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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Pyrethrum 
Very ornamental, both foliage and 
flowers. Well adapted for bedding 
and borders. Sow outdoors in 
spring as soon as ground can be worked, or for best results 
start the seed indoors and transplant after danger from frost 
is past. (See also Matricaria) 
Parthenifolium Aureum (Golden Feather) Beautiful dwarf gold 
leaved i>edding plant. Flowers white. Half hardy perennial, 
often treated as an annual; height one foot. Oz. 50c. .Pkt. 5c. 
One of the most beautiful everlastings. 
I\noaantne Sometimes called Straw Flower. r l he flower- 
heads are somewhat bell-shaped, becoming when mature fully 
expanded and sometimes reflexed. They are gracefully poised 
on slender stems. The mixture we offer includes rose with 
golden center and white with yellow disc. Blooms should be 
gathered before fully expanded and dried in the shade. The 
leaves are glaucous, clasping and are oval or elliptical in shape. 
Start under glass, or sow seed outdoors after danger of 
frost is over. Tender annual; one and one-half to two feet 
high. Mixed. Oz. 50c .Pkt. 5c. 
RICINUS— (See Castor Bean) 
C.. raa f (Hesperis matronalis) Produces loose 
rvOC.lv.t2L, dWccl clusters of flowers very fragrant dur¬ 
ing the evening and useful for cutting. Flowers cruciform, 
somewhat resembling the single Stock but smaller. 
Seed germinates readily in open ground if sown after danger 
from frost is past. Hardy perennial. 
Purple. Plants two and one-half to three feet high.Pkt. 5c. 
White. About two feet high. " 5c. 
f-fr Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. Plants under 
rC AC A good care will commence to flower when six inches 
nigh and about two months old, and continue to 
grow and bloom until they form compact bushes about six¬ 
teen inches high, well covered with single and double flowers. 
Open the berries and separate the seeds, sowing in pots of 
rich sandy soil and keep at about 70° F. and moderately moist. 
When plants are about one inch high transplant and give 
plenty of light and air. Tender perennial; blooming the first 
year. Pkt. 15c. 
Very showy bedding or border 
plants with richly colored, funnel- 
_ shaped flowers which are purple, 
scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, blue or almost black, oeauti- 
fully marbled and penciled. 
For early blooming seed may be started indoors as early 
as the middle of March and the young plants set out in the 
garden one foot apart, or seed may be sown outdoors 
after settled warm weather. Useful for cutting. Blooms 
from August to October. Half hardy annual; about two 
feet high. 
Fine Mixed. Hybrids. Easily grown large, long stemmed 
flowers, in many beautiful shades and markings. 
Oz. 50c... Pkt. 5c. 
Large Flowering Mixed. A mixture of improved dwarf, 
very large flowering sorts, more compact than ordinary 
varieties and with much larger, more richly colored 
flowers..... Pkt. 10c. 
Salpiglossis 
Salvia 
(Floweritig Sage) Among the most 
brilliantly colored of garden flowers 
and extremely useful for bedding; 
also valuable for pot culture ami 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. 
Paten*. 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 bonier or in the green¬ 
house. Height of plant, about one and one-lialf to two 
feet.?. -.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) 
Qrki*' 7 antk»nc Retusue Trimaculatus. Also known as 
OCIllZdnLIlUb 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. 15 c. 
SENSITIVE PLANT— (See Mimosa Pudica) 
*1 (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) No twining 
llH Y plant in cultivation 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. 'Fender 
perennial climber, ten feet high. Oz. 50c.Pkt. 5 C . 
^ (Antirr h i n u m) This 
(Large Flowering) border 
onaDaraffon ^ 0 f 
O 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 tin* spikes of bloom are borne well above the dark 
glossy leaves and keep fresh for a long time. (See front cover) 
For blooms the first season outdoors, sow seed very early 
under glass and transplant to open border as soon as the 
ground is warm ami 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. 5c. 
Majus brilliant. Crimson and yellow', throat white. “ 5c. 
Majus Delila. Reddish-violet, white throat. 44 5c. 
Fine Mixed. An extra fine mixture including all the best 
colors. Oz. 50c. VX lb. SI.50. .Pkt. 5c. 
MB— 
Salvia 
