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The demand for Ferris Planting Plans has increased so tremendously that 
our Landscape Department has now become one of the largest of its Wind in 
the country. Through this service wc enable you to get a complete landscape 
drawing for your home grounds that will exactly fit your specifications and 
needs and one that can be followed out from year to year- *a golden oppor¬ 
tunity to beautify your home in the most effective and harmonious manner. 
If you want this service you must write us for a sketch blank. On this 
blank are full and simple directions so that anyone can make a rough draw¬ 
ing of their home grounds. Through the use of this blank you can easily take 
the measurements of your grounds. Upon returning this sketch blank and a 
remittance of $3.00. we will have our landscape experts make a landscape 
drawing and planting chart that will give you an accurate and balanced 
plan to follow in planting your home grounds. Be sure to send for the Sketch 
Blank, for our landscape experts must have your rough sketch made on 
this, in order to get all dimensions, directions, and other descriptive details 
that are necessary. 
Then, if you purchase the planting material from us and the order amounts 
to $30.00 or more, the $3.00 you have already paid for the plan is applied on 
the order as a due bill, thus giving you this landscape service absolutely 
free. The $3.00 remittance required when we make the drawing is merely 
to keep away idle curiosity seekers. Where only a foundation planting is 
desired, we require only a $2.00 remittance which can be applied on an order 
amounting to $25.00 or more as a due bill. The Landscape Department main¬ 
tains the right to charge a higher rate where lots of over 60x200 feet are 
planned, or to reject plans that are extremely complicated where we feel that 
it requires the services of a landscape architect right on the grounds. 
HAMPTON 
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Prepared by Our Landscape 
Architects 
I hese plans are made under the direct supervision of our landscape expert; 
they are clear and easy to follow, and wc have had the finest sort of com¬ 
pliments on them in the past. Our customers have been more than pleased 
with the way Ferris landscaping has' transformed their properties, for it has 
given them a balanced plan, the services of some of the best landscape archi¬ 
tects in the country and the opportunity of taking advantage of our low bar¬ 
gain prices as listed in this catalog. 
N 
. EXCEPTION ON PLANTING 
O t e PLANS AFTER MARCH 15 
Our shipping season is in full sway by April I st. and because of .the 
increased amount of work at that period it is necessary to enlarge our 
staff considerably, and expenses mount rapidly. The shipping season 
for nursery stock is, of necessity, a limited one. For this reason we 
work nearly twenty-four hours a day to get these plans off promptly, 
and shipments out in good shape as well as at the best planting time. 
After March 15th the charge for a landscape plan will be $5.00, and 
this amount may be applied on an order of $50.00 or more as a due 
bill. Therefore, it is to your advantage to send in your application for 
a landscape plan as early as possible, so that we can give it our 
best attention. 
LILACS • • Old and N&w 
It Would Scarcely Be Spring Without the 
Beauty and Fragrance of the Lilacs 
OLD-FASHIONED LILAC (Vulgar!.). 
The old-time favorite, and because 
of their hardy, dependable nature and 
exquisite purple flowers, they will 
always be popular. 8-12 ft. at ma¬ 
turity. 
Each 2 S 
3- 4 ft. heavy. . . .$0.50 $0.90 $2.00 
4- 5 ft. heavy.65 1.10 2.40 
Double Flowering Plum (Prunu. triloba) Rose Tree of China. Early in the 
spring before the leaves appear, it is entirely enveloped in a fleecy cloud 
of double pink flowers like small roses—a beautiful sight. Fine foliage. 
6-8 ft. at maturity. _ . 
Each 2 5 
2- 3 ft. specimens...$0.55 $1.00 $2.25 
3- 4 ft. specimens.70 1.25 3.00 
4- 5 ft. specimens .. 1.00 1.80 4.00 
Purple Leaf Plum (Prunus cistena). Rich foliage of crimson and dark purple 
gives wonderful contrast to any planting. Delicate white flowers in the 
spring. 10 ft. in height at maturity, but can be kept trimmed back as 
low as desired. A colorful addition to any landscape group. 
Each 2 5 
2- 3 ft. transplants .$0.60 $ 1.10 $2.50 
3- 4 ft. specimens .75 1.40 3.10 
4- 5 ft. specimens . 1.00 1.80 4.00 
Bechtel’s Double Flowering Crab (Malus ioensis Bechteli). Like a huge 
bouquet on the lawn is this Bechtel's Crab when, during May and June, 
it is densely covered with delicate pink, double flowers, looking for all the 
world like small roses. Very fragrant. 15 ft. at maturity. 
Each 
select specimens . ..$ 1.30 
Japanese Flowering Crab (Malus floribunda). A mass of rose-red buds 
merging to white as they open, followed by artistic fruits of yellow in 
the fall. Very attractive to birds. 15-20 ft. at maturity. 
- , . Each 
•••.$0.50 
4-5 ft. select . 75 
GIANT GERMAN 
FLOWERING HYDRANGEAS 
Much in vogue are these elegant, richly colored Hydrangeas 
that are fine for potting, for outdoor planting in the south, 
and when covered and protected carefully through the winter 
have even been successfully grown outdoors in the central 
states. Your choice of GERTRUDE GLAHN, bright rose-pink, 
or N1EDERSACKEN, light azure-blue, which we consider the 
most beautiful of them all. 
These Hydrangeas like a light, sandy, rather rich soil. When 
planting the Niedersacken, place 3 or 4 pieces of commercial 
alum the size of a dime right under the roots, or apply /j 
teaspoon of aluminum sulphate every 30 days, to insure good 
blue color. 
