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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL (jUIDE. 



RDDBECKIA PUKPUBKA. 



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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 effective among shrubbery. The two we offer are excellent. 



S. RIglda— 5 feet, September. Plant neat and upright ; flowers bright 

 yellow. 



S. Sempervlrens— 3 feet, September. A very handsome variety. 

 Large heads of bright yellow flowers. Each, 15 cts.; per doz., 81.50. 



SANTOLIN A— Lavender Cotton. 



S. Incana— A very pretty dwarf, dense growing border plant, having fine 

 feathery foliage of a soft and very pleasing silvery gray color. It is particularly 

 adapted for lines or figures In carpet bedding or for the edging of ordinary flower 

 beds. Perfectly hardy. Each, 10 cts.; per doz., 81.00. 



SCABIOSA. 



S. Caucasica — 2]^ feet. This Is one of the most handsome perennials we pos- 

 sess, and one which should be grown In every garden, if only for cuttingpurposes. 

 The flowers are long stemmed and last 

 a long time when placed in water. The 

 color is a charming shade of soft lilac 

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



SEDUra— Stone Crop. 



An Interesting and very useful family 

 of succulent plants which, owing to 

 their peculiar structure, are enabled to with- 

 stand a degree of drought that most plants 

 would succumb to. They are therefore use- 

 ful in dry situations, such as sunny banlis 

 and other places where few plants will 

 grow. 



S. Acre — For rocli-work, carpet bedding 

 or for shady places where grass will not 

 grow this very dwarf Sedum is excellent. 

 Each, 10 cts.; per doz., 81.00. 



S. Spectabile (Syn. Fabaria)— 1^ foot, 

 September. Rosy pink. A very desirable plant. Each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



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 showy. A splendid rock plant. 

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



SPIR^A-Goat's Beard. 



. A genus of hardy border plants of the easiest culture, growing fieely in any 

 good soil. The taller varieties are very effective In the shrubbery border. All 

 are very desirable. 



S. FUlipendula— 3 feet, June. Foliage dark green, beautifully cut and fern- 

 like; flowers double, white, sometimes tinged with pink; very »howy. This Is a 

 very handsome plant. 



S. Lobat« (Queen of the Prairie)— 5 feet, July. A handsome variety. Bears 

 feathery plumes of rose-colored, fragrant flowers. 



S. Palmata (Crimson Metdow Sweet)— 8 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 a contin- 

 uous succession. 



S. Ulmaria fl. pi. (Double Meadow Sweet)— 3 feet, June. A beautiful and very 

 desirable variety with double white flowers. 



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



SCABIOSA CACCASteA. 



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SFIBiEA, 



STACH YS- Woundwort. 



S. Lantsna— 1 foot. A particularly valuable plant for 

 rock work or the edgingof flowerbeds. Its tufted, silvery- white, 

 woolly foliage, and stems of the same character, rendering It 

 highly ornamental. It bears daring the summer a quantity 

 of purplish flowers In short spikes, but it is on account of Its 

 handsome foliage it Is especially prized. Each, 15 cts.; per 

 doz., 81.50. 



SILENE-Catchfly. 



S. Pennsylvanlca -1 foot. A charming title hardy border 

 pldnt, producing most profusely Its beautiful pink flowers 

 during June and July. Each, 20 cts. ; per doz., 82.00. 



STOKESIA-Stoke's Aster. 



S. Cyanea—l foot, August and September. This is one of 

 the most useful and valuable perennial plants in cultivation, 

 either for the herbaceous border or for planting among shrubs 

 where it has a most charming effect. It blooms at a ttme, too, 

 when the majority of hardy plants are past flowering, produc- 

 ing In great abundance its large, showy Aster-like deep blue 

 flowers. Each, 35 eta.; per doz., ii.bO. 



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