D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
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Salvia 
(Flowering Sage) Among the most 
brilliantly colored of garden flowers 
and extremely useful for bedding; 
also valuable tor pot culture and cut¬ 
ting. Blooms are borne in long spikes well above the 
foliage and are of fiery red, crimson or blue, continuing 
in flower a long time. The densely filled flower spikes 
are often eight to ten inches long and include thirty 
or more tube-like florets, 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 frost 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, 
brilliant scarlet flowers 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. 
Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known; not as well 
suited for bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but 
very attractive in the mixed border or in the green¬ 
house. Height of plant, about one and one-half to two 
fee t .Pkt. 15c. 
Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been 
offered under different names claiming they are larger 
flowered or more floriferous than the old type. We 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 flower spikes a remarkably long time. Height of 
plant about two feet. Pkt. 10c. 
SCABIOSA —(See Mourning Bride ) 
SCARLET FLAX —{See Linum ) 
Scarlet Runner Beans 
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. 
Salvia 
nflftiic Retu8us Trimaculatus. Also known as 
OCillzanillUS Butterfly 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 butterfly-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 trans¬ 
plant when weather is suitable. Hardy annual; about twenty 
inches high. Pkt. 15c. 
SENSITIVE PLANT —(See Mimosa Pudica ) 
Smilax 
(Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) No twining 
plant in cult ivation surpasses this in graceful 
beauty of foliage. Indispensable to florists 
for table and house decoration. The hard 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. 60c .Pkt. 10c. 
Snapdragon 
( Antirrhinum) This 
( Large Flowering )border 
and bedding plant of 
_ long blooming season 
is now one of the best perennials suitable for flowering as an 
annual. The long showy spikes of curiously shaped tubular 
flowers with spreading lobes and finely marked throats are 
fragrant as well as brilliantly colored. They are very desirable 
for cutting as the spikes of bloom areborneVefl above the dark 
glossy leaves and keep fresh for a long time. 
For blooms the first season outdoors, sow seed very early 
under glass and transplant to open border as soon as the 
ground is warm and dry, in rich loamy soil in a sunny situation, 
setting one foot apart each way and giving them plenty of 
water; or sow seed in August or September and cover plants 
with a mulch on approach of cold weather. These fall-sown 
plants may be transplanted into pots and flowered in the house, 
and in this case give them the same temperature and treatment 
as geraniums and carnations. Tender perennial, often treated 
as annual or biennial; one and one-half to two feet high. 
Majus album. Pure white, light yellow throat,.Pkt. 10c. 
Majus brilliant. Crimson and yellow, throat white.. . <4 10c. 
Majus Delila. Reddish-violet, white throat. ** 10c. 
Fine Mixed. An extra fine mixture including all the best 
colors. Oz. 50c. J4 lb. $1.60. Pkt. 10c. 
Snapdragon 
