CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



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DICTA3UVUS — Gas Plant. 



Strong-growing, handsome plants of easy culture; 

 the one we name being a most interesting variety — 



D. Fraxinella — 3 feet, May. Foliage showy and fra- 

 grant; flowers purplish red, produced in large spikes, 

 which are very attractive. These in hot, sultry 

 weather give off a peculiar and very inflammable 

 gas, which ignites' with a flash when a match is 

 applied. 

 Each 20c: per doz. $2.00. 



DORONICUM — Dogbane. 



D. Exeelsuni — One of the earliest and most effective of 

 our spring flowering plants; very showy. 2 feet, 

 June. A handsome border plant, producing its large, 

 bright yellow flowers very freely; also an excellent 

 pot plant. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



DICENTRA SPECTABILIS. 

 Bleeding Heart. 



Two feet. May. One of the showiest of garden 

 Perennials; also much grown as a pot plant for spring 

 flowering in the house. It is at home in almost any 

 situation out of doors, and succeeds admirably in 

 shady places where few plants grow satisfactorily. 



Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



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DICTAMNUS FRAXINELLA. 



EUPATORIUM. 

 Snake Root. 

 E. Ageratoides — 5 feet, June to August. A 

 very desirable and useful plant of vig- 

 orous growth, bearing very freely large 

 terminal heads of fragrant and hand- 

 some pure white flowers. 

 Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



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EUPHORBIA. 



DICENTRA SPECTABILIS. 



EUPHORBIA. 



Spurge. 



E. Corollata — 3 feet. July. A plant of easy cul- 

 ture, producing quantities' of pure white flow- 

 ers with a small green eye, borne on tall, 

 spray-like branches in great profusion from 

 July to October, making a continuous 

 and most effective display. The flow- 

 ers are well adapted for vases and 

 bouquets. Excellent for cutting. „j-J^sA 



Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. ^T* S 



DORONICUJI EXCELSUM. 



GYPSOPHILLA — Chalk Plant. 



G. Paniculata — 2 feet, July. 

 One of the best of hardy 

 plants, producing great 

 quantities of white flowers, 

 very useful for cutting. Each 

 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



GAILLAROIA. 



Blanket Flower. 



G. Grandiflora — 2 feet, June. One of 

 the showiest, most effective and most 

 satisfactory perennials in cultivation. 

 Beginning to flower in June, it con- 

 tinues to present a mass of bloom 

 until late in summer. The flowers 

 are about 2% inches in diameter, 

 borne on long, stiff stems, and are 

 exquisite in coloring, crimson, orange 

 and vermilion blending most harmo- 

 niously. Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 



FUNKIA, Day Lily. 



This plant, from the shape and appearance of its leaf sometimes called the 

 Plantain Lily, is one of the most effective plants for the decoration of the 

 lawn. It does splendidly as a low hedge or border plant and fills in admirably 

 any corner where a low plant is required to produce the best effect. In or out 

 of flower it is' very attractive. 



F. Lanceolata — 1% feet, August. Blue. F. Subeordata — iy 2 feet, June. White. 

 F. Ovata — 1 foot, August. Lilac. F. Variegata — 1 foot, August. Lilac. 



Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



HELIOPSIS. 



Ox-Eye. 



A valuable genus of 

 hardy, very showy plants, 

 similar in many respects to 

 the Sun-flowers; Very free 

 and long-continued bloom- 

 . ers', supplying great quan- 

 tities of flowers very use- 

 ful for cutting. 



F"H. Laevis — 4 feet, August. 

 Orange. A very beauti- 

 ful, fall-blooming plant. 

 Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



