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Title: Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1915
Year: 1915 (1910s)
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.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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annual. Color a lovely, cornflower blue. Splendid for cutting 10 Dnmaseena Nana—Blue. Compact growing 5 Damaseena Nana Alha—Dwarf white 5 PEPPER.Christmas—A fine pot plant for winter decoration, pro-ducing numerous conical fruits, which turn from green and yellow to a bright scarlet 10 PLATYCODON.Chinese Bell Flower.An exceedingly attractive class of hardy border plants,closely resembling the Campanulas, with which they are oftenconfounded. Pkt. Grandiflorum (Bell Flowers)—3 feet. A very handsomeplant; blooms continuously all summer. Blue, White and Mixed. Each 5 PENNISETUM. Fountain Grass. An ornamental grass with beautiful feathery plumes of inflorescence. It is particularly adaptable to edging of Canna and other large beds. H. A. Pkt. Longistylum—2 feet. August. Singularly twisted downy plumes of a greenish-white color 5 Rueppelianum (Purple Fountain Grass)—3 feet. A beau-tiful variety bearing above its graceful foliage a verit-able fountain of purplish flower plumes 10
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PETUNIA LARGE FLOWERING. PENTSTEMON. These handsome herbaceous plants are deservedly growingin favor for bedding purposes. The flowers are constantlyproduced during the whole season. Sown in February in thehouse or hot-bed will flower during summer and fall. H. P. Pkt. Choice Mixed 10 PER ILL A. This ornamental plant makes a fine contrast with any ofthe light or silver-leaved plants used for lawn groups orribbon borders. H. H. A. . Pkt. Laoiniatus—Cut-leaved variety j> Nankinensis—1 Vz feet PHORMIUM.Folius Varlegatus (New Zealand Flax)—Handsome, grass-like foliage, suitable for lawn decoration, vases, etc.Variegated foliage 1 PHYSOSTEGIA.False Dragon Heart. Pkt. Virgin iea—A beautiful free-blooming perennial withlavender-pink flowers. If kept cut will flower from mid-summer until fall. An exceedingly desirable plant. Height 3 to 4 feet ; Speelosa Grandiflorn Alba—White 6 LIST OF CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1915. 81

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