CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



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POTENTILLA. 



Clnquefoil. 



Handsome and very useful 

 plants for massing with other 

 plants in the border. They 

 are dwarf and somewhat trail- 

 ing in habit and produce in al- 

 most constant succession great 

 quantities of brilliant flowers, 

 of varying shades of yellow 

 and crimson. Each 15c; per 

 doz. $1.50. 



RANUNCULUS — Buttercup. 

 Very attractive border plants 

 of easy culture, succeeding well 

 in any good garden soil. 

 R. Acris, fl. pi. (Bachelor's But- 

 ton) — 2 feet, May. Foliage hand- 

 somely cut; flowers very double; 

 color, a shining golden yellow. 

 Blooms very profusely. 

 Each 15c; per doz. $1.'50. 



RUDBECKIA-Gone Flower. 



POTENTILLA. 



This class of plants is considered quite indispensable in the herbaceous or shrubbery border 

 All the varieties are very showy and exceedingly effective, either in masses or as sinsle "^necimens' 

 They are very easy of cultivation and are absolutely hardy. '^nigie specimens. 



R. Fulgida — 3 feet, August and September. One of the very best; showy and very useful for cut- 

 ting. Produces great quantities of orange-yellow flowers with dark purple centers Each 15c- 

 per doz. $1.50. ' ' 



R. "Golden Glow" — A superb variety, which has become very popular and fully merits the praise be 

 stowed upon it. The plant grows 6 to 7 feet in height, is strong and self-supporting and bears 



long. 



GOLDEN GLOW. 



STACHYS — ^Woundwort. 

 S. Lantana — 1 foot. A particularly val- 

 uable plant for rock work or the edg- 

 ing of flower beds, its tufted, silvery- 

 ■ white, woolly foliage and stems of 

 the same character, rendering it 

 highly ornamental. It bears during 

 the summer a quantity of purplish 

 flowers in short spikes, but it is on 

 account of the handsome foliage it is 

 especially prized. Each 15c; doz. $1.50. 



SOLIDAGO— Golden Rod. 

 Although the most of the Golden 

 Rods may be considered too coarse and 

 common for the garden, a few varieties 

 are really very desirable and very ef- 

 fective among shrubbery. The two we 

 offer are excellent. 

 S. Riiaida — 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. E'ach 15c; 

 per doz. $1.50. 



strong-stemmed, very large and very double golden-yellow flowers in great profusion throug-h 



several weeks of mid-summer. Price each 10c; per doz. $1.00. Large clumps each 25c- per doz $2 50 



R. Purpurea — 4 feet, August. A remarkably showy, strong-growing plant, producing 'abundantly its 



large reddish-purple flowers during the months of August and September. Each 15c- per doz $1 oO 



R. Speciosa — 3 feet, September. A very choice variety, producing immense quantities of handsome 



yellow flowers with deep purple centers. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 

 R. Sub-Tomentosa — 5 feet, September. This variety makes a very handsome ornament It branches 

 freely and produces an abundance of clear lemon-yellow flowers with dark purple centers Each 

 15c; per doz. $1.50. 

 SANTOLINA — Lavender Cotton. 

 S. Incana — A very pretty dwarf, 

 dense growing border plant, hav- 

 ing fine feathery foliage of a soft 

 and very pleasing silvery gray 

 color. It is particularly adapted 

 for lines of figures in carpet bed- 

 ding or for the edging of ordinary 

 flo-wer beds. Perfectly hardy. 

 Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 



SCABIOSA. 



S. Caucasioa — 2% feet. This is one 



of the most handsome perennials 



we possess, and one which should 



be grown in every garden, if only 



for cutting purposes. The 



flowers are long-stemmed 



and last a long time when 



placed in water. The col- 

 or is a charming shade of 



soft lilac blue. 



Each 20c; per doz. $2.00. 



KUDBECKIA SPECIOSA, 



RANUNCULUS. 



.STOKESIA — Stoke's Aster. 



S. Cyanea — 1 foot, August 

 and September. One of 

 the most useful perennial 

 plants in cultivation, 

 either for the herbaceous 

 border or for planting 

 among shrubs, where it 

 has a most charming ef- 

 fect. It blooms at a time, 

 too, when the majority 

 of hardy plants are past 

 flowering, producing in 

 great abundance its large 

 showy Aster-like deep 

 blue flowers. Each 25c; 

 per doz. $2.50. 



EUDBECKIA PUEPOEEA. 



