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GUERIE BROS.. MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



PLATYCODON. 



PLATYCODON. 



CHINESE BELL FLOWER. 



An exceedingly handsome class of hardy bordei 

 plants, closely resembling the Campanulas, v> ith 

 which they are often confounded. They are 

 bushy and upright in growth, foliage neat and 

 attractive; flowers large, very numerous and 

 showy; succeed well in any good soil. 



P. Grandiflorum (Bell Flowers) —3 

 feet. A very handsome plant, one of 

 the best in cultivation; blooms con- 

 tinuously all summer. Flowers blue, 

 bell-shaped. Each, 15 cts.; per doz., 

 81.50. 



PYRETHRUM. 



FEVERFEW. 



P. Lliginosum (Giant Ox-eye Daisv) 

 4 to 5 feet, September and October. 

 This is indeed a magnificent plant 

 and considered by ail plant lovers 

 who have seen it one of the very 

 finest for the herbaceous border, and 

 pre-eminently the best of its color 

 for supplying cut flowers in the 

 autumn. It forms a stout, upright 

 bush, with light green leaves, bear- 

 ing innumerable large pure wh i- te 

 flowers having bright yellow centers. 

 The individual flowers measure from 

 2 to 3 inches across and are borne in 

 large flat cymes, each flower having 

 a stiff, wiry stem, admirablv adapting 

 it for cutting purposes. 



Each, 20 cts.; per doz., 2.00. 



SEDUM. 



STONE CBOP. 



An interesting and very useful family 

 of succuJent plants which, owine to 

 their peculiar structure, are enabled to 

 withstand a degree of drought that most 

 plants would succumb to. They are 

 therefore useful in dry situations, such 

 as sunny banks and other places where 

 few plants will grow. 



5. Acre— For rock-work, carpet bedding 

 or for shady places where grnsswill not 

 grow, this very dwarf Sedum is ex- 

 cellent. 



Each, 10 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



S. Fabarium— V/ 2 foot, September. Rosy 

 pink. A very desirable plant. 

 Each, 15 cts.; per doz., 81.50. 



S. Sieboldii— 6 inches, September. A 

 handsome variety of trailing habit. 

 Foliage glaucous, margined with pink, 

 assuming shades of red end purple in 

 autumn; Bowers bright pink, very pretty 

 and showy. A splendid rock plant. 



Each, 20 cts.; per doz., 82 00. 



SPIRAEA.— Goat's Beard. 



A genus of hardy border plants of the 

 easiest culture, growing freely in any 

 good soil. The taller varieties are very 

 effective in the shrubbery border. All 

 are very desirable, 



S. Filipendula— 3 feet, June. Foliage 

 dark green, beautifully cut and Fern- 

 like; flowers double, white, sometimes 

 tinged with pink: very showy. This is a 

 very handsome plant. 



S. Ulrnaria fl. pi. (Double Meadow Sweet)— 3 

 feet, June. A beautiful and very desirable 

 variety with double white flowers. 



Each, 20 cts.; per doz., 82.00. 



PYRETHRUM ULIGINOSUM. GIANT OX-EYE DAISY" 



