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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Coleus 
remarkable beauty. 
Magnificent ornamental foliage 
plants for house or garden culture. 
The leaves are of many shapes, 
and the shades and colors are of 
Sow in shallow pots in rich light soil. Cover the seed 
lightly with earth and keep the plants in an even moist 
temperature. Transplant to the open ground in bed or 
border as soon as danger of frost is over, and in a sheltered 
situation where they will not be too much exposed to the 
sun. For house plants seed may be sown indoors in fall. 
Tender perennial; plants about one to two feet high. 
Finest Hybrids Mixed. Extra choice. Pkt. 25c. 
Large Leaved Mixed. Rich, velvety leaves of large size. 
Plants of exceeding beauty. Pkt. 25c. 
Columbine 
easily grown, olT fashioned 
perennials for borders, form¬ 
ing large, permanent clumps. Blooms profusely early in 
the season and remains in bloom for a considerable period. 
The peculiar pendant flowers are exquisitely formed, in 
various colors, often with long spurs. The leaves are 
usually smooth, ternately compound, with roundish, ob¬ 
tusely lobed leaflets. 
Sow the seed which is of rather slow germination, in 
open ground early in spring in any rich, well drained 
garden soil. In permanent bed plants should have at least 
one foot each wav. Keep clear of weeds and give each 
year a dressing or well rotted manure. Seed may also be 
sown outdoors in fall. Hardy herbaceous perennials; two 
to three feet high. 
Coerulea hybrida. Vigorous growing, very handsome, with 
delicate blue ami white flowers; spurs very long. Pkt. 10c. 
Californica hybrida. Hardy, free blooming, with single 
orange, red and yellow flowers. Oz. $2.50.. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Mixed. Best and finest colors, including white, Early Flowering Cosmos 
shades of blue and brownish purple. Oz. 30c.. Pkt. 5c. 
CONVOLVULUS MAJOR —(See Morning Glory) 
l.io (Dwarf Mominq Glory) Dwarf plants of trailing, branching habit, each covering a space about 
UOnVOlVUlUS lVIinOr two feet in diameter. At midday they are completely covered with a mass of pure white and 
variously colored funnel-shaped blossoms which remain open in clear weather until evening. , . .. 
Sow seed early m spring in any good garden sou, cover- 
tag about one half inch deep. Hall hardy annual; about 
one foot high. Mixed. Oz. 10c; Lb. 50c.Pkt. 5c. 
Very effective for autumn flower- 
m ing in broad masses or back- 
\ iOSlIlllS grounds. A hardy and rapid 
growing annual, forming bush-like 
plants with feathery green foliage, four to six feet high, 
covered with large flowers somewhat resembling the single 
dahlia. They are gracefully poised on long stems and very 
useful for decorative purposes. 
Sow outdoors early in spring in rather light soil, not too 
rich, and preferably in a sunny situation. Cover the seed with 
< >ne-fourtn to one-half inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. 
If planted in rows, make the rows about two reet apart and 
when the young plants are well up thin from four to six 
inches apart in the row. 
Early Flowering Cosmos 
These early flowering strains are about four feet high and 
bloom profusely four to six weeks earlier than the giant 
sorts. The flowers are of good size; well adapted to north¬ 
ern latitudes. 
Early Flowering Dawn. Flowers white. Oz. 40c... .Pkt. 5c. 
Early Flowering Mixed. Includes white, bright red and 
rose colored flowers. Oz. 30c. Pkt. 5c. 
Giant Flowering Sorts 
Hybrida, Giant White. Oz. 40c .Pkt. 5c. 
Hybrida, Giant Pink. Oz. 40c. “ 5c. 
Hybrida, Giant Mixed. Flowers white and in shades of pink, 
rose and maroon. Oz. 40c.Pkt. 5c. 
CUCURBIT A —(See Gourd ) 
| Well known and universally ad- 
I irp I £| TY\ PH mired tuberous rooted pot plants 
producing exceedingly handsome 
red and white flowers for indoor winter or spring blooming 
in greenhouse or window garden. The graceful richly colored 
single flowers are of distinctive shape and are borne on stems 
of good length for a long blooming season well above the 
beautiful foliage. The glossy ovate or nearly round leaves 
are usually marbled or variegated with white. 
Sow the seed, which is of rather slow germination, in 
shallow boxes or pans, using light rich soil and covering the 
seed slightly. Keep at a temperature of 50° to 60° F. and 
water freely until well started. Seed sown in spring, by 
autumn will produce a little bulb. If this is placed first in a 
three inch pot and later repotted as required in a five or six 
inch pot it will produce blooms the following spring. St*ed 
may also be sown in fall. Tender perennial; one foot high. 
Persicum Mixed. Of great beauty : many colors- Pkt. 15c. 
Persicum Giganteum Mixed. Beautiful foliage and profuse 
bloom; each flower is two to two and one-half inches 
long. Very choice.Pkt. 20c. 
