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Title: D. M. Ferry & Co's seed annual 1875
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: D.M. Ferry & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Michigan Detroit Flowers Seeds Vegetables Seeds Nursery stock Gardening Equipment and supplies
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : D.M. Ferry & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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ire, impos-sible to reproduce. The flowers are too beautiful to describe, and thegrower has tried to imitate their beauty by the name Dtadem Pink. Chinensis iniperi ilis fl. pi. (Double Imperial Fink.; A superb,double variety from China. barbatus. See Sweet William. caryophyllus. See Carnation, POPPY. — (Papaver.) Old fashioned flowers, not much in demand , there are however a few speciesof great beauty, which are an ornament to any garden. The three followingvarieties will be found to be magnificent, worth more than all the rest. Hardyperennials, blooming first year from seed if sown early ; will not bear trans-planting well. Papaver bracteatum pulcherrium, superb, large, double, orange-crimsonflowers. orientaie, larn^e, gorgeous, orange-scarlet blossoms; bottom of petals black ; beautiful. carnation, brilliant, large, showy, double flowers, of various colors. 2 feet.The last variety, under the name of Papaver SOmnifemm, is the sort used soextensively for the extraction of opium. m
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PORTULACA, Remarkable for the brilliancy and richness of color ; well adapted for beds,clumps, edgings, pots, vases or rock-work. Dwarf in habit, extremely beauti-ful, and require scarcely any Avater. Hardy annual.Portulaca, alba, pure white. aurea, deep golden yellow. striata, pulphur yellow, golden striped. caryophylloides, carnation striped ; white and crimson. mixed, seeds of the above and many other beautiful varieties mixed. grandiflora flore plena — double. Seeds saved only from doubleflowers, grown under glass, and of a variety of most beautiful colors ;very large, and full as a rose ; of superior quality, and sure to give alarge percentage of double flowering plaats. PRIMULA. — (Chinese Primrose.) Most beautiful, eariy flowering plants, which should be grown by every onehaving a foot of glass, or a sunny window, as they will richly compensate for all

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