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CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



SEDUM. 



stone Crop. 





SBDDM SPECTABILE. 



THYmUS-Thyme. 



T. Vulgaris — Common Taymo. A very pop- 

 ular sweet-scented little plant, valuable 

 for culinary purposes. 



T. Vulgaris Variegatiis — A pretty variety 

 with silvery variegated foliage, much 

 used in carpet bedding; sweet scented. 



T. Citridoriis Aureus — Golden Thyme. A 

 very aromatic, handsome variety with 

 golden variegated foliage. Each 10c; 

 per doz. $1.00. 



THALICTRUm-Meadow Rue. 



Very attractive plants, with graceful, 

 finely cut foliage; perfectly hardy. 

 T. Aquilegifolium — 2 feet, May and June. 



A very profuse bloomer; flowers light 



purple; very handsome. Each 20c; per 



doz. $2.00. 



THERMOPSIS. 



A genus of very showy, hardy plants, not 

 so well known as they deserve to be. 

 T. Caroliniana — 3 feet, June and July. An 



exceedingly showy plant, producing long 



spikes of yellow flowers; very desirable. 



Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



TRADESCANTIA-Spiderwort. 



Handsome plants of very easy culture, 

 thriving in almost any soil, whether wet 

 or dry, and can be depended upon to bloom 

 from early summer till late in fall. 

 T. Virginica — 2 feet. Violet purple flowers; 



a very fine bloomer. Each 15c; per doz. 



$1.50. 



TRITORIA-Red-Hot Poker. 



A very stately and exceedingly attrac- 

 tive plant, admirably adapted for mixed 

 borders; but a single clump on the lawn 

 makes a magnificent specimen. It is quite 

 hardy and very easy of cultivation. 

 T. Uvaria — 2 feet, August to October. 

 Flowers borne in great dense terminal 

 spikes about a foot long on stems from 3 

 to 4 feet in length; color, orange-red; 

 very striking, not inaptly suggesting the 

 familiar name Red-hot Poker. Each 20o; 

 per doz. $2.00. 



SPIEAEA. 



Bears feathery 



VERONICA SPICATA. 



A very useful family of succulent plants which with- 

 stand a degree of drought that most plants would suc- 

 cumb to. They are therefore useful in dry situations, 

 such as sunny banks and other places where few- 

 plants will grow. 



S. Acre — For rock-work, carpet bedding or for shady 

 places where grass will not grow this very dwarf 

 Sedum is excellent. Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 



S. Spectabile (Syn. Fabaria)— IV2 feet, September. Rosy 

 pink. A very desirable plant. Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 



S. Sieboldii — 6 inches, September. A handsome variety 

 of trailing habit. Foliage glaucous, margined with 

 pink, assuming shades of red and purple in autumn; 

 flowers bright pink, very pretty and sho"'y. A splen- 

 did rock plant. Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 



8PBRAEA. 



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 

 S. Fillipendula — 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. Lobata (Queen of the Prairie) — 5 feet, July. A handsome variety- 

 plumes of rose-colored fragrant flowers. 



S, Palmata (Crimson Meadow Sweet) — 3 feet, 

 June. An exceedingly handsome plant, one 

 of the most attractive in cultivation. The 

 foliage is beautiful, and the flowers are a 

 vivid crimson, borne in great heads or 

 corymbs in almost continuous succession. 



S. Ulniaria, fl. pi. (Double Meadow Sweet) — 3 

 feet, June. A beautiful and very desirable 

 variety with double white flowers. 

 Kach 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



VALERIANA— Garden Heliotrope. 



V. Ofiicinali.s — 3 feet, June. Also known as St. 

 George's Herb; flowers blush white, freely 

 produced in large trusses; very showy. 

 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 carpeting under trees and in 

 shady places, being an excellent substitute 

 for grass. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. Large 

 plants or clumps, each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



VIOLA-Vlolet. 



V. Pe«lata — The most attractive of all our na- 

 tive Violets, having large deep blue ilowers. 



V. Pedata Bicolor — A very pretty variety of 

 the preceding -with large showy flowers, the 

 color of the two upper petals being a royal 

 purple of a velvety texture, the lower one§ 

 almost pure white. 



V. Californian — A single variety with large 

 purple flowers, about the size of a silver half dollar; very free flowering and 

 deliciously fragrant. 

 V. Marie Louise — Dark blue and very double. This is the variety so extensively 

 grown and so very popular. 

 Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 



VERONICA. 



Speedwell. 



A very popular and exceedingly handsome family 



of perfectly hardy plants, adapted to all soils and 



situations. The dwarf sorts make splendid rock 



plants, and the tall varieties are very effective in 



the herbaceous or shrubbery border. All are very 



free bloomers. 



V. Amaetliystina — 1 foot, June. Flowers in showy 

 spikes; color a beautiful amethyst blue. Each 

 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



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

 did variety. Tlie flowers are borne on long hand- 

 some spikes 4 to 5 inches in circumference, and 

 remain in bloom a long time; the color is a deep 

 rich blue. Each 20c; per doz. $2.00. 



v. Rupestris — 4 inches, May. An excellent rock 

 plant of creeping habit. Flowers blue in dense 

 spikes. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



V. Spicata — 2 feet, June to August. One of the best; 

 blooms very profusely; flowers bright blue, borne 

 on long spikes. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 

 Collection of 4 Varieties, 50c. 



YUCOA. 



Adaiu's Needle, or Spanisb Bayonet. 



Y. Filimentosa — 4 feet. A very attractive lawn 



plant; flowers creamv white. 

 Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



.TBITOMA UVAKIA. 



