. Catalogue of dutch bulbs and other flowering roots, also seeds and plants for autumn planting and house decoration in winter. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. u D. M. FERRY & CO?S CATALOGUE OF. PRIMULA—Double. Peperomia, Reseda-flora. This plant bears tiny spikes of white flowers ; very fine for button-hole bou- quets. 25 cents. Peristhorpa, Augiistifolia -var. A beautiful, va- riegated plant, yellow and green ; for baskets. 25 cts. Pilea, (Artillery Pla?it.) 25 cents. Pink. White fringed, hardy. 25 cents. Pomegranate, Dwarf. (Punica nana. This va- riety has the peculiari
. Catalogue of dutch bulbs and other flowering roots, also seeds and plants for autumn planting and house decoration in winter. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. u D. M. FERRY & CO?S CATALOGUE OF. PRIMULA—Double. Peperomia, Reseda-flora. This plant bears tiny spikes of white flowers ; very fine for button-hole bou- quets. 25 cents. Peristhorpa, Augiistifolia -var. A beautiful, va- riegated plant, yellow and green ; for baskets. 25 cts. Pilea, (Artillery Pla?it.) 25 cents. Pink. White fringed, hardy. 25 cents. Pomegranate, Dwarf. (Punica nana. This va- riety has the peculiarity of blooming when quite small. The flower is a rich shade of orange scarlet; a rare color. 25 cents. Primrose, hardy. Double white. 25 cents. Primula, Chinensis. Best varieties. 25 cents. Double white. 50 cents. Richardia, alba maculata. A variety of Calla ; leaves spot- ted with white. 25 cents. Rivina, Jiumilis. A plant of slender growth ; branches covered with red ber- ries. 25 cents. Rosmarinus, Offi- cinalis. (Rosemary.) 25 cents. Roses. Our stock of Roses this season is very fine, both for mailing and sending by express. Those offered as large plants have been bedded out. or grown in pots the past season, and wintered in cold-frame ; they can be planted out in the Spring with little or no risk. The Rose requires high culture ; it should be planted in good, well drained soil ; the ground can scarcely be made too rich. The pruning required will vary with the sorts planted, the rank-growing requiring less pruning than the weak ones. The points particularly to be observed are to prune be- fore the buds start in Spring, to cut out all unripe or old and feeble shoots, and to cut back the last sea- son's growth to from one-half to two-thirds its length, according to the vigor of the sorts, as indicated. Win- ter protection of tender sorts is accomplished by cover- ing after a few severe frosts, with leaves, straw, ever- green boughs, or earth, or by removing the plants to a
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