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Title: Currie's garden annual : 63rd year spring 1938
Identifier: curriesgardenann19curr_4 (find matches)
Year: 1938 (1930s)
Authors: Currie Brothers Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : Currie Bros. Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Page 48 CURRIE BROTHERS CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. Perennial Floi;«^er Seeds and Plants
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Sow perennial seeds ear- ly in spring, as the seed germinates better in cool weather than the heat of midsummer. ACHILLEA (Milfoil or Yarrow) MILLEFOLIUM ROSEA—Bears dense heads of pink flowers all summer. Plants, price, each _ - 25cr PTARMICA FL. FL. "THE PEARL"—Flowers double, white, borne in great profusion all season. Plants, price, each, 25c; per doz.. S2.50; seeds Pkt. 10c TOMENTOSA—A charming yellow flowered variety, blooming in June; suitable for rockery. 6 to 8 inches. Plants, price, each, 35c; per dozen __ _ _$3.50 ACONITUM (Monk's Hood, or Wolfsbane) NAPELLUS—A hardy perennial, bearing long spikes of hood- shaped blue and white flowers. Grown in any ordinary soil; adapted to shady places. 3 to 5 feet. Seeds _ Pkt. 10c FISCHERI—2 ft. September. Dwarf variety with pale blue flowers. Plants, price, each, 35c; seeds Pkt. 15c WILSONII—4 to 6 feet. September. Clear blue hooded flowers. Excellent for cutting. Plants, 35c; seeds _ Pkt. 15c AGROSTEMMA (Rose of Heaven, Mullein Pink) CORONARIA—A free-flowering hardy perennial, with glowing crimson flowers like a single pink and silvery white foliage; blooms first season; fine for cutting. 2 feet. Plants, price, each, 25c; seeds _ — Pkt. 10c ANEMONE WINDFLOWER—Pleasing perennials, bearing large showy flow- ers ; fine for cutting. Seeds _ - _Pkt. 10c CORONARIA (Poppy Anemone)—Choice mixed colors. Seeds _ _..Pkt. 10c ST. BRIGID—Bears a profusion of beautiful double and semi- double flowers in many colors. Seeds _ Pkt. 15c ALICE—Large rosy-pink, lavender center. QUEEN CHARLOTTE—Semi-double pink. PULSATILLA—Fine cut foliage, flowers violet-purple. 1 ft. Plants, 35c; seeds .._ _ _ _ —Pkt. 10c SYLVESTRIS—Fine for cool, moist soil, with large white blos- soms, borne freely on long stems in June. Desirable for rock work. Plants, 35c; seeds _ Pkt. 15c VITIFOLIA (Huphiensis)—Bears single pink flowers in profusion (Tom August to late fall. 12 inches. WHIRLWIND—Large, semi-double, pure white. Plants, price, each, 35c; per doz $3.50 ALYSSUM (Rock MadtDort) SAXATILE COMPACTUM (Basket of Gold)-Bears masses of bright yellow flowers early in spring; excellent for rockeries borders. Plants, price, single, each, 25c; per doz., J2.50; double plants, each 35c; per doz., $3.50; seeds % oz., 40c Pkt. 10c AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII (Boston Ivy)—A handsome, hardy climber, clioKinK to stone work, changing to very pretty shades of red and yellow in fall. Plants, small size, 50c; large size, 7Sc; seeds Pkt. lOe ASCLEPUS (Butterfly Weed) TUBEROSA—A native plant, bearing bright orange-scarlet flow- ers in July and Aiigust. 2% feet. Plants, price, each, 25c; per doz., $2.50; seeds Pkt. 15c ANDROSACE LANUGINOSA—A pretty Alpine plant, requiring a sunny posi- tion in the rock garden. Bright rose flowers with yellow eye; silvery-gray foliage. Hardy perennial. Height, 6 in. seeds..Pkt. 25c CARNEA—Dainty species with moss-like foliage and pale pink flowers. One of the easiest to grow on the open rockery. Hardy perennial. Height, 2 to 8 inches. Seeds __ Pkt. 25c ARABIS (Rock Cress) ALPINA—A hardy perennial and one of the earliest and pretti- est spring flowers. The spreading tufts are covered with a sheet of pure white flowers as soon as the snow disappears. Unequalled for rockeries or edging; withstands the drought, and is always neat. 6 inches. Plants, price, each, 25c; per doz., $2.50; seeds, % oz., 25c Pkt. 10c ALPINA ROSEA—Delicate pale pink. Plants, price, each, 85c: per doz., $3.50; seeds Pkt. 25c ALPINA FLORE PLENO—same as above but with double white flowers—very fine rock plant, 35c each. ARENARU (Sandivort) MONTANA—Close tufts, profusely covered with small silvery- white flowers early in the season. Seeds Pkt. 15e ARMERU (Thrift) LAUCHEANA ROSEA—Forms evergreen tufte of foliage with dense heads of pink flowers. 1 foot. Suitable for rock garden. Plants, price, each, 30c; per doz., $3.00; seeds Pkt. 16« ARTEMISU LACTIFLORA—An effective plant, bearing erect stems »% t» 4% feet high with finely cut foliage terminated by panicles of Hawthorne-scented creamy white, graceful flowers lata In falL Plants, price, each, 35c: per do«. ;4.H I

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