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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
( Math iota) Sometimes called Gilliflower. 
I Considered almost indispensable where 
| a line display of flowers is wanted and 
mm/ a. particularly valued for edgings, bedding 
and pot culture. The improved varie¬ 
ties we offer of this favorite garden plant produce dense 
spikes of very fragrant and beautiful rosette-like double 
Ilowers in a wide range of attractive colors. They are suit¬ 
able for cutting, being produced on stems of good length in 
pleasing contrast with the dark green foliage of the oushy 
plants. Each of the four types is of long llowering period, 
and if the earlier ones are started indoors, a profusion of 
fragrant and pleasing dowers is afforded for'the entire season. 
Sow outdoors early in spring, using well fertilized, carefully 
pulverized soil and cover seed with one-fourth inch of line soil 
llrmly pressed down. Make the rows fifteen inches apart; thin 
to six inches apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and 
transplant. Height of plants, one to one and one-half feet. 
Early Flowering Brompton 
A decidedly superior, large-dowering annual strain with 
the splendid foliage and bloom of the older type but flowering 
with the Ten Weeks and decidedly superior in length of stem 
an I size of llower spike. This group is also called Beauty 
Stocks, Giants of Nice, “Cut and Come Again” and Victoria 
Stocks. 
Belle of Naples. Old rose or light purplish rose.Pkt. 15c. 
Camaldoli. Dark violet or light purplish red. “ 15c. 
Snow White ( Victoria) ... ** lOc. 
Vesuvius. Blood-red or deep purplish red. 44 15c. 
Early Flowering Brompton Mixed. Includes shades of white, 
old rose, blood-red, purple and violet. Oz. $8.00.Pkt. 10c. 
Double Ten Weeks < Large Flowering) 
(See colored plate and further description in Supplement) 
This favorite half-hardy summer blooming annual has 
deliciously fragrant dowers and is very desirable for cutting. 
Double Ten Weeks, Mixed ( Levkojen ) Shades of white, red, 
purple, lavender and maroon. Oz. $1.00.Pkt. 10c. 
Double Ten Weeks, Pure White. Very useful for floral work 
and bouquets. Oz. $3.00.Pkt. 10c. 
Intermediate or Autumnal Stocks 
Sown at the same time as the Ten Weeks, the Intermediate 
sorts will succeed them in bloom, thus affording dowers con¬ 
tinuously unt il late in the fall. The flowers are larger and 
are produced on longer, bolder spikes. For indoor blooming, 
if sown in pots late in summer the plants will bloom the follow¬ 
ingspring. 
Intermediate White...Pkt. 15c. 
Scarlet. “ 15 C ] 
Winter or Biennial Brompton Stocks 
These require a longer time than the Intermediate to grow and cannot 
endure our winters unless protected. 
Brompton Mixed. This mixture of Winter or Biennial Brompton Stocks 
forms bushy plants dowering in the fall outdoors if started in hotbed 
early in spring and transplanted, or blooming well in winter from seed 
sown outdoors in summer if plants are taken up in the fall and given cool 
airy quarters indoors; half hardy biennial. Oz. $1.00.pk t iqc. 
STRAW FLOWER—(-See Helichrysum and Rhodanthe) 
Stock, Early Flowering Brompton 
Sunflower 
( Hel ian thus) 
These statelj T . old 
fashioned flowers 
. , with the newer 
improved varieties are coming into special favor as 
a background for lawns and in front of high fences. 
\ aluable also as a screen to hide unsightly places 
and sometimes used to mitigate the evil of adjacent 
swamp holes. Their very tall dense growth and 
bright yellow disc-like flowers of very large size 
and long blooming period make them one of the 
most deserving and useful of hardy annuals. 
Sunflowers grow readily in almost any soil but 
do best on light, rich limestone or alluvial land 
well supplied with moisture and not shaded by 
trees or buildings. Sow the seed outdoors in 
spring after danger of frost is over, preferably in 
well pulverized soil either broadcast or in rows 
two to three feet apart and cover about one-half 
inch deep. When the young plants are about four 
inches high, thin one-half to two feet apart to se¬ 
cure the best development. 
Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. The most at¬ 
tractive of the very double sunflowers. Plant 
tall, growing seven feet high and blooming pro¬ 
fusely all summer. Flowers very large, often 
eight to ten inches across, very double, with 
long fringed petals and resemble chrysanthe¬ 
mums. The color is a splendid, rich, goiden-yel- 
low, free from any black center. Oz. 30c..Pkt. 10c. 
Globosus Fistulosus (Globe, or Dahlia Sunflower) 
This desirable variety produces very large, ex¬ 
ceedingly double flowers, often six to eight inches 
in diameter and of bright yellow color. The plants 
are usually about five feet high. Oz. 20c.Pkt. 10c. 
Stella. The plant of this fine Miniature ( cucumeri- 
folius) variety is spreading with many branches 
and attains a height of about three‘feet. The 
flowers are about three inches in diameter and 
are of an unusually pure golden yellow with black 
discs or centers, and are borne on long stems 
well above the foliage. Early blooming and pro¬ 
duced in abundance throughout a long season. 
Oz. 80c .pkt. 10c. 
Sunflower, Double Chrysanthemum Flowered 
SWEET ROCKET—(-See Rocket) 
