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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 



Perennial border plants are again commanding the attention they so richl^^ deserve, and are advancing rapidly in popularity. 

 The demand has increased to that extent that we have resolved to go extensively into their cultivation. This season we have in 

 stock a splendid assortment, ami have selected the following kinds, which we offer with the full assurance that all are excellent, each 

 variety being the best of its kind yet introduced. The collection embraces varieties of various heights, and which bloom at different 

 seasons, producing flowers of all styles and colors. The whole, or a carefully selected number of them, will make a most effective bed 

 or border, affording, by its variety and succession of bloom, a vast amount of pleasure throughout the entire season. In the descrip- 

 tion of each we give the height, color of flowers and the season it usually begins to bloom. 



ACHILLEA— Milfoil or Yarrow. 



These plants are remarkable for their ornamental foliage as 

 well as handsome flowers ; should be in every collection. 



A. .^gyptica— 20 inches, July to September. Foliage silvery 

 and fern-like; flowers pale yellow. Each, 20 cts.; per doz., .^2.00. 

 A. flillefoliutn Roseum— 1 foot, August. Finely cut foliage; 

 flowers bright pink. Each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



A. Tomentosa — 6 inches, June. A choice and very neat 

 creeping variety; flowers golden yellow. Each, 15 cts.; per doz., 

 $1.50. 



A. " The Pearl "—2 feet, July. This handsome perennial 

 cannot be recommended too highly. It is considered indispensable 

 for supplying cut flowers. The blossoms are pure white, double 

 "^5 ^^"1 button-like, and are 

 pioduced in amazing 

 prolusion nearly all sum- 

 mer m loose clusters on 

 stiff, erect stems. Each, 

 15 cts per doz. ,$1.50 



AOOEUS-SweetFlag. 



A. Calamus Variegata— 2 ft. A handsome 

 green and whitish-yellow striped plant.very 

 effective. Each, 25 cts.; per doz., |2.50. 



AJUGA— Reptans. 



4 inches. May. Blue. Valuable for rock- 

 work. Each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



ANEMONE. 



Anemones or Wiudflowers are amongst 

 the most showy of our hardy autumn blooming plants 

 Their beautiful pure white and rose-colored flowers aie 

 borne on long st^ms and in great profusion. They are 

 indispensable for cut flowers. Should be represented in 

 all gardens. 



A. Whirlwind — 3 feet. A very hardy and strong 

 growing variety, very similar to Japonica, but the 

 flowers are semi-double, are produced in great profusion 

 and last a long time; color pure white. Each, 15 cts , 

 per doz., $1.50. 



A. Japonica Alba— 3 feet, August. White 

 Each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



A. Japonica Rosea— 3 feet, August. Rose 

 A worthy companion to the foregoing 

 Color deep rose. Each, loc; per doz.,$1.50. 



ASCLEPIAS. 



Very showy late summer and fall bloom- 

 ing plants. 



A. Incarnata— 3 feet, July. Rosy flesh. 

 Each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



A. Tuberosa— 1 foot. July. Orange yel- 

 low. Each, 15 cts.; per doz., .fl.50. 



ASTER. 



Yery free flowering, highly ornamental plants and quite indispensable in the herbaceous 

 border. 



A. Lady Trevellyn- 4 feet, September. Pure white. 



A. Longifolia Formosissima— 3 feet, September. Purple. 



A. Novae Angliae— 6 feet, September. Blue. 



A. Novse Angliae Rosea— 6 feet, September. Rosy purple. Each, 20 cts.; per doz., $2.00. 



ASTILBE— Spiraea. 



A. Japonica— 11^ feet, June. AVhite. Very useful alike for outdoor and pot culture. Each, 

 20 cts.; per doz., $2.00. 



ANEMONE JAPONICA ALBA. 



ANEMONE WHIRLWIND. 



