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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Hollyhock 
( Althaea rosea) For a background to a flower 
garden nothing is better than the improved 
strains we offer of this tall old fashioned garden 
_ perennial. The large, richly colored blossoms, 
about three inches across, ranging from deep yellow and red to pure white, are 
set as rosettes around the strong growing flower stalks. 
Sow seed in .June or July, in open ground, and in the autumn, when the plants 
have made five leaves, transplant to permanent position two to three feet apart. 
The following summer they will bloom. All double varieties are hardy peren¬ 
nials; five feet high. 
Early Flowering. Blooms readily as an annual the first year from seed sown in 
spring. A wide range of colors in large single or semi-double flowers.. Pkt. 15c. 
Chater’s Finest Mixed. Double perfection. ** 15c. 
Double Blood Red. Oz. $1.25 ... “ 10c. 
'* Deep Rose. Oz. §1.25. " 10c. 
** Lemon Yellow. Oz. §1.25.. " 10c. 
“ Pink. Oz. $1.25. “ 10c. 
** Salmon. Rich salmon color, suffused with pink. \\ 10c. 
Pure White. Our special improved strain. Oz. §1.50. “ 10c. 
“ Choice Mixed. All colors. Oz. §1.00. *' 10c. 
Mixed. Oz. 75c. “ 5c. 
Humulus Japonicus 
(Japanese Hop) Hardy annual climber fifteen 
to twenty feet high with rough lobed leaves 
of variegated colors, very rough leaf stems and small flowers. Desirable for 
covering unsightly objects or shading verandas. Oz. Joe .Pkt. 5c. 
nfh Raon (Dolic/ios lablab) A fine climber with clusters of purple 
A A ucdll or white flowers followed by ornamental seed pods. 
Tender annual; from ten to fifteen feet high. 
Alba. White. Oz. 15c.Pkt. 5c. Purpurea. Purple. Oz. 15c. Pkt. 5c. 
Mixed. The above mixed. Oz. 15c. “ 5c. 
IBERIS— (See Candytuft) 
Plant - (Mesembryanthemum cry stall inum) A curious plant for hanging 
* IdllL baskets, rock-work, vases and edgings; leaves and stems succu¬ 
lent, appearing as though covered with ice crystals. Tender annual trailer; six 
inches high. Oz. 25c..Pkt. 5c. 
IMMORTELLES (See Acroclinium , Globe Amaranth , Helichrysum , Rliodanthe) 
IMPATIENS BALSAMINA— (See Balsam) 
Beautiful annual outdoor climber of luxuriant growth for 
I covering verandas and arbors, or for screening unsightly 
objects. Sow preferably in heat and transplant to open 
border; or sow in open border after the ground becomes warm. Soak seed in 
hike-warm water before planting. Tender annual; ten to fifteen feet high. 
Setosa (Brazilian Morning Glory) Very vigorous rapid growing vine with large, 
three-lobed leaves and stems covered with brown hair. Flowers open in morn¬ 
ing; salver formed, delicate blue or reddish purple with pink star in center and 
produced in clusters. Seed black, a little larger tnan Limbata. Oz. 40c..Pkt. 10c. 
Coccinea (Star Jponnea) Like a Morning Glory but with smaller, rather pointed 
leaves, and covered with small scarlet, star-shaped flowers. Height often ten 
feet. Seed small, black. Oz. 20c.Pkt. 5c. 
Bona Nox (Evening Glory) Violet blue flowers, open in the evening; similar to the 
white Moon Flower but not as large; seed as large but darker. Oz. 20c..Pkt. 5c. 
Limbata mixed. Very large violet or blue flowers with white margins and throats. 
The leaves are similar to those of Japanese Morning Glory but are less variegated. Seed large, black. Oz. 20c.Pkt. 5c. 
Fine mixed. The four above varieties mixed. Oz. 20c. “ 5c. 
Early Flowering Sky Blue (Ipomcea grandifiora rubro coerulea) A most desirable, early, free flowering sort, with glossy dark 
foliage and very large flowers that open with a tinge of carmine-rose and when mature are bright light blue.Pkt. 15c. 
IPO MCE A QRANDIFLORA— (See Moon Flower ) IPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT —(See Cypress Vine) 
IPOMCEA PURPUREA —(See Morning Glory) JAPANESE HOP —(See Humulus Japonicus) JOSEPH’S COAT —(See Amaranthus tricolor) 
Larkspur 
Seed large, black. 
| i* t (Coix lachryma) Curious ornamental grass with broad, corn-like leaves and lustrous slate colored seeds 
JOD S 1 0a.iS used for beads. Valuable for winter bouquets with everlasting flowers. Plant outdoors early in spring in 
hills three feet apart, four or five seeds in a hill, and cover half an inch deep. Hardy annual; three feet high. Oz. 15c. Pkt. 5c. 
(Mexican Fire Bush , or Summer Cypress) A quick growing foliage or hedge plant, very sym¬ 
metrical and attractive in summer and fall. The foliage is as fine as moss ami of clean, bright 
umerable little flowers appear and the bush takes on a deep red tinge. Sow outdoors early in 
spring, covering one-fourth inch deep. Make the rows two feet 
apart and thin eighteen inches apart. For earlier blooming start 
indoors and transplant to open ground. Hardy annual: about, 
two and one-half feet high. Oz. 35c.Pkt. 5c. 
Kochia Trichophylla 
green color. Early in the fall in 
Kochia ^.Mexican Fire Bush) 
Larkspur 
(Delphinium) The Larkspur with its long 
clustered spikes of beautiful irregular 
_ flowers, often with long spurs, is especially 
valuable for its shades of blue. The annual forms are very de¬ 
sirable for bedding and the perennials are strikingly effective as a 
background for borders anu for planting among shrubbery. Seed 
of annual varieties may be sown outdoors early in spring. For 
earlier blooming start very early indoors or sow in fail. Thin one 
to one and one-half feet apart. The perennial sorts are sown in 
fall or early in spring. 
Annual Varieties 
Double Dwarf Rocket Mixed. Beautiful spikes of double flowers 
in many shades. Hardy annual; one foot nigh. Oz. 25c.. .Pkt. 5c. 
Tall Stock Flowered Mixed (ConsolidaJl.pl.) Flowers double, 
borne on spikes about fifteen inches long. Colors rose, white and 
shades of blue. Hardy annual; two feet high.Pkt. 5c. 
Double Emperor (Imperiale Jl. pi. * Compact and profuse bloomer 
having erect spikes of very double flowers. Hardy annual; one 
and one-half feet high. Mixed Colors .Pkt. 5c. 
Perennial Varieties 
Elatum (Bee Larkspur) Flowers blue with hairy petals in the 
center giving them a fancied resemblance to a bee. Hardy peren¬ 
nial; three to five feet high.Pkt. 5c. 
Formosum. Flowers large, deep blue shaded indigo, small white 
center. Hardy perennial; three to five feet high according to 
conditions of soil and season; long blooming season.Pkt. 5c. 
LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS— (See Peas , Everlasting) 
LATHYRUS ODORATU3- (See Sweet Peas) 
