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CURK1E BROTHERS COMPAJV¥, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



RUDBECKIA 



Cone Floorer. 



This class of plants is considered quite indispensabl 

 in the herbaceous or shrubbery border. All the varie 

 ties 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 pro- 

 fusion through several weeks of mid-summer. 

 Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



Large clumps. Each 25c; per doz 2.50 



R. Nltida — "Autumn Sun." A superb vari- 

 ety, producing abundantly its striking- 

 ly beautiful primrose, yellow flowers. 

 Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



It. Rays of Gold — This grand variety is 

 similar in general characteristics to 

 Golden Glow, but the flowers have nar- 

 rower petals and form a perfect ball. 

 Each 20c; per doz $2.00| 



STOKESIA — Stoke's Aste-r. 



S. Cvanea — 1 foot, August and September. One of the most useful perennial plants in cul- 

 tivation, either for the herbaceous border or for planting among shrubs. It blooms 

 when the majority of hardy plants are past flowering, producing in great abundance 

 large, showy, Aster-like, deep blue flowers. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



S. Cyanea Alba — Similar in every way to the above, 

 except that the flowers are pure white. Each 

 25c-; per doz $2.50 



SEDUM 

 Stone Crop. 



RTJDBECKIA 

 GOLDEN GLOW 



SOLIDAGO — Golden Rod. 



Although the most of the Golden Rods 

 may be considered too coarse and com- 

 mon for the garden, the two we offer 

 are excellent. 



S. Rigida — 5 feet, September. Plant 

 neat and upright; flowers bright 

 yellow. 



S. Sempervirens — 3 feet, September. A 

 very handsome variety; large heads 

 of bright yellow flowers. Each 15c; 

 per doz $1.50 



of succulent 

 a degree of 



SEDUM SPECTABILE. 



TRITOMA — Red-Hot Poker. 



A very stately and exceedingly at- 

 tractive plant, admirably adapted for 

 mixed borders; but a single clump on 

 the lawn makes a magnificent speci- 

 men. It is quite hardy and very easy 

 of cultivation. 



A very useful family 

 plants which withstand 

 drought that most plants would sue 

 cumb to. They are therefore useful 

 in dry situations, such as sunny banks 

 and other places where few plants 

 ■will grow. 



S. Spectabile (Syn. Fabaria) — 1V 2 - 

 feet, September. Rosy pink. A 

 very desirable plant. Each 15c; 

 per doz $1.50 



S. Sieboldii — 6 inches, September. A 

 handsome variety of trailing 

 habit. Foliage glaucous, mar- 

 gined with pink, assuming 

 shades of red and purple in 

 autumn; flowers bright pink, 

 very pretty and showy. A 

 splendid rock plant. Each 15c; 

 per doz $1. 



S. Speetabilis Brilliant — 1% feet. 

 A new and very superior upright 

 variety. Flowers verv bright 

 rose. Each 30c; per doz $3.00 



YUCCA. 



T. FfttKerii — 3 to 4 feet. This is truly a magnifi- 

 cent plant, the very best of all the varieties 

 grown. It is exceedingly effective either as a 

 single specimen or in masses. 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 

 perfectly hardy plants, very effective fn the herbaceous > 

 or shrubbery border. 

 V. Longifolia Subsessilis — 2 feet, August. A splen-. 



did variety. The flowers are borne on long 



handsome spikes 4 to 5 inches in circumference; 



color deep rich blue. Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



YUCCA. 

 Adam's Needle, or Spanish Bayonet. 

 Y. Filimentosa — 4 feet. A very attractive lawn 

 plant; flowers* creamy white. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50 



VINCA — Periwinkle. 



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

 extensively used in the cemetery for covering 

 grave mounds. It is also very valuable for car- 

 peting under trees and in shady places. Each 

 25c; per doz $2.50 



