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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE 



SPMA-Goat's Beard. 



A genus of hardy border plants of the earliest culture, growing freely in any 

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

 very desirable. 



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. Bears 

 feathery 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 loliage is beautiful, and the 

 flowers are a vivid crimson, borne in great heads or corymbs in almost a continu- 

 ous 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., $1.50. 



SEDUM— Stone Crop. 



An interesting and very useful family of succulent plants which, owing to their 

 peculiar structure, are enabled to with-tand a degree of drought that most plants 

 would succumb 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, 10 cts. ; per doz., $1.00. 



S. Fabaruim— 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 cts. ; per doz., $1.50. 



EUDBECKA PIRPUREA. 



TRADESCANTIA— Spiderwort. 



Handsome and highly decorative 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— - feet. Violet purple flowers; a^very fine bloomer. Each, 15 cts.; per doz.. $1.50. 



VERONICA-Speedwell. 



Avery 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 harbaceous or shrubbery border. All are very 

 free bloomers. 



V. Amsethystlna— 1 foot, June. Flowers in showy spikes; 

 color a beautiful blue amethyst blue. Each, 20 cts.; per doz., 

 $2.00. 



V. Longlfolia Subsessilis— 2 feet, August. A splendid vari- 

 ety, and ranks amongst the foremost of all hardy plants for 

 decorative effects. The flowers are borne on long handsome 

 spikes 4 to 5 inches in circumference, and remain in bloom a long 

 time. The color is a deep rich blue. Each, 25 cts. ; per doz., $2.50. 



V. Rupestrls — 1 inches. May. An excellent rock plant of 

 creeping habit. Flowers blue in dense spikes. Each 15 cts. ; per 

 doz., $1 5». 



V. Spicata— 2fet't. Jane to August. One of the best, and a 

 very handsome border plant. Blooms very profusely; flowers 

 bright blue, borne on long spikes. Each, 15 cts, : per doz., $1.50. 



VIOLA-Violet. 



V. riarie Louise — Dark blue and very double. This is the 

 variety so extensively grown and so very popular. 



V. Callfornian— A single variety with large purple flowers, 

 when well grown about the size of a silver half dollar, very free 

 flowering and delieiously fragrant. Each, 10 cts. ; per doz., $1.00. 



YUCCA— Adam's Needle, or Spanish Bayonet. 



Y. Filamentosa — 4 feet. A very attractive lawn plaut. 

 Flowers creamy white. Each, 15 cts. ; per doz., $1.50- 



VEHOMOA SPICATA 



