CURRIE BROTHERS’ FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 83 
RUDBECKIA. 
CONE-FLOWER. 
This class of handsome plants is considered quite pmo ¥ 
indispensable in the herbaceous or shrubbery border. ; 4 
All the varieties are very showy and exceedingly 
effective, either in masses or as single specimens. 
They are very easy of cultivation and are abso- 
» lutely hardy. 
a R. Double “Golden Glow ’—A’superb variety, 
SM, Which has become so very popular that it is sure to 
we find a place in every garden the coming season. It 
is indeed a glorious plant and fully merits the praises 
bestowed upon it by all who have seen it. The plant 
grows 6 to 7 feet in height, is strong and self-support- 
ing, and bears long, strong-stemmed, very large and 
very double golden-yellow flowers in great profu- 
sion, admirably adapted for cutting purposes. The 
flowering season extends throug several weeks of 
mid-summer. We have great pleasure in reeommend- 
ing this to our customers. Price, each 10c; per 
doz. $1.00. Large clumps, each 25e; per doz. $2.50. RUDBECKIA SPECIOSA. 
R. Purpurea—4 feet, August. A remarkably s 
showy, strong-growing plant, producing abundantly its large reddish-purple flowers, with droop- 
ing rays, during the months of August and September. Each 15¢; per doz. $1.50. 
R. Speciosa—3 feet, September, A very choice variety, produciug immense quantities of 
handsome yellow flowers with deep purple centers. As these are borne on stiff stems, they are 
excellent for cutting purposes. Each 15¢e; per doz, $1.50. 
R. Sub-Tomentosa—5 feet, September. This beautiful 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. 
RANUNCULUS—Buttercup. 
Very attractive border plants of easy culture, succeeding well in any good garden soil. 
R. Acris fl. pl. (Bachelor’s Button)—2 feet, May. Foliage handsomely cut; flowers very 
ouble; color, a shining golden yellow. Blooms very profusely. Each 15¢; per doz. $1.50. 
RUDBECKIA GOLDEN GLOW. 
SANTOLINA—Lavender Cotton. 
S. Incama—A very pretty dwarf, dense growing border plant, having fine 
eathery foliage of a soft and very pleasing silvery gray color. It is particularly 
dapted for lines or figures in carpet bedding or for the edging of ordinary flower 
eds. Perfectly hardy. Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 
| SCABIOSA. 
S. Caucasica—2} feet. This is one of the most handsome perennials we 
ossess, and one which should be grown in every garden, if only for cutting pur- 
oses. The flowers are long-stemmed and last a long time when placed in water. 
‘he color is a charming shade of soft lilac blue. Each 20c; per doz. $2.00. 
SOLIDAGO—Golden Rod. 
Although the most of the Golden Rods may be considered too coarse and com- 
non for the garden, a few varieties are really very desirable and very effective 
mong shrubbery. The two we offer are exeellent. 
S. Rigida—5 feet, September. Plant neat and upright; flowers bright yellow. 
S. Sempervirens—3 feet, September. A very handsome variety. Large 
leads of bright yellow flowers. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 
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S. Lantana—1 foot. A particularly valuable plant for rock ys 
work or the edging of flower beds, its tufted, silvery-white, 
woolly foliage and stems of the same char- 
acter, rendering it highly ornamental. It 
bears during the summer a quantity of pur- 
plish flowers in short spikes, but it is on ac- 
count of its handsome foliage it is especially 
prized. Each 15¢e; per doz. $1.50. 
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S. Cyanea—1 foot, August and Septem- Ae 
ber. Thisis one of the most useful and valu- 
able 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 time, too, when the majority 
of hardy plants are past flowering, producing 
in great abundance its large, showy Aster- 
like deep blue flowers. 
RANUNCULUS. Each 25e; per doz. $2.50. 
LIVE ON FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
| All the Perennials we offer are perfectly hardy, and 
succeed well in any good garden soil. 
RUDBECKIA PURPUREA. 
