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SEASONABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



(All hardy except where noted.) 



We give below a list of those seeds of hardy plants which, to save time, may be sown 

 now, either outdoors in their permanent locations or in pans 

 or pots for later transplanting. 



CYCLAMEN- Continued Pkt. 



Giganteum Princess May — Pale pink $ .20 



Giganteum Rosy Morn — Delicate rose tinted, claret base 20 



Giganteum Salmon King — A selected strain of which the raiser is somewhat 



proud. The color is a beautiful soft salmon pink 20 



Giganteum — Mixed. Of the above varieties 20 



Mrs. Buckston — A lovely, delicate salmon shade. Petals beautifully frilled. 



One of the finest varieties yet introduced 50 



GERMAN GROWN SEED. 



Giant Pure White, Pale Pink, Dark Rose, Large White with Crimson Eye, 



Bright Crimson, Finest Mixed, each 15 



DAISY— Shasta. 



Alaska — Large, pure white 10 



California — Pale yellow, changing to white 10 



West ralia — Cream color, semi-double .10 



DELPHINIUM— Perennial Larkspur. 



New Hybrids — In splendid mixture 10 



Our strain of these has been saved from a named collection of double flowers. 



Formosum — Large, blue and white flowers, 3 feet 10 



Nudicaule — Scarlet, fine 10 



Zalil — A handsome yellow variety of branching habit 10 



DIANTHUS— Perennial Pinks. 



Plumarius Nanus, Fl. PI. (Dwarf Erfurt, Double Pink) — A new, hardy class, 



producing, an abundance of many colored, sweet-scented flowers 10 



Plumarius (Pheasant's Eye Pink) — Single, hardy pink. Choice mixed colors 05 



Plumarius, Fl. PI. — Double hardy Pink. Choice mixed colors 10 



DIGITALIS— Foxglove. 



Fine mixed 05 



GAILLARDIA. Perennial. 



CURRIE'S GIANT ENGLISH CYCLAMEN. 



ACONITUM (Monkshood or Helmet Flower). 



Napellus — Dark blue, 3 feet \ 



AOUILEGIA— Columbine. 



Currie's Extra Choice Long Spurred Hybrids — Handsome sorts 

 with unusually long spurs 



Chrysantha Grandiflora Alba — A new variety, with very large 

 snow-white flowers 



Chrysantha — Bright yellow 



Coerulea — Fine porcelain blue, center petals yellow 



Glandulosa (True) — Blue and white 



Skinnerii — Scarlet and yellow 



Stuartii — Lovely pale blue 



Choice selected varieties — Mixed ; 



ASPARAGUS— (Not hardy)— 



Plumosus Nanus — Asparagus Fern 



Sprengeri — Emerald Feather 



AURICULA — Of this beautiful little plant we have a very fine strain of 



English-saved Seeds. The flowers, which resemble the primrose 



somewhat, are of various shades of crimson, yellow, maroon, etc. 



Extra Choice Mixed 



CALCEOLARIA— Hybrida Superba (Not hardy)— 



Saved from one of the finest strains in cultivation; flowers beautifully 



spotted and marked ' 



CAMPANULA. 



Carpatica — Blue, White and Mixed, each 



Persicifolia Grandiflora — Blue, White and Mixed, each 



Pyramidalis — Blue, White and Mixed, each 



CANTERBURY BELLS— Campanula Medium. 



Single — Blue, White, Rose and Mixed, each 



Double Mixed 



"Cup and Saucer" — A beautiful variety with large flowers in 



many brilliant colors, resembling in shape a cup and saucer; Blue, 



White, Rose and Mixed, each 



CANDYTUFT, HARDY PERENNIAL (Iberis). 



Gibraltarica Hybrida — Lilac shading to white 



Sempervirens — White 



CINERARIA (not hardy). 



Currie's Matchless — This strain is unexcelled for size of blooms, 

 brilliancy of colors and fine substance. Many of the flowers 

 are 4$ inches across, and the variety of coloring is wonderful. . 



