CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



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DIANTHU3 PLUMARIUS, FL. PL. 



DIANTHUS. 

 Garden Pink. 



These favorites well deserve the popularity 

 they enjoy, as they certainly rank among the 

 finest of the gems of the flower garden. They 

 are exceedingly beautiful and very easy of 

 culture. 



D. Bnrbatus (Sweet William) — 1 foot, June. 

 An invaluable border plant producing a 

 great abundance of flowers of every shade 

 of red, pink, crimson, purple and white. 

 Especially useful for cutting. 



D. Plumariiis (Pheasant's Eye) — Pink. 1 foot, 

 June. White and purple. 



D. PIuniarLs, fl. pi. (Double Hardy Pink) — 1 

 foot, June. All colors. 



Each 10c; per doz. $1.00 



DIGITALIS. 



Foxglove. 



Handsome, stately-growing plants, with 

 beautifully mottled thimble-shaped flower.'^, 

 produced in profusion on a stem usually about 

 3 feet high. The racemes of flowers are about 

 2 feet long. 



D. Purpurea — 3 feet, June. Purple. 



Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



COLLECTIONS OF HARDY PLANTS. 



Many of our eustoniers, being unac- 

 quainted Tvlth tUe varieties of Herbaceous 

 Plants, prefer to leave the selection to us, 

 merely stating,' the size of the bed or bor- 

 der they ^vish planted and it-s situation or 

 other useful details, in T»hich case we take 

 pleasure In exercising our best judgment 

 in selecting such kinds, as from our expe- 

 rience we knotv to be most suitable, and in 

 estimating and sending the exact number 

 required to properly plant the bed. For 

 prices of Popular Collections, see page 74. 



DICTAMNUS — Gas Plant. 



Strong-growing, handsome plants of easy cul 

 ture; the one we name being a most interestin 

 variety — 



D. Fraxlnella — 3 feet, May. Foliage showy and 

 fragrant; flowers purplish red, produced in 

 large spikes, which are very attractive. Tliese 

 in hot, sultry weather give off a peculiar and 

 very inflammable gas, which ignites with a 

 flash when a match is applied. 

 Each 20c; per doz. $2.00. 



EUPHORBIA. 

 Spurge. 



E. CoroUata — 3 feet, July. A plant of easy cul- 

 ture, producing- quantities of pure white flow- 

 ers with a small green eye, borne on tall, 

 spray-like branches in great profusion from 

 July to October, making a continuous and 

 most effective display. The flowers are well 

 adapted for vases and bouquets. E'xcellent for 

 cutting. 



Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



DIGITALIS. 



Mlruo- 



DICTAMNUS FRAXINELLA. 



EUPATORIUM. 

 Snake Root. 

 E. Ageratoidcs — 5 feet, June to August. A 

 very desirable and useful plant of vigorous 

 growth, bearing very freely large terminal 

 heads of fragrant and handsome pure white 

 flowers. 

 Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



FUNKIA. 

 Day Lily. 



This plant, from the shape and appearance of its leaf sometimes called the Plantain 

 Lily, is one of the most effective plants for the decoration of tlie lawn. It does splen- 

 didly as a low hedge or border plant and fills in admirably any corner where a low 

 plant is required to produce the best effect. In or out of flower it is very attractive. 



F. Lanceolata — 1% feet, August. 

 Blue. 



F. Ovata — 1 foot, August. Lilac. 



F. Subcordata — 1% feet, June. 

 White. 



F. Variegata — 1 foot, August. 

 Lilac. 



Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



GYPSOPHILLA — Chalk Plant. 



G. Panlculata — 2 feet, July. One 

 of the best of hardy plants, pro- 

 ducing great quantities of white 

 flowers, very useful for cutting. 

 Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



