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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



Hardy Herbaceous Plants. 



showy 



Perennial border plants are again commanding the attention they so richly deserve, and are advancing rapidly in popular- 

 ity. 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, and have selected the following kinds which we offer with the full assurance that all are ex-| 

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



Achillea "The Pearl."— 2 feet, July. This handsome 

 perennial cannot be recommended too highly. Wherever in 

 is grown it is considered indispensable for supplying cut£ 

 flowers. The blossoms are pure white, double and button- 

 like, and are produced in amazing profusion nearly all sum- 

 mer in loose clusters on stiff, erect stems. 



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



Acorns Calamus Variegata.— (Sweet Flag.) 2 feet 

 handsome green and whitish-yellow striped plant, ver; 

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



Ajugra Reptans— 4 inches, May. Blue. Valuable for rock- 

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



ANEMONE. 



Anemones or Windflowers are amongst the most 

 of our hardy autumn blooming 

 plants. Their beautiful pure white 

 and rose colored flowers are borne 

 on long stems and in great profu- 

 sion. They are indispensable for 

 cut flowers. Should be represented in all gardens. 

 Japonica Alba — 3 feet, August. White. 



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

 Japonica Rosea — 3 feet, Aug. Rose. A worthy 

 companion to the foregoing. Color deep rose. 

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

 Aquilegia (Columbine)— 2 feet, May to July. In 

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

 Asclepias — Very showy, late summer and fall blooming plants. 



Incarnata — 3 feet, July. Rosy flesh. Each, 15 cts. ; per doz., $1.50. 



Tnberosa — 1 foot, July. Orange yellow. Each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



Aster — Very free flowering, highly ornamental plants and quite indispensable in the 

 herbaceous border. 



Lady Trevellyn — 4 feet, Sept. Pure white. 



Novae Angliae — 6 feet, Sept. Blue. 



— —Novae Angliae Rosea — 6 feet, Sept. Rosy purple. Each, 20 cts.; per doz., $2.00. 



Astilbe Japonica— H foot, June. White. Very useful alike for out-door and pot 

 culture. Each, 20 cts. ; per doz., $2.00. 



Boltonia Asteroides — 4 feet, Aug. White. A beautiful plant, producing Aster-like 

 flowers in great abundance. Each, 25 cts. ; per doz., $2.50. 



CAMPANULA. 



(Canterbury Bell) — Very pretty, attractive plants. 



Carpatica — 1 foot, June. Blue. Each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



Pyramidalis— 4 feet, July. Blue. Each, 25 cts.; per doz., $2.50. 



— ^Van Houtteii— 2 feet, June. Blue. Each, 25 cts.; per doz., $2.50. 



COREOPSIS. 



The herbaceous border is incomplete without one or more varieties of Coreopsis. 

 They are exceedingly attractive, bloom continuously from June until late in fall, and are 

 very easy of cultivation. Excellent for cutting. 



(irandiflora — 2 feet, June. Deep yellow. 



Lanceolata — 2 feet, June. Golden yellow. Each, 15 cts. ; per doz., $1.50. coreopsis lanceolata 



ANEMONE JAFOXICA ALBA. 



variety, should be in every collection 



