110 CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 
| RUDBECKIA. 
Cone Flower. 
This class of plants is considered quite indispensible in the her- 
baceous or shrubbery border. All the varieties are very showy and 
exceedingly effective. 
R. “Golden Glow”’—Very popular and fully merits the praise bestowed 
upon it. The plant is strong and bears long, strong-stemmed, very 
large and very double golden-yellow flowers in great profusion 
through several weeks of mid-summer. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 
Large clumps. Each 25c; per doz, $2.50. 
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R. Nitida “Autumn Sun.’—A superb 
variety producing abundantly its 
strikingly beautiful primrose yel- 
low flowers. Each 25c; per doz. 
$2.50. 
R. Rays of Gold—This grand variety 
is similar in general characteristics 
to Golden Glow, but the flowers have 
narrower petals and form a perfect 
ball. Each 20c; per doz. $2.00. 
R. Purpurea—4 feet, August. A re- 
plant, producing abundantly its 
markably showy, strong-growing 
large reddish-purple flowers during: 
the months of August and Septem- 
ber. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 
SEDUM. 
Stone Crop. 
A very useful family of succulent 
plants which withstand a degree of 
drought that most plants would suc- 
ecumb to. They are therefore useful 
in dry situations, such as sunny 
banks and other places where few 
plants will grow. Admirably adapted 
for the rockery. 
RUDBECKIA PURPUREA. 
S. Spectabile (Syn. Fabaria)—1¥% feet, 
September. Rosy pink. A very de- 
RUDBECKIA GOLDEN GLOW. sirable plant. Each 15c; per doz. 
STOKESIA—Stoke’s Aster, $1.50. 
S. Cyanea—1 foot, August and September. One of the most useful perennial plants i ra 
in cultivation, either for the herbaceous border or for planting among shrubs. It S. Sieboldii 
6 inches, September. A 
blooms when the majority of hardy plants are past flowering, producing in great handsome variety. Foliage glaucous, 
abundance large, showy, Aster-like, deep blue flowers. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. margined with pink, assuming shades 
S. Cyanea Alba—Similar in every way to the above, except that the flowers are pure of red and purple in autumn, flowers 
white. Each 25c; per doz, $2.50. bright pink. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 
SOLIDAGO—Golden Rod. ft = : 
Although the most of the Golden Rods may be considered too coarse and common S. Speetabilis Brilliant—1% feet. A 
for the garden, the two we offer are excellent. new and very superior upright va- 
S. Rigida—5 feet, September. Plant neat and upright; flowers bright yellow. riety. Flowers very. bright rose. 
S. Sempervirens—3 feet, September. A very handsome variety; large heads of bright Each 30c; per doz. $3.00. 
yellow flowers. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 
SPIRAEA—Goat’s Beard. 
A genus of hardy border plants of the easiest culture, growing freely in any good 
soil. The taller varieties are very effective in the shrubbery border. 
S. Palmata (Crimson Meadow Sweet)—3 feet, June. An exccedingly handsome plant, 
one of the most attractive in cultivation. The foliage is beautiful and the flowers 
are a vivid crimson, borne in great heads or corymbs in almost continuous 
succession. 
S. Ulmaria, FI, Pl. (Double Meadow Sweet)—3.feet, June. A beautiful and very de- 
sirable variety, with double white flowers. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 
5 ’ TRITOMA—Red-Hot Poker. 
A very stately and exceedingly attractive plant; admir- 
ably adapted for mixed borders; but a single clump on the 
lawn makes a magnificent specimen. It is quite hardy and 
very easy of cultivation. 
T. Pfitzerii—3 to 4 feet. A magnificent plant, the very best 
of all the varieties grown. The flowers are very freely 
and continuously produced from August to November, in 
great spikes or heads over 12 inches long. Color a rich 
orange scarlet. Each: 25c, per doz. $2.50. 
VERONICA—Speedwell. 
A very popular and exceedingly handsome family of per- 
fectly hardy plants, very effective in the herbaceous or 
shrubbery border. Se AYN UY Sa 
V. Longifolia Subsessilis—2 feet, August. A splendid . AIA | ip 
variety. The flowers are borne on long handsome {ji A V AEX IZ TO J 
spikes 4 to 5 inches in circumference; color deep WG di) 
rich blue. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 
YUCCA, 
Adam’s Needle, or Spanish Bayonet. 
Y. Filimentosa—4 feet. A very attractive lawn plant3 
flowers creamy white. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 
VINCA—Periwinkle or Grave Myrtle. 
V. Minor—A well-known evergreen trailing plant, er- 
tensively used in the cemetery for covering grave 
mounds. It is also very valuable for carpeting 
under trees and in shady places, Each 25c; per doz, 
YUCCA, $2.50, TRITOMA, 
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