Strong, blooming size 
plants, 45c each; 
3 for $1.20 
10 for $3.25 
Crimson Crab (Malus atrosanguinea). Especially delightful is this 
showy flowering tree; in May it is loaded with brilliant, single, 
carmine flowers, with small, bright red fruit in the fall. 15-20 
ft. at maturity. Each 
4-5 ft. select...$0.75 
Purple Flowering Crab (Malus atropurpurea). Handsome purplish 
red flowers and foliage — very showy wherever used. 20-25 ft. 
at maturity. Each 
2- 3 ft.$0.50 
3- 4 ft. select.65 
Midget Crab (Malus micromalus). Upright, vaselike tree, thickly 
covered with lovely pink flowers in May, followed by a heavy 
crop of midget fruits. Very showy in both blooming and fruit¬ 
ing periods. 12-15 ft. at maturity. Each 
2- 3 ft..$0.50 
3- 4 ft. select .65 
"MODEL" SHRUB GROUP 
3 Weigela Eva Rathke 12-18 in. 
3 Spirea Van Houttei 18-24 in. 
3 Spirea Anthony Waterer 12-18 in. 
3 Japan Honeysuckle 2 ft. 
3 Japanese Barberry I ft. 
Favorites the country overt It is a valuable 
assortment of hardy, dependable varieties, 
ideally suited to almost any location, with 
beautiful flowers and foliage. 
These 15 
popular shrubs 
(Regular catalog price, $3.06.) 
(If desired by parcel post, add 25c extra.) 
Scheidecker’s Flowering Crab (Malus Scheideck- 
eri). Beautiful double blossoms of sweet fra¬ 
grance in great abundance in May — red in the 
bud, changing to pink as they open. Splendid 
specimen type. 12-15 ft. , 
2-3 ft.$0.50 
4-5 ft. select .75 
Red Flowering Crab (Malus Neidzwetzkyana). A 
mass of beautiful red flowers in early spring; 
attractive small fruit later, which is a favorite 
food of birds. Strong grower, hardy every¬ 
where. 15-20 ft. at maturity. Each 
2- 3 ft.$0.50 
Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia). Artistic, 
trast in any planting; in June small, yellow, 
fragrant flowers appear followed by ornamental 
berries. Ideal as a specimen or to accent shrub¬ 
bery groups; popular also for screens. 10-30 
ft. at maturity. „ 
7 Each 2 5 
3- 4 ft.$0.50 $0.80 $1.65 
Paul's Double Scarlet Thorn (Crataegus). Com¬ 
monly called “TREE OF FIRE.” During May 
and June it is loaded with bright crimson, 
double blooms, set off by rich, glossy green 
foliage which in autumn assumes brilliant 
colors. Scarlet fruits in the winter. Very showy. 
12-15 ft. at maturity. 
Each 2 
4- 5 ft. specimens.$1.25 $2.25 
LILAC, ROTHOMAGENSIS (Improved 
Persian). A beautiful hybrid, with 
splendid arching branches, and a 
great abundance of reddish purple 
flowers in broad clusters. 8-10 ft. at 
maturity. 
Each 2 5 
12-18 in. trans¬ 
plants .$0.25 $0.40 $0.90 
18-24 in. heavy. .40 .75 1.65 
Our Elegant FRENCH LILACS 
New, beautiful hybrids that are worth their weight in gold — Lilacs that usually bloom the first year after planting, 
their blooms of an extraordinarily large size, full, often double, and so colorful and fragrant. Order early, using them 
either as specimens or in a border or hedge. 5-8 ft. at maturity. 
CHAS. JOLY. Striking, dark purple-red; the finest 
of all double red Lilacs. Each 2 5 
18-24 in.$0.40 $0.75 $1.65 
2-3 ft.60 1.10 2.40 
CHAS. X. Reddish buds changing to mauve in 
full bloom. Extra large, handsome flowers. 
Each 2 5 
18-24 in.$0.40 $0.75 $1.65 
MARC MICHELI. Fine double, lavender-blue. 
Each 2 5 
18-24 in.$0.40 $0.75 $1.65 
2-3 ft.60 1.10 2.40 
MICHAEL BUCHNER. Exquisite pink-lilac buds 
merge into blue-lilac when fully open; double. 
Each 2 5 
18-24 in.$0.40 $0.75 $1.65 
2-3 ft.60 1.10 2.40 
MADAME LEMOINE. Beautiful, immense clusters 
of snow-white; double. Each 2 5 
18-24 in. ..$0.40 $0.75 $1.65 
MARIE LeGRAYE. Superb creamy white bloom 
of enormous size. 
Each 2 5 
18-24 in.$0.40 $0.75 $1.65 
PRESIDENT GREVY. Huge double flowers of 
lilac-blue. Choice. 
Each 2 5 
18-24 in.$0.40 $0.75 $1.65 
2-3 ft.60 1.10 2.40 
SOUV. de LUDWIG SPAETH. Long, finely 
formed flowers of dark reddish purple. One of 
the best. 
Each 2 5 
18-24 in.$0.40 $0.75 $1.65 
2-3 ft.60 1.10 2.40 
WM. ROBINSON. Large, handsome, double sort, 
giving a striking pinkish-red effect. 
Each 2 5 
18-24 in.$0.40 $0.75 $1.65 
Our 
"SPRING BEAUTY" 
FRENCH LILAC 
Collection 
1 Double Blue 
1 Double Reddish-Purple 
1 Double White 
1 Single Red 
* These 4 French Lilacs —fragrant 
and beautiful, blooming so 
young — 1 ft., thrifty, field- 
grown plants. 
SPECIAL 
BARGAIN PRICE 
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