochia (Summer Cypress) 
(Ooix lachryma) Curious ornamental grass with broad, corn-like leaves and lustrous slate colored seeds 
a l cal s used for beads. Valuable for winter bouquets with everlasting flowers. Plant outdoors early in spring in 
hills three feet apart, four or five seeds in a hill, and cover half an inch deep. Hardy annual; three feet high. Oz. 15c. Pkt. 10c 
FCnrKia TrirhnnVivIIji (Summer Cypress) A quick growing foliage or hedge plant, very symmetrical and attrac- 
a i lcuopujua tive in summer and fall. The foliage is as fine as moss and of clean, bright green color. 
Early in the fall innumerable little flowers appear an l the bush takes on a deep red tinge. Sow outdoors early in spring, cover¬ 
ing one fourth inch deep. Make the rows two feet apart and thin eighteen inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and 
transplant to open ground. Hardy annual; about two and one-half feet high. Oz. 35c .Pkt. 10c. 
(Delphinium) The Larkspur with its long clustered spikes of beautiful irregular flowers, often with 
I-21 Y*l£S13l!ir long spurs, is especially valuable for its shades of blue. The annual forms are very desirable for 
bedding and the perennials are strikingly effective as a background for borders and for planting among 
shrubbery. Seed of annual varieties may be sown 
outdoors early in spring. For earlier blooming start 
very early indoors or sow in fall. Thin one to one 
and one-half feet apart. The perennial sorts are 
sown in fall or earlj r in spring. 
Annual Varieties 
Double Dwarf Rocket Mixed. Beautiful spikes of 
double flowers in many shades. Hardy annual; 
one foot high. Oz. 25c .Pkt. 10c. 
Tall Stock Flowered Mixed (Consolida fl. pi.) Flow¬ 
ers double, borne on spikes about fifteen inches 
long. Colors rose, white and shades of blue. Hardy 
annual: two feet high .Pkt. 10c. 
Double Emperor (Imperiale fi.pl.) Compact and 
profuse bloomer having erect spikes of very double 
flowers. Hardy annual; one and one-half feet high. 
Mixed Colors .Pkt. 10c. 
Perennial Varieties 
Elatum (Bee Larkspur) Flowers blue with hairy 
petals in the center giving them a fancied resem¬ 
blance to a bee. Hardy perennial: three to five feet 
high .Pkt. 10c 
Formosum. Flowers large, deep blue shaded indigo, 
small white center. Hardy perennial: three to 
five feet high according to conditions of soil and 
season; long blooming season .Pkt. 10c. 
LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS — (See Peas , Everlasting) 
LATHYRUS ODORATUS— (See Sweet Peas) 
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I onf ono The plants form small shrubs, 
*- l< * A ** ,c * AAC *- producing in late summer and 
autumn heliotrope-like clusters of single, fragrant 
flowers that change color. Succeeded by green 
berries that turn to a deep blue. Start under glass 
and transplant when danger of frost is over. May 
also be grown in pots. Tender perennial: about two 
feet high. 
Finest French Hybrids mixed. Oz. 80c.Pkt. 10c. 
f inum Grandiflorum Rubrum (Scarlet Flax) 
An attractive free-flowering bedding 
plant with slender foliage and bearing on delicate 
stems clusters of glossy bright red single flowers, 
saucer-shaped, with black center. If sown in hotbed 
and transplanted into good, rich soil, one foot apart, 
the period of flowering will be much advanced but 
the seed can be sown in the open ground after the 
weather is warm. Hardy annual; about one and 
Annual Larkspur one-half feet high. Oz. 20c.Pkt. 10c. 
