CURRIE BROTHERS CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS 



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NEW PHLOX DRUMMONDI GIGANTEA 

 ART SHADES 



Winner of Award of Merit in the All-American 

 Selections 

 A new strain of Phlox Drummondi with flowers 

 an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half in dia- 

 meter. In addition to its enormous flowers (which 

 in itself would be enough to justify it as a novelty) 

 it has a most wonderful range of color in soft art 



shades Pkt. 25c 



PHACELIA— CALIFORNIA BLUE BELL— Cam- 

 panularia. A beautiful annual and one of the ear- 

 liest to bloom. Intense gentian blue flowers grows 

 9 inches Pkt. 10c 



PASSIFLORA (Passion Flower) 

 COERULEA — A rapid-growing vine for the con- 

 servatory or window. The flowers are a beautiful 

 sky-blue, and are produced freely on a rich back- 

 ground of handsome green foliage. Pkt. 10c 



PENNISETUM (Fountain Grass) 

 Ornamental grasses with beautiful, feathery 

 plumes, useful for edging beds of Cannas and 

 other tall-growing plants. 

 LONGISTYLUM — Graceful, soft, greenish-white 



feathery heads Pkt. 10c 



RUPPELIANUM — Long, purplish, feathery 

 plumes Pkt. 10c 



PERILLA 



This ornamental plant makes a fine contrast with 

 any of the light or silver-leaved plants used for 

 lawn groups or ribbon borders. H. H. A. 



LACINIATUS— Cut-leaved variety Pkt. 10c 



NANKINENSIS— 1% feet Pkt. 10c 



PHORMIUM (Tenax Variegatus) 

 NEW ZEALAND FLAX— Pretty, grass-like varie- 

 gated foliage; used for vases, etc. Pkt. 10c 



POLYGONUM ORIENTALE (Kiss-Me-Over-the- 

 Garden Gate)— Pink Pkt. 10c 



Phlox Drummondi 



The annual Phlox is unsurpassed as a bedding plant, being one 

 of the most brilliant and at the same time the easiest and most 

 satisfactory plant for the garden. It grows and thrives in almost 

 any soil if given a sunny position, but in a light, rich loam it is at 

 its best. Seed may be sown in the open ground soon after danger 

 of frost is past in spring, and in a few weeks the plants are covered 

 with a mass of bloom, continuing to bear freely until cut down by 

 frost in fall. For massing in beds or borders few plants are as 

 showy, and they are equally serviceable planted in vases and win- 

 dow boxes. The Phlox is a native of Texas, and is commonly known 

 as "Texan Pride." Height 1 foot. 



SELECT LARGE FLOWERING VARIETIES 



(Phlox Drummondi Grandiflora) 



This is the finest type, having the largest heads of blooms, as 

 well as the largest individual flowers; of strong, sturdy growth, 

 attaining a height of about 12 inches. 



ATROPURPUREA (Warrior)— Dark purple. 



ALBA— Pure white. 



BRILLIANT— Rose, with dark eye. 



CARMINE— Bright red. 



COCCINEA— Fiery red. 



IS ABELLINA— Yellow. 



KERMESINA ALBO-OCULATA— Crimson, white eye. 



ROSEA— Bright rose. 



STELLATA-SPLENDENS — Glowing scarlet, with white 



star eye. 



SPLENDENS— Brilliant scarlet. 



WHITE — With crimson eye. 



LARGE FLOWERING EXTRA CHOICE MIXED — A 



splendid mixture of the best sorts and colors. 



Any of the above— % oz., 35c; 1 oz., $1.25 Pkt. 10c 



LARGE-FLOWERING DWARF PHLOX 



A type combining the size of the individual flower and 

 head of the finest Grandifloras, but of dwarf, compact 

 growth, a perfect combination; and while they do not 

 come in the large variety of colors found in the taller- 

 growing sorts, they will be found very effective for beds, 

 borders, etc., etc. 6 inches. 

 Finest Mixed Colors — H oz., 75c Pkt. 10c 



STAR PHLOX (P. Cuspidata) 



Of dwarf habit, with very pretty star-shaped flowers. 

 Petals pointed like a star. A novel variety; mixed colors. 

 % oz., 40c Pkt. 10c 



Perennial Varieties, See Page 53 



PORTULACA (Moss Rose) 



One of our finest hardy annual plants, of easy culture, 

 thriving best on a rather rich, light loam or sandy soil, 

 and luxuriating in an exposed, sunny situation; the flow- 

 ers are of the richest colors, and produced throughout the 

 summer in great profusion; fine for massing in beds, 

 edgings or rockwork. 



Finest Mixed Single — 1/4 oz., 35c; 1 oz., $1.00 Pkt. 10c 



Finest Double Mixed— % oz., 75c; 1 oz., $2.50 -_Pkt. 10c 



"HOME FLORICULTURE" — By Eben E. Rexford. A practical guide for the treatment of flowering and 

 other ornamental plants in the house and garden, intended extensivly for amateur floriculturists, by one 

 of the most successful amateur floriculturists in America. $1.75 



