. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1916. med flowers; salmon Rosseau—Sulphur white, center flushed rose; Schmitt—Rose, reverse of petals white; large; Lemolne—Ivory white; large and full; very Guerin—Bright purplish carmine; extra Barral—Clear, rosy pink. M. Dupont—Ivory white, marked with carmine; very Blanc—Pure white with small yellow petals in Charles Leveque—Salmon pink; very des Massifs—White, shaded satiny pink; a very late blooming variety; enormous Alba.—Delicate fle
. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1916. med flowers; salmon Rosseau—Sulphur white, center flushed rose; Schmitt—Rose, reverse of petals white; large; Lemolne—Ivory white; large and full; very Guerin—Bright purplish carmine; extra Barral—Clear, rosy pink. M. Dupont—Ivory white, marked with carmine; very Blanc—Pure white with small yellow petals in Charles Leveque—Salmon pink; very des Massifs—White, shaded satiny pink; a very late blooming variety; enormous Alba.—Delicate flesh pink, shading to pure white; very free bloomer; large Mary—Rose; light center. Solfaterre—White, tinged sulphur; large and fragrant. Small plants of above, each 75c; medium, $; large, $ MIXTURE OF CHOICE PINK AND ROSE COLORED PAEONIES, UNNAMED; SMALL PLANTS; EACH, 25c; $ PER DOZ.;MEDIUM, EACH, SOc; $ PER DOZ.; LARGE, EACH, $; $ PER DOZ. 84 CURRLE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, HARDY FLOWERINGSHRUBS. Shrubs are now universally recognizedas an important, in fact, an indispensablefeature in the embellishment of the homegrounds. They lend themselves to manyuseful as well as ornamental purposes inthe creation of a beautiful landscape; hereto screen some necessary, but unsightlyobject, there as a hedge to indicate a di-viding line, and again as a background toa border of hardy flowering plants. We are often asked for information re-garding the planting and subsequent careof shrubs. Briefly we recommend a goodgarden soil, well enriched with decayedbarnyard manure. An open bed or borderis preferable for groups or border plant-ing. Plant moderately close according togrowth and habit of shrub to produce anearly satisfactory effect, relying on prun-ing and thinning out to maintain the de-sired appearance. Fork or spade the sur-face of the soil lightly every spring; fer-tilize every year or two with old manureor bone mea
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