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CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



This magnificent class of sum- 

 mer blooming- annuals should be 

 in every flower garden. We know 

 of no class of flowers -which will 

 produce such results with so lit- 

 tle care. The flowers are borne 

 on long stems and are represent- 

 ed by a great variety of colors. 

 The single ones are ' particularly 

 handsome, many of them pro- 

 ducing tricolor flowers of great 

 brilliancy in coloring. The 



Double Perennial sorts should 

 be sown early in spring for flow- 

 ering the same fall. 

 Segetum Evening Star (Giant Yellow Daisy) — The blooms Pkt. 

 are borne on stiff stems and are of a pure golden yellow 

 color, 3 to 4 inches across. Sow outdoors in April or May 

 for summer flowering . io 



SINGLE ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



f\ TYPES OF ANNUAL 

 CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



SPECIAL 



OFFER 

 The Six 

 Varieties of 



Annual 

 Chrysanthe- 

 mums shown 

 on cut for 

 20c. 



CINERARIA. 



The varieties known as C. Hybrida are 

 well known and exceedingly brilliant 

 greenhouse plants. C. Maritima is culti- 

 vated for its silvery foliage, and esteemed 

 as one of the best plants of that kind for 

 ribbon borders. H. H. P. 



Hybrida (James Prize Strain) — -The Pkt. 

 plants are dwarf in habit, flowers 

 very large and beautifiilly marked, 

 colors brilliant and of fine substance 15 

 Donhle Large Flo-wering Hybrids — 



Saved from a choice strain 25 



Maritima — An ornamental foliage plant, 



with large silvery leaves 5 



Maritima Diamant — The stems and 

 leaves are pure white, -without the 

 green tint found in the old variety. 

 The leaves are larger and not so 

 much cut. Splendid foliage 10 



The, 



<3)AKT 



Burridgeanum — Crimson, -white center 5 



Lord Beaconsfleld — Crimson, maroon edged 5 



The Sultan — Rich, velvety crimson maroon with golden rim 



surrounding a dark brown center 5 



XV. E. Gladstone — Rich crimson, exceedingly brilliant in ap- 

 pearance 5 



Segetum Grandiflorum — Yellow, 2% inches across 5 



Mixed Colors 5 



DOUBLE ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Coronarium — Double white, double yellow, double mixed 5 



Double Fringed Mixed — A beautiful strain "which for brilliancy of 

 color, size and doubleness of flowers far surpasses any ever offered 5 



SINGLE PERENNIAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



The white and yellow star-like flowers of these varieties, so popular 

 for decorative purposes; are freely produced from seed the first season. 

 Largely grown for cut flowers. 1% feet. 



Frutescens (Marguerite or "White Paris Daisy) 5 



Comtesse de Chambord (Yellow Paris Daisy) 5 



DOUBLE PERENNIAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Japonicum, fl. pi. — New Japanese varieties, saved from choice flowers 10 

 Chinese — Double, finest mixed colors 10 



SHASTA DAISY. 

 (Crysanthemum 

 Leucanthemum 



Hybridum.) 



A magnificent 

 Daisy or Marguer- 

 ite, the flowers of 

 which are snow 

 white with a yel- 

 low heart or cen- 

 ter, and are pro- 

 duced in great 

 profusion on long, 

 stiff stems, which 

 makes it valuable 

 for cut flowers 

 and decor ative 

 uses. The plant 

 is perfectly hardy 

 and will bear 

 flowers the first 

 season from seed, 

 but it is the sec- 

 ond year before 

 it reaches per- 

 fect i o n , after 

 which it is one 

 flower of shasta DAisv. mass of beautiful 



CLEOME PUNGENS. m ° e TS' erS n11 SU '"- , n 



Giant Spider Plant — A robust grow-Pkt. • IU 



ing, half hardy annual, growing 

 freely, from seed sown in the 

 open ground during April or 

 May; height about 4 feet. 

 The flowers are very showy, with 

 long, slender stamens and rose- 

 colored petals, combined with the 

 long, slender seed pods, giving it 

 the effect of a long and many- 

 legged spider, with the flowers 

 for a head. A great honey-pro- 

 ducing plant, and should be grown 

 by all bee-keepers; per oz. 25c. . . 5 



CLEMATIS. 

 A well-known hardy plant, fine 



for arbors and verandas. 



Flammula (Virgin's Bower) — White, 

 fragrant, 15 feet 5 



Jnckmanni Varieties — Mixed shades 

 of blue, white, purple, etc. Flow- 

 ers 3 to 4 inches across 10 



Panieulata — Robust grower, bonr- 

 ing pure white fragrant flowers 

 in great profusion 5 



SHASTA DAISY. 



