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OURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



HOLLYHOCKS. 



The plants we offer are raised from the choicest strains of 

 Seed, and are really excellent. 

 Strong roots from open ground, each 20c; per doz $2.00 



HELENIUM — Sneezer* ort. 



Very handsome border plants, bearing large, Daisy-like 

 flowers, exceedingly useful for cutting. 

 Riverton Beauty — A superb new variety, flowers large, 



lemon-yellow with purplish-black disc. 

 Riverton Gem — New; very handsome, flowers old-gold, 



suffused with bright terra-cotta. Each 25c; per doz... $2. 50 



HEMEROCALLIS — Day Lily. 



A very ornamental, hardy herbaceous perennial. Flowers 

 borne on long stems; leaves long and narrow. Admirably 

 adapted for shrubbery or for massing in borders. 

 H. Flava (Yellow Day Lily).— 3 feet, July. Each 20c; per 



doz $2.00 



H. Fulva (Orange Day Lily) — 3 feet, July. Each, 20c; per 



doz $2.00 



H. Thunbergii — A large, late flowering variety, sweet 



scented, lemon yellow; August and September. Each 



20c; per doz $2.00 



HEUCHERA SANGUINEA — Alum Root. 



A most useful and desirable hardy border perennial. It 

 produces an abundance of flowers nearly all summer. 

 Excellent for cutting. Color, a rich, dazzling crimson. 

 Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



IMPERIAL JAPANESE IRIS — Iris Kaempferl. 



Of this magnificent class of Iris we offer seven of the newest 

 and best sorts, single and semi-double. The flowers, which 

 measure from 8 to 10 inches across, are unsurpassed in rich- 

 ness of color, exquisite form and beautiful markings. 

 Gold Bound — Large, pure white, with gold banded center. 

 Lavender Queen — Fine lavender. 

 Mahogany — Dark red, shaded with maroon. 

 Oriole — Deep crimson amaranth; yellow center. 

 Pyramid — Violet blue, veined with white. 

 Peacock — Nine large overlapping petals, violet-purple, veined 



white. 

 Spotted Beauty — "Wavy, double silky white, spotted violet 



crimson. 



Any of the above choice varieties 1 , each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



GERMAN IRIS — Iris Germanica. 



This Is the true "Fleur de Lis," the French national flower. 

 They are perfectly hardy, bloom profusely, and the flowers are 

 delightfully fragrant. 



Ag-narlus — Standards pearl white, falls dark blue. 

 Bluebird — Beautiful, deep violet blue. 

 Celeste — Delicate pale lavender. 



Florentina Alba — Ivory white, tinged with lilac. Fine. 

 Mme. Chercau — Snow-white, edged with delicate blue. 

 Pallida Dalmatica — Clear lavender. 

 Pallida Speciosa — Pale Indigo blue. 

 Sans Souci — Crimson-brown and gold. 



Any of the above, price each 20c; per doz. $2.00. 



LOBELIA. 



A most effective plant of very easy culture, doing well in 

 any good soil. 

 L. Cardinalls (Cardinal Flower) — 2 feet, August. A very 



showy plant of easy culture. Each 15c; per doz $1.60 



LYCHNIS — Lamp Flower. 



A charming border plant; should be in every garden. 

 L. Vlscaria Splendens — 2 feet, June. Large spikes, deep 

 red, double fragrant flowers. Each 20c; per doz $2.00 



PANSIES. 



These immensely popular little plants need no introduc- 

 tion. We have for years made a specialty of their cul- 

 ture, producing fine plants in large quantities from our 

 choicest strains of seed. Each 10c; per doz $0.60 



PHYSOSTEGIA — False Dragon Head. 

 P. Vlrginica — 3 to 4 feet. A beautiful free-blooming per- 

 ennial. If kept cut will flower from mid-summer until 

 fall. Color a shell pink. An exceedingly desirable 

 plant. Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



POPPY. 



Perennial Poppies stand almost unrivalled among hardy 

 plants for beauty and general usefulness. 

 P. Orlentale (Oriental Poppy) — 3 feet, June. A magnificent 



Poppy, bearing flowers often measuring 6 inches across; 



color most brilliant scarlet, with black blotches. Each 



20c; per doz $2.00 



PYKETHKUM. 



P. UHglnosum (Giant Ox-Eye Daisy) — 4 to 5 feet, Septem- 

 ber and October. This is one of the very finest for the 

 herbaceous border for supplying cut flowers in the au- 

 tumn. Large, pure white flowers. Each 15c; per doz.. $1.50 



PHLOXES. 



Tall Choice Perennial Varieties. 



Hardy Phloxes have long been so popular that it Is rare to 

 find a garden without a collection of at least a few of the many 

 beautiful varieties now in cultivation. No plant Is more at- 

 tractive or more useful, either for the adornment of the garden 

 or for supplying cut flowers. 



To those not familiar with these plants we desire to say that 

 they are perfectly hardy, and succeed well in almost any kind 

 of soil. Small plants are usually selected to start with, as 

 they increase rapidly in size, not in height so much, which is 

 from 2 to 3 feet, but in the number of flower stems. Which 

 multiply year after year. 



OUR PLANTS ARE WELL-GROWN AND STRONG. 



We offer below fifteen of the choicest varieties, which will 

 give a succesion of bloom from June to August. 



Consul H. Trost — Pure red, bright purple eye. 



Coquelicot — Fine scarlet, crimson eye. 



Eelaireur — Brilliant rosy-crimson, with lighter eye. 



Elizabeth Campbell — Bright salmon-pink, with lighter shad- 

 ings and pink eye; a new shade entirely in Phloxes. Each 

 30c; per doz. $3.00. 



Frau Anton Buchner — Unquestionably the finest white; trusses 

 and individual flowers immense; dwarf in habit. Each 30c; 

 per doz. $3.00. 



George A. Strohlein — Bright scarlet, crimson red eye. 



Le Mahdl — Deep reddish violet, with darker eye. 



Mme. Paul Dutrie — Delicate lilac rose. Flowers very large, in 

 immense panicles. 



Pantheon — Bright salmon rose; very fine. 



Rosenberg — Bright reddish-violet, with deep, red eye; indi- 

 vidual flowers as large as a dollar. Each 30c; per doz. $3.00. 



R. P. Struthers — Rosy carmine; claret-red eye. 



Selma — Pale rose mauve, claret-red eye. 



Siebold — Bright vermilion, overlaid with orange scarlet; crim- 

 son eye. 



Von Hochberg — A very rich crimson; very desirable. 



Von Lassburg — Pure white; flowers very large; an excellent 

 variety. 



Any of the above, except where noted, each 20c; per doz. $2.00. 



RUDBECKIA. 



-Cone Flower. 



This class of plants is considered quite indispensable in the 

 herbaceous 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. 



R. Purpurea — 4 feet, August. A remarkably showy, strong- 

 growing plant, producing abundantly its large reddish- 

 purple flowers during the months ofi August and September. 

 Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



SEDTTM. 

 Stone Crop. 



A very useful family of succulent plants which withstand a 

 degree of drought that most plants would succumb to. Ad- 

 mirably adapted for the rockery. 

 S. Spectablle (Syn. Fabaria) — 1% feet, September. Rosy pink. 



A very desirable plant. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



TRITOMA — Red-Hot Poker. 



A very stately and exceedingly attractive plant; admirably 

 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. Pfltzerll — 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. 



VINCA — Periwinkle, or Grave Myrtle. 



V. Minor — A well-known evergreen trailing plant, extensively 

 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. $2.50. 



