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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Wallflower 
(Cheiranthus cheiri) This is a favorite European garden flower. The long, fragrant terminal 
spikes of the Wallflower when properly grown are very conspicuous in beds and borders and are 
very useful in making bouquets. 
Sow seed early in hotbed and while plants are small prick them out into pots and sink in the earth. On approach of cold 
weather remove the pots to the house and the plants will bloom all winter. Tender bushy biennial or perennial that will live 
through the winter in a mild climate; height of plants about one and one-half feet. 
Early Brown. Brownish red, fragraut single flowers; large, thick spikes: early. Tender biennial. Oz. *25c. Pkt. 5c. 
Golden Tom Thumb. A variety of dwarf and compact habit. The blossoms are single and of an attractive golden yellow 
color. Tender biennial .... . . Pkt. 5c. 
Double Mixed. Deliciously fragrant, perfectly double, and combine many shades of color, the orange, purple and chocolate 
predominating. Oz. . Pkt. 10c. 
U/;l l ( Echinocystia lobata) This is a useful climber where a rapid and vigorous growth of vine is desired. 
VV HU LUCUmDer To cover or to screen an unsightly building, there is perhaps no annual climber better adapted for 
the purpose The vine has abundant foliage and is thickly covered with sprays of small white, fragrant flowers, followed by 
numerous prickly seed pods. 
Sow late in fall or very early in spring. Usually the plants are produced from year to year by self sown seed. Hardy 
annual. Oz. 20c; Lb. $1.50. ..•. Pkt. 5c. 
li/; . * One of the most beautiful and rapid growing of the hardy perennial climbers. When well es- 
W lStaria Gninensis tabiished in good soil it will often grow fifteen to twenty feet during the season and frequently 
blooms both in spring and fall. The flowers are very fragrant,, single, pale blue, pea-shaped and are borne in long, drooping 
grape-like clusters, often over a foot in length. Foliage light green, pinnate. 
The seed should be sown in mellow loam early in the spring, or in greenhouse or hotbed in winter and when plants are 
one foot high transplanted into permanent situations .Pkt. 20c. 
Zinnia 
Sometimes 
called Youth 
and Old Age. 
The well 
known bush¬ 
like plants of Zinnias produce a profu¬ 
sion of large double imbricated flowers, 
borne on stiff stems. They are much used 
for bedding and are suitable for borders 
and for cutting. (See back cover) 
There is much satisfaction in a bed of 
Zinnias with their twisted and recurved 
petalled flowers in many bright colors, 
and when nearly every other flower has 
been killed by frost this plant is still in 
full bloom. Few flowers are more easily 
grown or bloom more abundantly 
throughout the season, and the wide 
range of color is not less remarkable 
than their unusual depth and richness. 
Sow the seed early in spring, in open 
ground in good, rich soil, preferably in 
rows one and one-half feet apart and 
covering about one-fourth inch deep. 
When the young plants are one to two 
inches high thin to six inches apart. 
Start under glass for earlier blooming. 
Half hardy annual: tall growing, usually 
about one and one-half to two feet high. 
Double Yellow. Oz. 40c .Pkt. 5c. 
44 Scarlet. Oz. 40c . 44 5c. 
“ Deep Red. Oz. 40c . 44 5c. 
“ Magenta. Oz. 40c. 44 5c. 
'* Orange. Oz. 40c . 44 5c. 
44 White. Oz. 40c . 44 5c. 
44 Black Purple. Oz. 40c. .. 44 5c. 
44 Dark Crimson. Oz. 40c... 44 5c. 
44 Striped or Zebra Mixed. 
Oz. 60c . 44 5c. 
Double Choice Mixed. Includes the 
above colors: a very fine mixture. 
Oz. 40c: Lb. $ 4.00 . pkt. 5c. 
Lilliput Double Mixed. This strain grows 
about one foot high and bears a pro¬ 
fusion of comparatively small, very 
double, globular flowers about one 
inch in diameter, very brilliant in 
color... Pkt. 10c. 
Pompon Double Mixed. The globular 
flowers are fully as varied and brilliant 
in color as the ordinary Zinnia and 
about half its size. Oz. 40c. Pkt. 5c. 
Haageana Double. Dwarf variety with 
double flowers of a deep orange color, 
about one and one-quarter inches in 
diameter: fine for cut flowers; height 
one foot. Pkt. 10c. 
Mexicana Hybrida Variegated. Distinc¬ 
tive in its well-formed single flowers of 
deep maroon and golden yellow, strik¬ 
ingly contrasted. The flowers are 
similar to those of French Legion of 
Honor Marigold, but are earlier and 
more easily grown. Hardy annual; one 
foot high. Pkt. 15c. 
