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CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



RUDBECKIA Cone Flower. 



This class of plants is considered quite indispensable In 

 the herbaceous or shrubbery border. All the varieties are 

 very showy and exceedingly effective, either in masses or as 

 single specimens. They are very easy of cultivation and 

 are absolutely hardy. 



R. Fulgida — 3 feet. August and September. One of the very 

 best; showy and very useful for cutting. Produces great 

 quantities of orange-yellow flowers with dark purple cen- 

 ters. Each 15c; per doz I- 5 " 



Golden Glow"— A sunerb variety, which has become very popular and fully 

 merits the praise bestowed upon it. The plant grows 6 to 7 feet m height is 

 ™ron~ and self-supporting, and bears long, strong-stemmed, very large and very 

 double golden-vellow flowers in great profusion through several weeks of mid- 

 summer Each' 10c; per doz. $1.00. Large clumps, each 25c; per doz $^.50 



R. Purpurea— 4 feet, August. A remarkably showy, strong-growing plant, produc- 

 ing abundantlv its large reddish-purple flowers during the months of August^and 

 September. Each 15c; per doz 



R. Speciosa— 3 feet, September. A very choice variety, producing immense quanti- 

 ties of handsome yellow flowers with deep purple centers. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



R. Sub-Tomentosa— 5 feet. September. This variety makes a very handsome orna- 

 ment It branches freely and produces an abundance of clear lemon-yellow flow- 

 ers with dark purple centers. Each 15c; per doz $l.bu 



$1.50 ^==5 



POTENTILLA. 



GOLDEN GLOW. 



SANTOLIIVA — Lavender Cotton. 



S. Ineana — A very pretty dwarf, 

 dense growing border plant, hav- 

 ing fine feathery foliage of a soft 

 and very pleasing silvery gray 

 color. It is particularly adapted 

 for lines or figures in carpet bed- 

 ding or for the edging of ordinary 

 flower beds. Perfectly hardy. 

 Each 10c; per doz $1.00 



SOLID AGO — Golden Rod. 



Although the most of the Golden 

 Rods may be considered too coarse 

 and common for the garden, a few 

 varieties are really very desirable 

 and very effective among shrubbery. 

 The two we offer are excellent. 



^. Rig-ida — 5 feet, September. Plant 

 neat and upright; flowers bright 

 yellow. 



S. Sempervirens — 3 feet. September. 

 A very handsome variety; large 

 heads of bright yellow flowers. 

 Each 15c; per doz .$1.50 



RUDBECKIA PUKPUEEA. 



STACHYS — Woundwort. 

 ■ Lantana — 1 foot. A particularly valuable 

 plant for rockwork or the edging of flower 

 beds, its tufted, silvery-white, woolly foli- 

 age and stems- of the same character ren- 

 dering it highly ornamental. It bears dur- 

 ing the summer a quantity of purplish 

 flowers in short spikes, but it is on ac- 

 count of the handsome foliage it is especi- 

 ally prized. Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



STOKESIA — Stoke's Aster. 



. Cyanea — 1 foot, August and September. 

 One of the most useful perennial plants in 

 cultivation, either for the herbaceous bor- 

 der or for planting among shrubs, "where 

 it has a most charming effect. It blooms 

 at a time, too, ■when the majority of hardy 

 plants are past flowering, producing in 

 great abundance its large, showy Aster- 

 like deep blue flowers. Each 25c; doz. $2.50. 



RUDBECKIA SPECIOSA. 



POTENTILLA. 



Cinquefoil — Handsome and very useful plants for massing 

 with other plants in the border. They are dwarf and some- 

 what trailing in habit and produce in almost constant suc- 

 cession great quantities of brilliant flowers', of varying 

 shades of yellow and crimson. Each 15c; per doz.... $1.50 



RANUNCULPS — flutter cup. 

 Very attractive border plants of easy culture, succeeding 



well in anv good garden soil. 



R. Acris, Fl. Pi. (Bachelor's Button) — 2 feet, May. Foliage 

 handsomely cut; flowers very double; color, a shining gol- 

 den yellow; blooms very profusely. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50 



SCABIOSA. 



. Caucasica — 2v 2 feet. This 

 is' one of the most hand- 

 some perennials we possess, 

 and one which should be 

 grown in every garden, if 

 only for cutting purposes. 

 Flowers are long-stemmed 

 and last a long time when 

 placed in water. The color 

 is a charming shade of soft 

 lilac blue. Each 20c; per 

 doz $2.00 



BANDNCULUS. 



SEDUM — Stone Crop. 



A very useful family of succulent plants 

 which withstand 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 rockwork, carpet bedding or 

 for shady places' "where grass will not 

 grow, this very dwarf Sedum is excellent. 



Each 10c; per doz $1.00 



S. Spectabile (Syn. Fabaria) — 1% feet, Sep- 

 tember. Rosv r>ink. A very desirable 



plant. Each 10c ; per doz $1.00 



S. Sieboldii — 6 inches. September. A hand- 

 some variety of trailing habit. Foliage 

 glaucous', margined with pink, assuming 

 shades of red and purple in autumn; flow- 

 ers bright pink, very pretty and showy. A 

 splendid rock plant. Each 10c; doz... $1.00 



SPIRAEA — Goafs Beard. 



A genus of hardy border plants of the easiest culture. 



growing freely in any good soil. The taller varieties are 



very effective in the shrubbery border. 



S. Fillipendula — 3 feet, June. Foliage dark green, beauti- 

 fully cut and fern-like; flowers double, white, some- 

 times tinged with pink; very showy. This is a very 

 handsome plant. 



S. Lobata (Queen of the Prairie) — 5 feet, July. A hand- 

 some 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 foliage is beautiful and the flowers 

 are a vivid crimson, borne in great heads or corymbs 

 in almost continuous succession. 



S. Plniaria. PI.. PI. (Double Meadow Sweet) — 3 feet, June. 

 A beautiful and very desirable variety, with double 

 white flowers. Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



SEDUM SPECTABILE. 



