CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL 



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Perennial border plants continue to command the attention and enjoy the 

 popularity they so richly deserve. The demand for them each season lias 

 always been far in excess of that of any previous year, a sure indication that 

 a taste for these hardy plants is rapidly becoming' more general, and that 

 without doubt their merits will, ere long, be as universally recognized, and 

 their beauty and usefulness as much appreciated in our own country as in 

 Europe, where for many years they have enjoyed a popularity not exceeded by 

 any other class of garden plants; Our stock embraces a carefully selected 

 assortment, each variety being the best of its kind yet introduced. The collec- 

 tion includes varieties of various heights, and which bloom at different seasons, 

 producing flowers of all styles and colors. The whole, or a carefully selected 

 number of them, will make a most effective bed or border, affording, by its 

 variety and succession of bloom, a vast amount of pleasure throughout the 

 entireseason. In the description of each we give the height, color of flowers 

 and the season it usually begins to bloom. 



Cultivation. — So simple is the cultivation of all Hardy Perennials that very 

 little need be said. They succeed well in almost any location, but in general 

 prefer a full exposure to the sun. Any good garden soil suits them, if well 

 enriched with some good fertilizer, such as Bone Meal, or well-rotted barn- 

 vard manure. Frequent loosening of the soil during summer, and watering 

 freely in dry weather are the essentials after planting. They usually succeed 

 equallv well when planted in spring or fall according to convenience. A light 

 covering of the soil over their roots in fall of manure is not a necessity, but is 

 beneficial as a winter protection, and enricher of the soil. The manure, if 

 rotted, is usually dug into the ground in spring. 

 ACORUS — Sweet Flag. 

 A. Calamus Variegata — 2 feet. A handsome green and whitish-yellow striped plant, 



very effective. Each, 25c ; per doz $2.50 



ACHILLEA — Milfoil or Yarrow. 

 These plants are remarkable for their ornamental foliage as well as handsome 

 flowers; should be in every collection. 

 A. Millefolium Roseum — 1 foot, August. Finely cut foliage; flowers bright pink. 



Each 15c; per doz 11.50 



A. Tomentosa — 6 inches, June. A choice and verv neat creeping variety; flowers 



golden yellow. Each 15c; per doz.. $1.50 



A. Ptarmiea Fl. PI. — 2 feet. August. A most valuable variety for supplying cut 

 flowers, which are borne in great profusion in clusters on light, stiff stems. 

 They are small, double and daisy-like; pure white. Each 10c; per doz.... $1.00 

 A. "The Pearl" — 2 feet, July. This handsome perennial cannot be recommended 

 too highly. It is considered indispensable for supplving cut flowers. The blos- 

 soms are pure white, double and button-like, and are produced in amazing pro- 

 fusion nearly all summer in loose clusters on stiff, erect stems. Each 10c; 

 per doz $1.00 



ASCLEPIAS. 



Very showy late summer and fall 



blooming plants. 



A. Incarnata — 3 feet, July. Posy 

 flesh. Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



A. Tuberosa — 1 foot, July. Orange- 

 yellow. Each 15c; per doz... $1.50 

 ASTILBE — Spiraea. 



A. Japonica — 1 V 2 feet, June. A very \ 

 showy, dwarf and compact hardy 

 plant, having' handsome dark 

 green foliage and attractive up- 

 right spikes of pure white flowers, 

 which are produced in amazing 

 profusion. It is also an excellent 

 pot plant, and is extensively 

 grown for parlor and conserva- 

 tory culture in winter. Each 20c; 

 per doz $2.00 



ACHILLEA— 



THE 



PEARL. 





ARABIS ALPINA. 



SPECIAL. 

 For choice assortments of popular HARDY 

 PLANTS, see the very low-priced collections 

 offered on page 111. 



ARABIS — Rock Cress. 

 Alpina — A dwarf growing plant, very suit- 

 able for rockwork; flowers white, very 



early. Each 10c; per doz. ...... $100 



AJTJGA. 

 Reptans — 4 inches, May. Blue; valuable 

 for rockwork. Each 15c; per doz.. $1.50 



