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GTJRRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



RICINUS, 



RICINUS. 



Castor Oil Bean. 



Magnificent tall-growing foliage plants, 

 useful as specimen plants on lawns, or 

 groups in center of large beds. Their 

 brilliant leaves create a grand sub-tropi- 

 cal effect. H. H. A. 



Height 18 inches. 



Zurich — A dwarf, compact Salvia, 



coming into bloom very early, 



and producing its large brilliant 



scarlet flowers freely until cut 



down by frost 



Patens — Flowers of a delightful 



blue 



Coecinea Laetea — Pure white 



Pkt. 

 Bismarkiana — A vigorous grower, and very ornamental; its large dark 

 green leaves being tinged with metallic bronze and ribbed purple. The 



stems are almost black, with silvery white stripes 



Borboniensis Arborens — Very large and handsome foliage; 15 feet. Oz. 10c. 



Cambodgensis — The leaves are large, palm-shaped and of a bronze-red 



color with red veins. The stems of the leaves are of a reddisn-brown, 



and the main stem of the plant is black, making a beautiful ornament 



for the lawn; oz. 15c... 



Gibsonii — Dark red foliage; 8 feet; oz. 10c 5 



Obermanii (Sanguineous) — Red fruit; very ornamental; 8 feet; oz. 10c... 5 

 Panormitanus — A remarkably decorative variety, with gigantic dark brown 

 leaves and bluish stalks, which turn almost black as the season ad- 

 vances. The leaves often 

 measure 3 feet across . . . 

 *'* Fine Mixed — Oz. 10c; lb. 



70c 



PYRETHRUM. 



Feverfew. 



Old favorite herbaceous plants, very much in use for borde 

 The Golden Feather is a valuable yellow-leaved variety mm 

 used for carpet beds and for ribbon borders. H. P. pjji 



Parthenifolium Aureum (Golden Feather) — Bright golden 



foliage. V4 oz. 20c 



Double French Hybrids — Beautiful large flowering hardy 

 plants, bearing bright-colored double flowers of crimson, 



pink, rose, white, etc 



Boseum (Persian Insect Powder Plant) — Single; rose to 



deep carmine 1 



( liginosuin (Giant Ox Eye Daisy) — A fine hardy perennial 

 forming a stout upright bush literally covered from 

 August to October with pure white flowers having bright 

 yellow centers. Height 4 feet 1 



SALVIA. 



Handsome plants, excellent for beds or borders, with loni 

 spikes of flowers, which continue in bloom until late in the fall 

 For early flowering sow the Seed indoors in March or April, o 

 outside as soon as the warm weather appears. Salvias plante> 

 on light or rather poor soils will come into flower much earlie 

 than if planted on heavy, strong soils, where they develop 

 much more rank plant and consequently later in flowering. 

 H. P. p 



Bonfire — The plants arR dwarf and compact in habit, grow- 

 ing about 2'Mi feet high, bearing in great profusion long 

 spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers, which stand clear 

 above the bright green foliage, producing a gorgeous 



effect; 14 oz. 75c 



Splendens (Scarlet Sage) — The long spikes of vivid scarlet 

 are borne in such profusion as to fairly hide the foliage; 



Vi oz. 40c 



Ball of Fire — A compact, dwarf-flowering variety unequaled 

 for bedding; especially valuable as a border for large beds. 

 Begins to bloom two weeks ahead of other sorts and con- 

 tinues a mass of brilliant scarlet bloom until late fall. 



14 oz. 75c 1 



Precocity — A new dwarf, compact 

 growing Salvia, forming well- 

 shaped plants about 12 inches in 

 height and producing continually 

 *■" an abundance of bright scarlet 

 flower spikes, making splendid 

 10 pot plants and unsurpassed for 

 5 bedding; Y s oz. 50c , i 



ROSES. 



BOSF LITTLE MIPIETS. 



Little Midgets, Bloom the First 



Season From Seed. 



Pkt. 

 Polyantha Multifiora (Little 

 Midgets) — Pretty dwarf 

 little roses which com- 

 mence blooming in about 

 six 'weeks after the Seed 

 is sown. The flowers are 

 semi-double and double 

 of various tints, and pro- 

 duced in clusters until 

 the frost comes. Although 

 blooming freely the first 

 season, they do not attain 

 their best until the sec- 

 ond year, when they are 

 a perfect mass of bloom. 

 3 pkts. 25c 



French Hybrids ■ — ■ Finest 

 mixed; 2 pkts. 25c 15 



Tea Scented — Finest mixed; 

 2 pkts, 25c , . , , . , , , 



