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CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



PAEONIES. 



CHOICE HERBACEOUS VARIETIES. 



Paeonies have continued to increase in popu- 

 lar favor with each succeeding year as pre- 

 eminent among our hardy perennial plants. 

 In response to the increasing demand, cultiva- 

 tors of this beautiful plant have enthusiastic- 

 ally engaged themselves in introducing and 

 propagating new varieties, aiming at more 

 perfect flowers of more delicate tints and 

 deeper, richer shades. The new varieties them- 

 selves sufficiently attest the success of these 

 efforts. Not to have seen any of them at its 

 best is to have missed a flower exquisitely 

 lovely. From these and our standard varie- 

 ties one may find any shade or combination of 

 colors he may desire to enhance the beauty of 

 his lawn or herbaceous border. 



No class of plants is more easily grown than 

 Paeonies, and few repay the care given them so 

 generously. They are perfectly hardy and 

 thrive in almost any soil, but any extra atten- 

 tion given them will be amply repaid; deeply 

 cultivated and well enriched loam suits them 

 best. In shady places where few plants will 

 succeed, Paeonies will grow luxuriantly. Such 

 spots are usually to be found, and the colors 

 of the flowers are brighter and they last much 

 longer than if fully exposed to the sun. The 

 plants, however, thrive equally well in sunny 

 situations, and planted in front of shrubbery or 

 on either side of walks they are very effective. 



CHOICE VARIETIES OF PAEONIES. 



Baron J. Rothschild — A grand paeony. Outside 

 petals rose, center salmon, sweet, double. 



Elegnns — Outside petals dark pink, large 

 salmon center; loose, fine, sweet. 



Festiva — A very fine dwarf variety. Flowers 

 clear white, spotted with carmine. 



Fragrans — Light rose; very fragrant, early. 



Fragrantissima — Deep rose; fragrant; late; ex- 

 ceptionally fine. 



Humei — Deep rose; very fragrant. 



J. B. Rendatler — An exceedingly beautiful 

 pink; large and double; late. 



La Coquette — Salmon rose, tinged lilac. 



La Martina — Deep red; late. 



Lady Darmouth — Pure white; very fine. 

 Earliest white. 



Louis Van Houtte — Deep rose; early; a superb 

 variety. 



Louis d'Estres — Deep rose pink; fragrant. 



M. I*aillet — Flesh pink; very double and sweet 

 scented; an early bloomer. 



Madam Chaumy — A magnificent flower; beau- 

 tiful satiny rose. 



Miss Brice — Pink center, cream tinted lavender. 



FESTIVA MAXIMA. 



Ne Plus Ultra — Beautiful clear shell 

 pink, retaining from first to last its 

 exquisitely delicate color without 

 fading in the least; very fragrant. 



Noeini — Blush white; very fine. 



Officinalis Rubra Plena — Deep crimson; 

 very early; one of the best. 



Officinalis Rosea — Very early; salmon 

 color. 



Pius IX — Dark red; semi-double. 



Plutarch — Dark red; semi-double. 



Triumph du Nord — Satiny rose, shaded 

 lavender. 



Whitleyi (Queen Victoria) — White with 

 creamy center. 



Small plants of above varieties, each . 

 25c; medium 50c; large $1.00. 



EXTRA CHOICE PAEONIES. 



Amahilis Lilaciua — Flesh pink, yellow 

 center; very early. 



Armandine Mechin — Brilliant red; full 

 flower. 



Alice Crousse — Outside petals rose, cen- 

 ter white; a superb flower. 



Arsene Merest — Semi-double rose; very 

 fine. 



Beaute Francaise — Pink and cream 

 points flecked with carmine; fra- 

 grant; very desirable. 



Caroline Mather — Crimson, 

 full. 



large and 



Charlemagne — Flesh shading to white 

 chamoise rose; large flower; very late. 



Clarissa — A magnificent red; late. 



Cornucopia — Delicately shaded 

 very large; a profuse bloomer. 



pink, 

 grand 



Delachie — Deep wine red, a 

 flower; late. 



Delicatissiina — A beautiful clear pink. 



Dr. Antlry — A beautiful rosy pink; 

 large and very double. 



Dr. Nester Pelassy — Beautiful blush 

 pink; very double and fragrant. 



Duchess de Nemours — Pure white, ex- 

 tra large, one of the very best. 



Duke of Wellington — White, flushed 

 with light primrose, very beautiful; 

 late. 



Eclair — Bright lavender pink; exceed- 

 ingly attractive. 



Etlouard Andre — Very deep 

 amaranth red, unique color. 



brilliant 



Festiva Maxima — Creamy white with 

 small center of carmine; early. One 

 of the very finest. 



Formosa Alba — Creamy white. 



Francis Ortegal — Dark crimson, very 

 large, fine, deep, double and sweet. 



Grandiilora — Red; a magnificent flower; 

 late. 



La Tulipe — Blush white with Tulip- 

 like shading; very attractive. 



La Rosiere — -Center sulphur-yellow 

 with yellowish white border, large 

 and globular. 



Madam Coste — Creamy white; lower 

 petals tinged with carmine. 



Madam il'Verneville — Pure white, very 

 large full center, extra fine. 



Marie — White, faintly tinged flesh; 

 large, beautiful flower; very late. 



Marie Jacquin (Pond Lily) — Pure white, 

 yellow center; just like a pond lily. 



Mrs. Jules Elie — Flesh pink with sil- 

 very reflex center, petals bordered 

 carmine; very late. 



Modele de Perfection — Delicate pink, 

 shading to white, a superb variety 

 and very appropriately named. The 

 flower is large and globular in form. 



Mile. Rose Rendatler — Beautiful rosy 

 carmine; a superb variety. 



