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CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



HARDY FLOWERING PLANTS. 



For the Herbaceous Border. 



Hardy Flowering Plants, or Perennial Border Plants, have within recent years attained to a most important position in the 

 domain of horticulture. Their usefulness in securing certain landscape effects and in carrying out color schemes in connec- 

 tion with shrubbery planting and their own individual beauty, not to mention their great usefulness in affording cut flowers 

 at a time wben other flowers are unobtainable, are surely winning for them in this country that recognition of their worth 

 and value which they have for many years commanded in Europe, where they enjoy a popularity not exceeded by any other 

 class of plants. Our stock embraces a carefully selected assortment, each variety being the best of its kind yet introduced. 

 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 entire season. In the description of each we give the height, 

 color of flowers and the season it usually begins to bloom. 



Cultivation — Hardy Perennials 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 Bone Meal, or well-rotted barnyard manure. Frequent loosening of the 

 soil during summer, and watering freely in dry weather, are the essentials after planting. A light covering of manure in. 

 fall 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. 



The demand for LARGE PLANTS of Hardy Perennials has now become so general that we have this year concluded 

 to prepare and offer only this grade of stock; this insures a better and more immediate effect than is possible with small 

 plants. In order to do this we have been obliged to slightly increase the minimum price, which is, however, more than 

 offset by the increased value of the plants. 



AQDILEGIA. 



ACHILEA — Milfoil or Yarrow. 



A. Millefolium Roseum — 1 foot. August. Finely cut 

 foliage; flowers bright pink. Each 25c; per doz.... $2.50 



A. Tomentosa — 6 inches, June. A choice creeping vari- 

 ety; flowers golden yellow. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



A. Ptarmica fi. pi. — 2 feet, August. A most valuable 

 variety for supplying cut flowers. Pure white. Each 

 25c; doz $2.50 



A. "The Pearl." — 2 feet, July. This handsome perennial 

 cannot be recommended too highly. The blossoms 

 are pure white, and are produced in amazing profu- 

 sion nearly all summer. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



ANEMONE. 



Anemones, or 'Windflowers, are amongst the most showy 

 of our hardy autumn-blooming plants. Their beautiful 

 pure white and rose-colored flowers are borne on long 

 stems and in great profusion. They are indispensable for 

 cut flowers. Should be represented in all gardens. 

 A. "Whirlwind — 3 feet. A very hardy and strong-grow- 

 ing variety, very similar to Japonica, but the flowers 

 are semi-double, are produced in great profusion and 

 last a long time; color, pure white. Each 30c; per 

 doz $3.00 



AQUILEGL4. — Columbine. 



Perfectly hardy. Last for years. Produce a wealth of 

 brilliant colored flowers from May to September. Should 

 be represented in all gardens. 



A very popular, almost indispensable border plant, pos- 

 sessing great beauty of form and coloring of flowers. Easy 

 of cultivation in any good garden soil. 

 A. Coerulea — 1 foot, April to July. Flowers large, sepals 



violet blue, petals pure white. 

 A. Chrysantha — 3 feet, May. A beautiful variety, having 



golden yellow flowers which are very fragrant. 

 A. Glandulosa — 1 foot, April and May. A conspicuously 

 liandsome plant; flowers large, sepals deep blue, petals 

 white. 

 A. Skinneri — 3 feet, June. A unique and very pretty va- 

 riety, sepals crimson, petals light green. 

 Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



ASTILBE — Spiraea. 

 A. Japonica — 1% feet, June. A very showy, dwarf 

 hardy plant, having handsome dark green foliage 

 and upright spikes of pure white flowers. Each 30c; 

 per doz $3.00 



ARABIS — Rock Cress. 

 Alpina — Dwarf, suitable for rock work, flowers white. 

 Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