Hybrida, Mixed — James' Prize Strain 



Stellata Hybrida — A beautiful star-shaped Cineraria, excellent for 



table decoration or for grouping in conservatories 



COREOPSIS— (CalUopsis) 



Lanceolata Grandiflora (California Sunbeams) 



CYCLAMEN — (Not hardy) — Our Cyclamen seed is grown from the 



finest selected prize varieties, and plants grown from our seed have 



been awarded the first premium wherever exhibited. 

 CURRIE'S GIANT ENGLISH STRAIN 



Giganteum Brilliant — Extra dark crimson, rich color 



Giganteum Duke of Fife — Dark rose 



Giganteum Excelsior— White with purple base. Extra large flowers 



Giganteum Grandiflora Alba — The largest white grown. Enor- 

 mous flowers 



Giganteum Mauve Oueen — Delicate Mauve shade 



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Currie's Exhibition Strain — -A beautiful collection of gold, lemon, 

 gold and crimson, crimson, scarlet, brown and gold shades 



New Hybrids — A beautiful class 



GLOXINIA (Not hardy)— Choice Hybrids of the finest spotted, 



marbled and splashed sorts 



HOLLYHOCK — Grown from the finest varieties. 



Double Yellow, Pink, Crimson, White, Salmon, Red, Black, 



Maroon and Mixed, each 



Single Mixed 



LOBELIA— Cardinalis. 



Flower spikes 8 inches long, of intense scarlet 



PANSY, 



Currie's International Florists' Mixture — A grand combination 

 of the most noted Pansy specialists in this country and Europe. 

 The blooms are of the largest size, distinct and varied in their 

 markings, of fine substance containing all the richest and choicest 

 colors to be found in Pansies 



Currie's Superfine Scotch Pansies — Unequalled by any strain in 

 size of flower and richness of color and markings 



Giant Mixture for Florists and Amateurs — A mixture of all the 

 Giant Trimardeau sorts, Cassiers, Bugnots, Odiers, the new 

 Giant Parisian Stained, and the rich colors of Madam Perret. 

 The best possible combination of the Giant sorts 



Giant Trimardeau Mixed — One of the best of the large flowering 

 mixtures 



Fine Mixed 



PHLOX — Perennial varieties — Beautiful, often gorgeously colored 

 plants which should be represented in every garden". 



Extra fine mixed 



POPPIES— Hardy Perennial. 



Oriental — Scarlet, with dark spots 



New Hybrid Oriental — Contains many colors, pink, scarlet, blood- 

 red, etc 



Hardy Yellow Poppies — (Meconopsis Integrifolia) — A magnifi- 

 cent new Poppy, bearing immense, rich, yellow flowers similar 



to the Oriental Poppies 



PRIMULA— (Not hardy). 



Chinese Large Flowering Fringed — Mixed. This mixture is made 

 up from the finest named sorts 



Obconica Gigantea— The blooms are extremely large and are 

 borne on stout stems; in color they range from pale lilac to rose 



Forbesi — (Baby Primrose) — Begins to flower three months after 

 sowing 



Malacoides — Similar to, but quite an improvement on Forbesi. 

 Flowers lilac 



Malacoides Alba — The white proto-type of the foregoing, and a 



great acquisition 



PYRETHRUM— Old favorites in the herbaceous border. 



Double French Hybrids — Beautiful large flowering hardy plants, 

 bearing bright-colored double flowers of crimson, pink, rose, 

 white, etc 



Roseum Hybridum — Currie's Exhibition and Border Strain, 

 single mixed. Saved from a well-known collection of Named 

 Plants — white, pink, buff, rose, purple and crimson 



Ullglnosum (Giant Ox-Eye Daisy) — One of the best plants for the 



perennial border. Flowers white 



SCABIOSA— Caucaslca. 



One of our most handsome perennials, particularly useful for cutting. 

 Soft lilac blue and white. Each 



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FOR COMPLETE LIST OF SEEDS SEE SPRING CATALOG. 



