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CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



Our Plant Department contains a carefully selected assort- 

 ment of growing plants best adapted in our climate for the 

 home, flower garden, herbaceous border, lawn and kitchen 

 garden. The several lists embrace the most useful and orna- 

 mental foliage and flowering Bedding Plants, all the leading 

 and most desirable Hardy Border Plants, the best known and 

 most reliable Vines, a complete collection of Hardy Flowering 

 Shrubs, and a select list of Small Fruit Plants, all selected 

 with a view to furnishing a sufficient number of the very 

 best varieties of the several kinds of plants in demand. 



HOW TO ORDER. 



For general information regarding How and When to 

 Order and How to Remit, we respectfully request customers 

 to carefully read the instructions on page 1 of this Catalogue, 

 which apply to Plants as well as to Seeds. 



PLANTS BY EXPRESS. 



We advise our customers to have plants sent by express 

 where possible, as not only do we send larger and finer plants 

 than is practicable by mail, but they invariably arrive in bet- 

 ter condition, and we always add enough extra plants gratis 

 to compensate for the additional expense of expressage. As 

 this plan, we find, meets with general approval, and believing 

 it to be for the best interests of our customers, we always 

 send plants by express unless otherwise Instructed in the 

 order, purchasers paying the charges, which are now, by all 

 the principal express companies, 20 per cent, less than the 

 rate on general merchandise. 



PLANTS BY MAIL. 



We do not recommend the mailing of plants, as they are 

 liable to suffer in transit, since the soil must be removed from 

 their roots, but when so instructed in the order we will send 

 small plants by mail, paying the postage, at our Catalogue 

 prices, but we cannot mail such things as dormant Roses, 

 Shrubs and other large plants. 



PACKING OF PLANTS. 



To insure the safe arrival of plants and without check to 

 their growth, it is highly important that they be properly 

 packed. By our system of packing our plants invariably 

 reach their destination in perfect safety and as fresh as when 

 they left out greenhouses. No charge is made for boxes, 

 baskets or packing. 



SAFE ARRIVAL OF PLANTS. 



We guarantee all plants to arrive safely and in good con- 

 dition, if sent by express, and will cheerfully replace any not 

 received in good condition, if notice is sent us immediately 

 on receipt of the plants, but we take no risk on plant sent 

 in any other way than by express. 



HOW TO TREAT PLANTS WHEN RECEIVED. 



Plants sent by express usually arrive in such perfect con- 

 dition that no special treatment is required. If they should 

 be dry, soak the balls of soil in cold water before potting or 

 planting them. When sent by mail to a considerable distance, 

 they are liable to get dry. If they should look wilted, place 

 them in tepid water for a short time, and they will soon re- 

 vive; then put them into as small pots as will conveniently 

 hold the roots, or, if planted immediately in the garden, press 

 the soil, which should be well pulverized, firmly around the 

 roots; water and shade for a few days. 



SUMMER BEDDING PLANTS. 



Each 

 Achyranthes Elegantlsslma — Useful for edging 



beds. Leaves crimson 10c 



Achyranthes Emersoni — Leaves carmine 10c 



Ageratum Blanche — Flowers white 10c 



Ageratum Princess Pauline — White and blue 10c 



Ageratum Stella Gurney — Deep blue 10c 



Alyssum — Sweet scented; double white 10c 



Alternanthera— In variety, for carpet beds; per 



100 $5.00 10c 



Doz. 



$1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



.75 



CANNAS. 



Alphonse Bouvler — 5 feet. An exceedingly free bloomer; color 



a rich brilliant crimson; foliage deep green. 

 Charles Henderson— 3 feet. Foliage deep; flowers large and 



produced in great abundance; color rich crimson. 

 Crimson Bedder — 3 feet. Leaves deep green; flowers large and 

 open, borne in immense trusses; color a bright glowing 

 crimson. 

 Egandale — 4 feet. A superb variety, blooms most, profusely; 



color of flower cherry red; foliage dark bronze. 

 F. Neuvessel — 6 feet. A strong grower, having large, very 

 handsome bronze foliage; flowers very freely produced; 

 color orange-scarlet tinged with pink. 

 Florence Vaughan — 5 feet. A magnificent variety; golden-yel- 

 low, dotted with spots of bright scarlet; foliage green. 

 Madame Crozy — 4 feet. Flowers borne in great clusters; 

 color a glossy brilliant vermillion bordered with gold; 

 foliage bright green. 

 Martha Washington — 2% feet. Flowers unusually large, 

 borne in immense trusses which grow perfectly erect; 

 color rich clear pink; foliage green. 

 Mile. Berat — 4 feet. A very showy and unique variety, 

 producing large erect flowers of a very pleasing car- 

 mine pink; foliage green. 

 Queen Charlotte — 3 feet. Color rich crimson scarlet, with 

 wide golden border on every petal; foliage green. 



Prices of above varieties of Cannas up to May 1, strong, well-rooted plants, each 20o; 

 per dozen $2.00. 



After May 1, large plants from 4-inch pots, each 25c; per dozen $2.50. Each Doz 



Caladlum Esculentum — Elephant's Ear 25c $2.50 



Centaurea Gymnocarpa — Dusty Miller 10c 1.00 



Cineraria Maritime — Also known as Dusty Miller 10c 1.00 



Castor Bean — Green and Bronze varieties 15c 1.50 



CANNA BEDS. 



So many inquiries are received by us every year concerning the arrangement of Can- 

 nas in a bed and the number of plants required, that we believe the following table will 

 be very useful to many of our customers: 



Diameter 



of 



bed. 



6 



feet. 



7 



feet. 



8 



feet. 



9 



feet. 



10 



feet. 



Number of plants in rows 



from center to outside. 

 4 10 



1 6 12 



3 8 14 



4 10 16 

 1 6 12 



CANNAS. 



3 8 14 



4 10 16 

 1 6 12 

 3 8 14 



18 15 feet. 4 10 16 

 By this table the plants are set about 18 inches apart — medium planting, 



given above or below that of the bed to be planted will effect a closer or wider arrange- 

 ment. They are usually planted closer in sin all beds. 



diameter 



of bed. 



11 



feet. 



12 



feet. 



13 



feet. 



14 



feet. 



15 



feet. 



Number of plants in rows 

 from center to outside. 



20 





22 





18 



24 



20 



26 



22 



28 



The 



size 



