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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
m - • Handsome bedding plants of the tobacco family, valuable for long and free blooming. The flowers are 
iNirOtiana salver-shaped, with long tubular corollas. 
llVV/llWIIU S(nv ou tdoor8 when ground js warm and dry covering the fine seed one-eighth inch deep or for 
earlier blooming start in boxes indoors and transplant to open ground when danger of frost is past. Allow at least eighteen 
inches to each plant for proper development. Half hardy annuals; about three feet high. • 
Affinis. Flowers large, white and fully expanded only in the morning or evening or on cloudy days. Very fragrant. 
Oz. 80c... •:.;• •:.. • • Pkt. 10c. 
Sanderir, Mixed. Flowers white, carmine-rose or violet, a little smaller than Affinis and unlike it, in full bloom during the day. 
Very floriferous...Fkt. 10c. 
NIGELLA— (See Love-in-a-Mist) CENOTHERA— (See Primrose) 
Pansies are now produced in an almost infinite variety of colors and markings. Their brilliancy 
of shading, extended season of blooming and long keeping characteristics make them general 
favorites The strains now offered are far superior to the old Heart’s Ease or Viola Tricolor 
and the esteem in which they were held by older generations has been heightened by the greater 
variety and more brilliant colors of the improved sorts. We have been interested in the bringing 
forward of advanced types of very large varieties in this country as well as in Europe, and our stocks are the very best 
obtainable. We span* neither pains nor expense to satisfy the most critical trade. Every year we visit the gardens of 
the most expert specialists and are in position to give our customers the benefit of their knowledge. 
We have annually both out of doors and under glass extensive trials of Pansies from the most successful European growers 
and from prominent seedsmen. While the variations in shades of color and markings appear almost limitless our list includes 
the very best strains the world produces. 
Seed may be sown indoors very early in spring, or a little later in the open ground, and transplanted when an inch high. 
Such plants will commence to bloom in June. If sown in July, the plants will bloom in the fall, or if sown in September, the 
following spring. Well pulverized soil should be used and the seeds covered one-eighth to one-fourth inch deep with line soil 
firmly pressed down. Tne largest and best flowers are produced by young plants which have been grown rather slowly in a 
partially shaded situation, and in very rich soil; coolness and moisture are necessary. A situation sheltered from high winds 
and exposed to the morning sun is most favorable and frequent sprinklings are advantageous. Grown indoors pansies make 
a good winter blooming pot plant. Hardy perennial but usually grown as an annual or biennial. Four to six inches high. 
LARGE FLOWERING 
King of the Blacks (Faust) Large velvety, pure black 
blossoms. This is probably the darkest flower grown. 
Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 10c. 
Meteor. The flowers are large, rich, velvety red or maho¬ 
gany. Excellent for massing or edgings. Very hardy. 
Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 10c. 
Pure Yellow. Brilliant, deep lemon yellow color, large flower¬ 
ing variety. Oz. $1.50. . Pkt. 10c. 
Variegated and Striped. Flowers are beautifully striped in 
various colors, very rich and attractive. Oz. $1.50.. .Pkt. 10c. 
Violet White Edged. Flowers are deep warm violet, edged 
white. Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 10c. 
White. Flowers large and of fine form. An early and very 
floriferous strain. Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 10c. 
Choice Mixed. Seeds saved from large flowering sorts. A 
special mixture in a wide range of colors, shades and mark¬ 
ings. Oz. $1.00. Pkt. 10c. 
GIANT FLOWERING 
Bugnot’s Very Large Stained Mixed. An exceptionally at¬ 
tractive mixture of very large, blotched and stained flowers 
of fine circular form and usually somewhat ruffled. Each 
petal distinctly blotched, and its margin usually veined. 
Sturdy plants. Many shades. % Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 15c. 
Navy Blue. Deep lavender-blue petals, dark blue about the 
eye; very large flowering. Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 10c. 
Ferry’s Superbissima Blotched. Very large flowers of ex¬ 
ceptionally fine form and substance, usually ruffled and 
beautifully veined and blotched in all the finer and deeper 
shades and colors found in pansies. Plants are very vigorous 
and floriferous. Superior to rather than simply different 
from old strains. J-fc Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 15c. 
Giant Blue Black. Very large flowers; a rich velvety purple, 
almost black. Pkt. 10c. 
Giant Trimardeau Mixed. Our stock of this variety produces 
as large pansies as can be grown. 1* lowers of richest, most 
varied shades, well rounded form and generally marked 
with three large blotches. Plants very hardy and vigorous. 
We recommend this mixture as one sure to give general 
satisfaction where conditions are at all suitable for pansy 
growth. Oz. $2.00.Pkt 10c. 
Giant Flowering Parisian Mixed. The flowers of this splendid 
mixture are of largest size, very fine form and range of 
colors, often in the lighter shades. Each petal is usually 
beautifully blotched. Oz. $2.00. Pkt. 10c. 
Giant Yellow ( Trimardeau ) Very large yellow flowers with 
large black centers. A very distinct and attractive va¬ 
riety. Pkt. 15c. 
Lord Beaconsfield. The lower petals are very deep violet 
purple, shading in upper petals to white, slightly tinted 
with purple. The flowers are very large and finely formed. 
Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 10c. 
Odier, or Very Large Stained Mixed. Known also as Cassier’s. 
Very large Mowers, distinctly veined and each petal beauti¬ 
fully blotched. This is a very fine strain of pansies with a 
wide range of splendid colors. Sturdy plants, very vigorous 
and floriferous. Pkt. 15c. 
Extra Choice Mixed. From best named flowers of very large 
size. An extra fine Trimardeau mixture, very superior in 
size, form, coloring and substance. Oz. $1.50. Pkt. 10c. 
Pansies 
