D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
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Lobelia 
The four dwarf 
( Erinus ) sorts are 
charming plants, well 
adapted for bedding, 
pots or rockeries. They make a neat edging for 
beds of white flowers and are very effective 
in masses, being covered with flowers a long 
time. The flowers are usually blue with lighter 
center and are borne in neat clusters, each 
irregularly lobed flower being about five- 
eighths inch across. 
Seed may be sown outdoors after danger 
of frost is over; or start the plants in pots in 
greenhouse or hotbed, early in spring and 
transplant in May to place outdoors. Half 
hardy annual; usually about six inches high. 
True Blue. A very fine, erect and compact 
variety with clear intensely blue flowers. 
Oz. $1.75 . Pkt. 10c. 
Queen of Whites. A neat little plant, very 
dwarf, with many pure white flow’ers; useful 
for borders . Pkt. 10c. 
Crystal Palace ( Speciosa) An exceptionally 
graceful sort having bright deep blue flow¬ 
ers: very dark green foliage . Pkt. 10c. 
Gracilis. The flowers are bright blue with 
small white centers, fine for baskets and 
vases, trailing gracefully and blooming pro¬ 
fusely. The plants are slender, six inches 
high. Oz. 50c . ... Pkt. 10c. 
Love-in-a-Mist L ^? 
in-the-Green and as Devil-in-a-Busli, because 
the blossoms are partly concealed by the 
finely cut foliage. The large oddly shaped 
flowers are surrounded by a very dense fringe 
or wreath of mossy fibres. Both plant and 
flower are handsome and require out little 
care. Sow seed in spring in any good garden 
soil, or may be sown in fall. Hardy annual. 
Damascena, fl. pi. Double blue flowers; one 
and one-half to two feet high. Oz. 20c. Pkt. 10c. 
Lup 
m A very attractive free-flowering 
111 plant with long graceful terminal 
spikes of fragrant pea-shaped blossoms. 
Blooms early in the season and is desirable for 
cutting. Sow seed in place in spring and thin 
to one and one-half feet apart. Hardy annual; 
about three feet high. 
Cruikshanki. Blossoms white, shaded with 
yellow, blue and purple. Oz. 20c. Pkt. 10c. 
MALCOMIA MARITIMA— (See Virginian Stock) 
Love-in-a-Mist 
No flower garden seems complete without this fine old-fashioned garden plant with its brilliant 
displays of yellow and orange, both tall and dwarf sorts, and with finely cut or entire bright green 
foliage. The African ( Tagetes erecta ) varieties are tall, usually one and one-half to three feet, 
and are well adapted for large beds, backgrounds or mixed borders, while the French (Tagetes 
are often used for borders and pot culture as well as bedding. All of these varieties have finely cut 
foliage, while the I ot Marigold ( Calendula officinalis) has entire leaves, somewhat clasping the rather hairy stems. 
* or best results start seed early indoors and transplant six inches apart when danger from frost is over, but good blooms 
of all varieties of Marigold are often successfully obtained fromse<*d planted in the open ground after danger from frost is past. 
Make the rows one foot apart. Use well pulverized soil, preferably light sandy loam and cover the seed with about one-fourth inch 
of fine sou firmly pressed down. When about two inches high, thin six to twelve inches. Hardy annuals; in bloom till frost comes. 
Marigold 
mtula) are more dwarf 
African Double Dwarf, Lemon Colored. Very early and a pro¬ 
fuse bloomer of very compact habit. One of the best of this 
class. Comes true from seed; about eighteen inches high. 
Desirable for shrubbery or mixed border. Pkt. 10c. 
African Orange Quilled. A double variety with quilled petals. 
The flowers are showy, bloom very early and are used for 
cuttiug. The plants are rather dwarf, growing about fifteen 
inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
African El Dorado, Double. Flowers about three inches in 
diameter, imbricated, extremely double and in tints of prim¬ 
rose, orange and gold. The plants are about two to three feet 
high. Oz. «10c. Pkt. 10c. 
African Double Mixed. A tall mixture well adapted for large 
beds. About two feet high. Oz. 85c. Pkt. 10c. 
French Double Dwarf, Gold Striped. Brown and golden yel¬ 
low; very double. Valuable for bedding; one foot 
high.Pkt. 10c. 
French Legion of Honor (Little Broumie ) This is a single, 
dwarf, bushy variety and is very desirable for borders. The 
plants bear in profusion rich golden yellow flowers with 
garnet blotches in the center of each petal and are about 
one foot high. Oz. 80c . Pkt. 10c. 
Tagetes Signata Pumila. A dwarf French sort with small, 
bright orange-yellow flowers; excellent for borders or mass¬ 
ing. About twelve inches high. Oz. 35c . Pkt. 10c. 
Prince of Orange ( Calendula o fficinalis fl. pi.) This very dis¬ 
tinct variety has large double, golden yellow flowers, the 
petals usually striped or shaded dark orange; produced in 
great abundance. Height of plant about one and one-half 
feet. Oz. 25c. Pkt. 10c. 
Meteor ( Calendula officinalis fl. pi.) Large beautifully im¬ 
bricated, double flow r ers; petals yellow, striped or edged 
with orange. Desirable for beds, borders and backgrounds. 
One and one-half to two feet high. Oz. 20c. Pkt. 10c. 
MARVEL OF PERU—(See Four O'clock) 
MATHIOLA —(See Stock) 
Eximia Grandiflora, fl.pl. ( Double Feverfew) 
Beautiful small white button-like double 
flower-heads. Plants of bushy growth, with very finely cut 
dark green foliage;.desirable for bedding. 
Start the seed very early indoors in shallow boxes; trans¬ 
plant when size permits to small pots or plant boxes, giving 
each seedling two to three inches of space and set out in the 
open ground after danger of frost is over. Where climate 
permits seed may also be sown in fall outdoors. Half hardy 
perennial, about two feet high. Pkt. 10c 
Manranrlla Graceful slender climber with glossy ivy- 
iTiauidiiuia shaped leaves. It produces an abundance 
of showy irregular trumpet -shaped flowers, one and one-half 
inches long, usually purplish blue, white or rose colored with 
lighter throat. Suitable for greenhouse and hanging baskets 
in the wintjef and very satisfactory outdoors especially if d 
small trellis is given as support. 
‘ Seed should be started in hotbed or indoors and the young 
plants set out in open border after danger of frost is over. 
Tender perennial, blooming the first season; six to ten feet high. 
Fine Mixed. Oz. $1.50. 
Pkt. 10c. 
