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A. Currie & Co., Bulbs and Plants
OENOTHERA
(Evening Primrose)
Showy plants for sunny posi-
tions, blooming the greater part
of the summer.
Fraseri — Rich golden yellow.
Price, eacli, 25c; per dozen.
$2.50.
PENTSTEMON
(Beard Tongue)
Barbatus Torreyi — Spikes of
bright scarlet flowers, 3 to 4
feet.
Pubescens — Bright rosy-purple,
l^/^ feet. Price, each, 25c; per
dozen, $2.50.
PHYSALIS
(Chinese Lantern Plant)
Francheti — Bears large balloon-
like pods, brilliant orange-
scarlet, valued for winter deco-
ration. Large plants. Price^
each, 25c; per dozen, $2.50.
PHYSOSTEGIA
(False Dragon Head)
Virginica — Forms dense bushes,
bearing long spikes of delicate
pink tubular flowers. Price,
each, 25c; per dozen, $2.50.
PINKS (Dianthus)
Choice, mixed double and
Price, each, 25c; per
$2.50.
PERENNIAL. POPPIES
Oriental — Unrivaled for its dazz-
ling splendor, vivid scarlet.
Price, each, 25c; per doz., $2.50.
single.
dozen,
Pentstenion
Lupine
LUPINES
Polyphyllus — Long spikes of clear blue and white pea-
shaped flowers. Price, each, 35c; per dozen, $4.00.
MONARDA (Bergamot)
Showy hardy plants with aromatic foilage. from 2 to 3
feet high, bearing bright flowers during July and August.
Didyma, Cambridge Scarlet (Osv/ego Tea) — Brilliant crim-
son-scarlet.
Rosea (Bee Balm) — Deep rose colored.
Violacea — Bright amaranth red.
Price, each, 25c; per dozen, $2.50.
MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not)
Palustris Semperflorens — Azure blue, blooming continuously
throughout the season, fine for shady nooks.
Price, each, 25c; per dozen, $2.50.
PLATYCODON (Chinese Bell-Flower)
A handsome hardy perennial closely allied to the Cam-
panula.
Grandiflorum — Grows 3 feet high, bearing handsome blue
and white bell-shaped flowers continuously all summer.
Price, each, 25c; per dozen, $2.50.
POLEMONIUM (Jacob's Ladder)
Spikes of showy flowers and deep green, finely cut foil-
age, 12 inches high, succeeding best in partially shady places.
Reptans — Showy blue flowers in May and June. Price,
each, 25c; per dozen, $2.50.
POTENTILLA (Cinqnifoil)
Atrosanguinea — Foliage resembles the strawberry, flowers
bright red, 1 foot. Price, each, 35c; per dozen, $3.50.
HARDY PRIMROSE
Primula veris (English Cowslip) — Beautiful early spring
flowering plants, suitable for shady places. Mixed colors.
Price, each, 30c; per dozen, .$3.00.
Myosotis
RANUNCULUS (Buttercup)
Acris 11. pi. — Double golden-
yellow flowers.
Repens fl. pi. — A creeping varie-
ty with golden-yellow flowers.
Price, each, 25c; per doz., $2.50.
RUDBECKIA (Cone Flowers)
Golden Glow — Grows 6 feet
high, bearing masses of double
golden-yellow flowers.
Fulgida — Orange yellow with
black center.
Purpurea — Large, reddish -purple
flowers with brown cone. Price,
each, 25c; per .lozen, $2.50.
SALVIA (Meadow Sage)
Azurea Grandiflora— rBears pretty
sky-blue flowers in fall. 3 to 4
feet. Price, each, 30c; per
dozen, $3.00.
SAPONARIA (Soap Wort)
Ocymoides Splendens — Bears
masses of small bright rose
flowers from May to August.
8 inches. Price, each, 25c; per
dozen, $2..50.