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Title: Seed annual 1909
Year: 1909 (1900s)
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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rdy annual; one foot high. Mixed Pkt. 5c. 7*»a )\^9i7«» (Zea Japonica fol. variegatis) A variety of corn M^xia. iVldlze vvith ornamental foliage; leaves striped green andAvhite. Half hardy annual; six feet high. Also known as Striped Japa-nese Corn Pkt. 5c. ^^* • Very showy plants with large, double, imbricated flowers which, when fully expanded might easily be^^11T(1^1^ mistaken for dwarf dahlias. There is much satisfaction in a bed of Zinnias, for when nearly every^^****■**** other flower has been killed by frost this plant is still in full bloom. Few flowers are more easily grownor bloom more abundantly throughout the season and the wide range of color is not less remarkable than their un-usual depth and richness. Sow the seed early in spring, in open ground and transplant to one and one-half feet apartin good, rich soil. Half hardy annual; about eighteen inches high.Double, yellow Pkt. 5c. Double, magenta Pkt. 5c. Double, black purple Pkt. 5c. Wistaria Chinensis Xeranthemum
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Zinnia 5c. dark crimson striped, or zebra., scarlet * 5c. orange * deep red 5c. white choice mixed, including the above colors, very fine Lilliput, double mixed. This strain grows abou,t one foot high and bears a profusion of comparatively small, very double, globular flowers about one inch in diameter, very brilliant in color Pompon, double mixed. The globular flowers are fully as varied and brilliant in color as the ordinary Zinnia and about half its size 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 Mexicana hybrida, variegated. A variety of Zinna distinctive in its well formed single flowers of deep maroonand golden yellow, strikingly contrasted. The flowers are very similar to the popular French Legion of HonorMarigold, but come into bloom earlier and are more easily grown. Hardy annual; one foot high 10c. 5c. 10c. 15c. D M FERRY & GOS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 93 BU

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