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CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



CANNAS. 



Large Flowering French. 



Handsome plants for centers of vases, large beds or borders. The foliage is 

 luxuriant and the flowers are of very brilliant colors, ranging through all the 

 shades of yellow to the richest crimson. Many are beautifully spotted. 



Canna Seed should be cut at one of the ends to a depth of one-sixteenth of an 

 inch and soaked in warm water for 12 hours. Seeds sown in February in the 

 house will produce blooming plants by July. Pkt. 



Mixed Colors, per oz. 25c 5 



Red-leaved Varieties, Mixed, per oz. 30c 5 



CANARY BIRD FLOWER. 



Tropaeolum Cjuiarlen.se — One of the most desirable climbing plants growing 

 rapidly to a height of 10 feet, and producing an abundance of yellow- 

 fringed flowers throughout the season. 10 feet. H. A. Per oz. 30c 5 



CARDINAL CLIMBER — See description on page 5. 2 pkts. 25c 15 



CARNATIONS. 



Universally admired for the beauty and fragrance of their blossoms. The Margaret 

 sorts from Seed sown In spring will produce flowers all summer and fall, after which 

 they can be potted up for flowering during winter. H. H. P. 



GIANT MARGARET CARNATIONS. 

 A new giant form of the popular Margaret Carnation bearing very large flowers of various colors and fine form, 

 delightfully fragrant. Comes into bloom within a few months from time of sowing. Pkt. 



Giant Margaret, White, Yellow, Pink, Red, Striped. Each 10 



Giant Margaret, Choice Mixed Colors. 500 Seeds 35c 10 



Margaret Carnation — The original semi dwarf strain; the flowers are not so large as the new Giant sorts, but 



are produced in a great variety of colors; pkt. 500 Seeds 25c 5 



Giants of Nice, Mixed — Blooms in four months from Seed; the flowers are large, borne on long stems, valuable 

 for cutting 10 



CARNATION GIANT FANCY EVER-BLOOMING. 



The famous "Chabaud's" strain of Carnations are surpassingly beautiful in form and coloring. "With this 

 strain one can have "Fancy Pinks" in 6 months from sowing. Just the Carnation for house culture during 

 fall and winter. It is in this strain that so many of the choice double varieties, that are so popular, are 



found 10 



CARNATION. 



Grenadin — The flowers are large, bright scarlet, very double and produced in great abundance 5 



Grenadin White — Very early pure white 10 



HARDY GARDEN CARNATIONS. 



For early flowering sow in May outdoors, transplanting when large enough. By fall they will make thrifty carnation. 

 clumps which will give large quantities of delightful carnations early the following summer. They are perfectly GIAXT fancy 

 hardy, only requiring a slight covering during winter. pj^j. EVEfcuLoouiNU 



Choice Double Mixed — Saved from named flowers; 500 Seeds 25c 10 



Good Mixed — Saved from border plants; 500 Seeds 15c 6 



CELOSIA OR COCKSCOMB. 



Interesting and brilliant annuals of tropical origin. The feathered varieties bear profusely handsome spikes of feather- 

 like blossoms, while the Cristata sorts are finely cut so as to resemble a cockscomb. H. H. A. " pjj t 



Glasgow Prize — A beautiful variety with very large crimson combs 10 



Cristata Aurea — Dwarf yellow ...!!!.!!!!! 5 



Cristata Coccinea — Dwarf crimson '.'.'.!!'.'.!'.!!!'.! 5 



Cristata Rosea — Dwarf rose .'!!!!!.!!!.!].'! 5 



FEATHERED OR OSTRICH PLUME CELOSIAS. 

 Pride of Castle Gould— An improvement on Thompsonii. Pyramidal com- 

 pact growth, of about 2% feet, bearing immense heads of feathered 



plumes, of the most desirable shades 20 



Childsi, Chinese Woolflower- — New. See description on page 5 20 



Thompson's Magnifica — A superior type of Ostrich Plumed Celosia, plants 

 grow 3% feet high, bearing showy plumed heads of various colors. They 



last in bloom for a long time and are easily raised from Seed 10 



Thompson's Magnifica Dwarf Mixed — A fine class of dwarf plumed cocks- 

 comb, excellent for pot plants as the height is but one foot 10 



Pyramidalis Plumosa Aurea — Golden yellow plumes; very fine; 3 feet 5 



Pyramidalis Plumosa, Reid's Perfection — Rich magenta plumes; 3 feet.... 5 



Pyramidalis Plumosa, Mixed 5 



CASTOR OIL BEAN. (See Ricinus.) 

 CLIANTHUS. 

 Dampieri — Sow in the open air in May, in a dry, sunny position. Flowers 

 in clusters, pea-shaped, of a brilliant scarlet with black spots in center 

 of each flower. H. H. P 10 



COLLINSIA. Pkt. 



The flowers are in whorls, with several on each 



Mixed varieties 5 



COLEUS. 

 New Hybrids — Indispensable wherever colored-leaved plants are desired. 

 The seed we offer may be expected to produce many new striking varie- 

 ties. H. H. P. 2 pkts. 25c 15 



CELSIA. 

 Arcturus — This beautiful conservatory plant bears long spikes of flowers, 

 often measuring 36 inches, of a clear, bright yellow, with purple anthers. 

 Will flower in 6 months from sowing, and continue to bloom all season. 



H. H. P 15 



CENTROSEMA GRANDIFLORA. 

 The Butterfly Pea — A perfectly hardy vine of great beauty, which blooms 

 the first season from seed sown in April, producing in great profusion 

 large clusters of delightfully fragrant inverted pea-shaped flowers 10 



Free-blooming annual, 

 stem. 1 foot. H. A. 



COCKSCOMB, GLASGOW PRIZE. 



CERINTHE. 



Honeywort — Showy annuals, much resorted to by bees on account of their honey secretions. H. A. Mixed 



CHINESE LANTERN PLANT. Physalis Franchetl. 



A showy giant variety of Winter Cherry, forming dense plants about 18 inches high and producing freely large balloon- 

 like fruits, changing from green to bright crimson as the season advances 



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