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CURRIB BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



HARDY FLOWERING PLANTS. 



For the Herbaceous Border. 



Perennial border plants continue to command the attention and enjoy the 

 popularity they so richly deserve. In fact the demand for them the past sea- 

 son far exceeded that of any previous year in our experience. A sure indica- 

 tion that a taste for these hardy plants is rapidly becoming- more general, and 

 that without doubt their merits will, ere long, be as universally recognized, 

 and their beauty and usefulness as much appreciated in our own country as 

 in Europe, where for many years they have enjoyed a popularity not exceeded 

 by any 'other class of garden plants. Our stock embraces a carefully selected 

 assortment, each variety being the best of its kind yet introduced. The collec- 

 tion includes 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. Tn the description of each we give the height, color of flowers 

 and the season it usually begins to bloom. 



IMPERIAL JAPANESE IRIS. 

 The most beautiful of all beautiful garden plants, and PERFECTLY 

 HARDY. The flowers are produced in great profusion, of enormous size, 

 measuring from 8 to 10 inches in diameter, and rival the finest Orchids in 

 their almost indescribably beautiful markings and delicate, exquisite 

 and varied hues and colors. The illustration on the back cover of this 

 CatalogTie gives but a faint conception of their magnificence. See 

 page 78 for a list and description of the best varieties in cultivation. 



ACORITS — Sweet Flag. 

 A. Calamus Variegata — 2 feet. A handsome green and whitish-yellow striped Plant, 



very effective. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



ACHILLEA — Milfoil or Yarrow. 



These plants are remarkable for their ornamental foliage as well as handsome 



flowers; should be in every collection. 



A. Millefolium Roseum — 1 foot, August. Finely cut foliage; flowers' bright pink. 

 Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



A. Tomentosa — 6 inches, June. A choice and very neat creeping variety; flowers 

 golden yellow. Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



A. Ptarmiea Fl. PI. — 2 feet, August. A most valuable variety for supplying cut flow- 

 ers, which are borne in great profusion in clusters on light, stiff stems. 

 They are small, double and daisy-like; pure white. Each 10c; per doz.. $1.00 



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 and button-like, and are produced in amazing profusion 

 nearly all summer in loose clusters' on stiff, erect stems. Each 10c; per doz... $1.00 



ASCLEPIA. 



Very showy late summer and fall 

 blooming plants. 



A. Incarnnta — 3 feet. July. Rosy 

 flesh. Each 15e; per doz.... $1.50 

 A. Tuberosa — 1 foot. July. Orange- 

 yellow. Each 15c; per doz... $1.50 



ASTILBE — Spiraea. 

 A. Japonica — 1% feet, June. A very 

 showy, dwarf and compact hardy 

 plant" having handsome dark 

 green foliage and attractive up- 

 right spikes of pure white flowers, 

 which are produced in amazing 

 profusion. It is also an excellent 

 pot plant, and is extensively 

 grown for parlor and conserva- 

 tory culture in winter. Each 20c; 

 per doz $2.00 



ACHILLEA 



THE PEABL. 



SPECIAL. 

 For ehoice assortments of popular HARDY 

 PLANTS, see the very low-priced collections 

 offered on page S3. 



ARABIS — Rock Cress. 

 Alpina — A dwarf growing plant, very suit- 

 able for rockwork; flowers white, very 



early. Each 10c; per doz. 



.$1.00 



AJTJGA. 



Reptans — 4 inches, Maj-. Blue; valuable for 

 rockwork. Each 15c; pt doz $1.50 



