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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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 spare neither pains nor expense to satisfy the most critical trade. Every year we visit the gardens (if 
the most expert specialists in Europe 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 fine soil 
firmly pressed down. The 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, four to six inches high. 
LARGE FLOWERING 
King of the Black* (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 mahogany. Excellent for massing or edgings. Very hardy. Oz. §1.50.. “ lo c 
Pure Yellow. Brilliant, deep lemon yellow color, large flowering variety. Oz. §1.50. * 4 lOc. 
Variegated and Striped. The flowers of this variety 
legate 
are beautifully striped in various colors, very rich 
and attractive. Oz. §1.50. Pkt. 10c. 
Violet White Edged. 
Oz. §1.25. 
Deep warm violet, edged white. 
.Pkt. 10c. 
An early and 
. Pkt. 10c. 
White. Flowers large and of fine form, 
very floriferous strain. Oz. §1.25. 
Choice Mixed. Seeds saved from large flowering sorts. 
A special mixture in a wide range of colors, shades 
and markings. Oz. §1.00.Pkt. 5c. 
Collection of eight splendid varieties.50c. 
GIANT FLOWERING 
Bugnot’s Very Large Stained Mixed. All excep¬ 
tionally attractive mixture of very large, blotched 
and stained flowers of fine circular form and usually 
somewhat rutiled. Each petal distinctly blotched, 
and its margin usually veined. Sturdy plants. Many 
shades. % Oz. §1.25...Pkt. 15c. 
Emperor William. Deep lavender-blue petals, dark 
Prussian blue about the eye; very large flowering. 
Oz. §1.25.Pkt. 10c. 
Ferry’* Superbissima Blotched. Very large flowers of 
exceptionally fine form and substance, usually 
ruffled and beautifully veined and blotched in all 
the finer and deeper shades and colors found in 
pansies. Plants very vigorous and floriferous. 
Superior to rather than simply different from old 
strains. % Oz. §1.50.Pkt. 15c. 
Giant Blue Black. Very large flowers; a rich velvety 
purple, almost black.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. 5c. 
Giant Trimardeau Mixed. Our stock of this variety 
produces as large pansies as can be grown. Flowers 
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. (See colored plate, page 3) Oz. §2.00.Pkt. 5c. 
Giant Yellow (Trimardeau) Very large yellow 
flowers with large black centers. A very distinct 
and attractive variety. 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 
Oassier’s. Very large flowers, distinctly veined and 
each petal beautifully blotched. This is a very fine 
strain of pansies with wide range of splendid colors. 
Sturdy plants, very vigorous and floriferous. 
Oz. §i.00.Pkt. 15c. 
Extra Choice Mixed. From best named flowers of very large size, 
form, coloring and substance. Oz. §1.50... 
Giant Trimardeau 
An extra fine Trimardeau mixture. 
y superior in size, 
.Pkt. 10c. 
C Fcf in o* (Lathyrus latifolius) An easily grown, hardy perennial climber with smaller flowers lack- 
-Li V Cl Ido LHI5 ing the fragrance of Sweet Peas, but producing for many weeks a succession of blossoms in 
clusters of eight to ten each. Only a few flowers can be expected the second season but in the third and fourth, the plants 
tli *n being well established, an abundance of foliage and blooms is afforded. The plants die down late in the fall and start 
ag.iin in the spring. 
Sow the seed outdoors early in spring, using well prepared soil and covering the seed about one inch deep with fine soil firmly 
pressed down. The perennial sorts are suitable for covering stumps and fences, and 011 a trellis will often grow five to six feet. 
Mixed. Includes white, rose and purple flowers. Oz. 25c. Pkt. 5c. 
TELARGONIUM— (See Geranium') 
