. Currie Bros. : fifty-eighth year 1933. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Page 10 CURRIE BROTHERS Anchusa Annual "Blue Bird ANNUAL ANCHUSA (Blue Bird) The perennial Anchusa, in its highest development, the Dropmore variety, is deservedly popular by its lovely bright blue flowers. This esteem is now shared by the annual Anchusa, which grows about 18 in. high, is of compact habit, and bears its flowers in a luxuriant bouquet at the
. Currie Bros. : fifty-eighth year 1933. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Page 10 CURRIE BROTHERS Anchusa Annual "Blue Bird ANNUAL ANCHUSA (Blue Bird) The perennial Anchusa, in its highest development, the Dropmore variety, is deservedly popular by its lovely bright blue flowers. This esteem is now shared by the annual Anchusa, which grows about 18 in. high, is of compact habit, and bears its flowers in a luxuriant bouquet at the top of the plant. The latter are of a vivid indigo blue and of brilliant effect for the decoration of beds and borders Pkt. 15c For Perennial Seeds, See Page 43 ARCTOTIS GRANDIS (African Lilac Daisy)—A handsome, hardy annual of the easiest culture, bearing large, showy flowers which are pure white on the upper surface with a pale blue eye, surrounded by a narrow yel' low zone and pale lilacblue on the reverse side. The plants are heavily branched, forming large bushes from 2 to 3 feet high. There are few annual flowers grown in the garden more valuable for cut flower work than the Arctotis. It is easily grown from seed, and may be started in hotbed, in the house, or in the open ground, the seed germinating in about five days, and the plants may be expected to come into bloom early in July and continue until hard frost. It delights in a sunny situation. As a cut flower, it is especially valuable, the blooms lasting a week or ten days in water, and if undeveloped buds are cut and placed in a sunny window every one will open and produce as fine flowers as though left on the plant. Pkt., 10c; J4 oz., 30c. ARTEMISIA SACRORUM VIRIDIS SUMMER FIR—A light and elegant foliage plant of grace- ful pyramidal habit. The regularly branched plants are furnished with finely cut foliage, and will be found most valuable as single specimens on the lawn or for pot culture. Hardy annual. Height,
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