Title: Currie's garden annual : spring 1936 61st year
Identifier: curriesgardenann19curr_2 (find matches)
Year: 1936 (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 46 CURRIE BROTHERS CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. Perennial Flower 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 25c PTARMICA FL. FL. "THE PEARL"—Flowers double, white, borne in great profusion all season. Plants, price, each, 25c: per doz., $2.50; 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 Boil; 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 from August to late fall. 12 inches. WHIRLWIND—Large, semi-double, pure white. Plants, price, e»ch, 35c; per doz _ _ $3.50 AEGOPODIUM (Bishop's Weed) PODAGARIA VARIEGATA—Pretty green and yellow variegated foliage, a neat border plant. Plants, price, each, 25c; Per doz : _ $2.50 AJUGA (Bugle Weed) REPTANA RUBRA—Useful for rockery and shady places where grass will not grow. Bronze foliage, flowers blue. 6 to 8 inches. Plants, price, each, 30c; per doz _ $3.00 ALYSSUM (Rock Madwort) SAXATILE COMPACTUM (Basket of Gold)—Bears masses of bright yellow flowers early in spring: excellent for rockeries and borders. Plants, price, single, each, 25c; per doz., $2.50; double plants, each, 35c; per doz., $3.50; seeds „..Pkt. 10c AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII (Boston Ivy)—A handsome, hardy climber, clinging to stone work, changing to very pretty shades of red and yellow in fall. Plants, small size, 50c; large size, 75c; seeds Pkt. 10c ASCLEPIAS (Butterfly Weed) TUBEROSA—A native plant, bearing bright orange-scarlet flow- ers in July and August. 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. G 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 3 inches. Seeds Pkt. 25c ARENARIA (Sandwort) MONTANA—Close tufts, profusely covered with small silvery- white flowers early in the season. Seeds Pkt. 15c ARMERIA (Thrift) LAUCHEANA ROSEA—Forms evergreen tufts of foliage with dense heads of pink flowers. 1 foot. Suitable for rock garden. Plants, price, each, 30c; per doz., $3.00; seeds Pkt. 15c ARTEMISIA LACTIFLORA—An effective plant, bearing erect stems 3% to iVz feet high with finely cut foliage terminated by panicles of Hawthorne-scented creamy white, graceful flowers late in fall. Plants, price, each, 35c; per doz $4.00

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