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CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL 



DIAXTHUS. 



Garden Fink. 



These favorites well de- 

 serve the popularity they 

 enjoy, as they certainly 

 rank among the finest of 

 the gems of the flower 

 garden. They are exceed- 

 ingly beautiful and very 

 easy of culture. 



D. Barbatus (Sweet 

 William) — 1 ft., June. 

 An invaluable border 

 plant, producing a 

 great abundance of 

 flowers of every 

 shade of red, pink. 

 crimson, purple and 

 white: especially use- 

 ful for cutting. 



D. Plninarius (Pheas- 

 ant's Eye) — Pink, 1 

 foot, June. White and 

 purple. 



D. Plnmaris. fl. pi. (Dou- 

 ble Hardy Pink) — 1 

 foot, June. All col- 

 ors. Each 10c; per 

 doz $1.00 



DICESTRA SPECTABILIS — Bleeding Heart. 



Two feet, May. One of the showiest of garden Perennials; also much 

 grown as a pot plant for spring flowering in the house. It is at home 

 in almost any situation out of doors and succeeds admirably in shady 

 places where few plants grow satisfactorily. 

 Each 15c; per doz ..$1.50 



SHEET WILLIAM. 



GABDEN PINKS. 



DICTAMXl'S — Gas Plant. 



Strong-growing, handsome plants of easy culture; 

 the one we name being a most interesting variety — 



D. Fraxiuella — 3 feet, May. Foliage showy and 

 fragrant; flowers purplish red, produced in large 

 spikes, which are very attractive. These in hot, 

 sultry weather give off a peculiar and very in- 

 flammable gas, which ignites -with a flash when 

 a match is applied. Each 20c; per doz $2.00 



DICENTRA SPECTABILIS. 



DIGITALIS. 



Mi'TAMNUS FRAXINELLA. 



Foxglove. 



Handsome, stately-grow- 

 ing plants, with beautiful 

 thimble - shaped flowers, 

 produced in profusion on a 

 stem tisually about 3 feet 

 high. The racemes of flow- 

 ers are about 3 feet long, 

 ranging in color from pure 

 white to purple. 



Each 15v; ner doz. $1.50. 



DOROXICUJI. 

 Dogbane. 



D. Excelsum — 



One of the 

 earliest and 

 most effec- 

 tive of our 

 spring flow- 

 ering plants; 

 very showy. 

 2 feet. June. 

 A handsome border plant, producing its large, bright 

 yellow flowers very freely; also an excellent pot 

 plant. Each, 15c; per doz $1.50 



EVP.VTORIUM — Snake Boot. 

 E. Ageratoldes — 5 feet, June to August. A very desir- 

 able and useful plant of vigorous growl h. bearing 

 very freely largo terminal heads of fragrant and 



handsome pure white flowers. Each 15c; per doz... $1.50 



DIGITALIS. 



