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CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



DIANTHUS. 



Garden Pink. 



These favorites well deserve the popu- 

 larity they enjoy, as they certainly rank 

 among the finest of the gems of the flower 

 garden. They are exceedingly beautiful 

 and very easy of culture. 



D. Barbatus (Sweet William) — 1 foot, June. 

 An invaluable border plant, producing a 

 great abundance of flowers of every 

 shade of red. pink, crimson, purple and 

 white. Especially useful for cutting. 



D. Plumarius (Pheasant's Eye) — Pink. 1 

 foot, June. White and purple. 



D. Plumaris. fl. pi. (Double Hardy Pink) — 

 1 foot. June. All colors. 

 Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 



DOUBLE DAISY — Bellis Perennis. 



A well-known favorite; one of the most 

 charming and most useful of our early 

 spring flowers. Tt is of easy culture and 

 quite hardy. 

 Snowball — A great improvement on the old 



varieties; flowers very large and double; 



pure white. Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 



DIANTHUS PLUMARIUS, FL. PL. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 

 Marguerite. 



The hardy Marguerites are now gen- 

 eral favorites and in great demand. Few 

 plants are more useful for the produc- 

 tion of flowers for cutting, and none 

 are more showy in the garden. They 

 are very easily grown, succeeding well 

 in any good garden soil. 



C. Maximum — 1 foot. Very desirable 

 variety, producing great quantities of 

 flowers all summer. 

 Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 



C. Leucantbeimim Hybridum, or Shasta 

 Daisy — This new hardy Daisy is a 

 great acquisition in the flower garden. 

 It blooms continuously throughout 

 the summer, producing in great abun- 

 dance its large pure -white single flow- 

 ers, which not uncommonly measure 

 4 inches in diameter. These are borne 

 on light, stiff stems from iy 2 to 2 feet 

 in length. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



CLEMATIS. 



C. Davidiana — A very handsome variety 

 of Clematis of upright habit of 

 growth, about 2 feet in height and 

 bushy in form. The foliage is bright 

 green and attractive. The flowers, 

 which are produced in clusters, are 

 tubular bell-shaped, are deep blue and 

 very fragrant. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



PERFECTLY HARDY. 



All the Perennials we offer are 

 perfectly hardy, and succeed well 

 in any good garden soil. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM MAXIMUM. 



DIGITALIS. 



Foxglove. 



Handsome, stately-growing plants, 

 with beautifully mottled thimble-shaped 

 flowers, produced in profusion on a 

 stem usually about 3 feet high. The 

 racemes of flowers are about 2 feet 

 long. 

 D. Purpurea — 3 feet, June. PurRle. 



Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



DELPHINIUM. 

 Perennial Larkspur. 



Three feet, June. A most attractive and useful Perennial, which should 

 never be denied a place in the garden. The long spikes of handsome flowers' 

 are very frequently produced from early summer till late in fall, care 

 being taken, however, to remove all seed pods. They are exceedingly 

 useful for cutting. Our collection embraces a very choice assortment of 

 light to the richest deep blue, double and single. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 

 Very choice Mixed Hybrid varieties', each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



Collections of 



HARDY PLANTS 



Many of our customers, being un- 

 acquainted with the varieties of Her- 

 baceous Plants, prefer to leave the 

 selection to us, merely stating the 

 size of the bed or border they wish 

 planted and its situation, or other 

 useful details, in which case we take 

 pleasure in exercising our best judg- 

 ment in selecting such kinds as from 

 our experience we know to be most 

 suitable, and ia estimating and send- 

 ing the exact number required to 

 properly plant the bed. For prices 

 of Popular Collections, see page 83. 



DELPHINIUM PERENNIAL LARKSPUR. 



