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CURRIE BROS., MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



BLACK CALLA. 



CALLAS. Each. Doz. 

 Spotted Leaf Calla— Variegated sum- 

 mer blooming Calla. Foliage dark 

 green, beautifully spotted white, 

 making a very handsome plant 

 when not in bloom. The flowers are 

 pure white, same as the old favor- 

 ite Calla, only smaller 15 $1 50 



White Calla— Ethiopica (Lily of the 

 Nile). Too well known to need de- 

 scription 15 1 50 



Black Calla (Arum Sanctum).— The 

 flowers grow fully a foot in height, 

 almost coal black and green under- 

 neath. Large bulbs 15 150 



New Dwarf Calla, "Little Gem."— A miuia- 

 ture Calla, never exceeding 12 inches in height. 

 The flowers are perfect in form, not more than 

 two and a half inches in diameter, and are pure 

 white. It produces these beautiful flowers in 

 great profusion and almost continuously. 



Price, 15 cents. $1.50 per dozen. 

 Red Calla (Arum Cornutum).— Flow- 

 ers red, spotted black, stems mottled 

 white and green, and handsome 

 palm-like foliage 15 150 



CROWN IMPERIAL 



The Crown Imperial 

 derives its name from the 

 crown-like appearance 

 of its cluster of peculiar 

 bell-shaped flowers. It 

 is one of the earliest 

 spring flowering bulbs, 

 and quite hardy. The 

 bulbs should be planted 

 about Ave inches deep. 

 They do n o t usually 

 flower until the second 

 year after planting, but 

 from that time they con- 

 A\^s tinue to increase and 

 flower without further 

 care. 



If by mail, add 3 cents 

 extra for each bulb. 



Doz. 



$1 



50 



2 



50 



2 



50 



2 



00 



1 



50 



Each. 



Aurora — Red 15 



Lutea— Yellow 25 



Gold Striped — Beautifully striped 

 golden yellow, with bright red flow- 

 ers which are borne in clusters 25 



Sulphurea— Sulphur yellow 20 



Fine nixed Varieties 15 



CROCUSES. 



For massing in beds by themselves, for edging 

 beds of other bulbs, or tor planting in clumps in 

 the grass on the lawn, these beautiful and earli- 

 est of all spring flowering bulbs are unexcelled. 

 We need not describe them, §as everybody— even 

 from childhood— is 

 familiar with them; 

 and all having any 

 love for plants ap- 

 preciate them. They 

 are always 

 gladly wel- 

 comed after 

 the long and 

 dreary winter 

 months. 



Plant in Oc- 

 tober or No- 

 vember, be- 

 fore hard frost 



s e t s i n ; set 



about three =55 

 inches apart 

 and two inch- * ^ 

 es deep ; pro- 

 tect with a 

 light covering of straw or manure, removing the 

 same as soon as winter is over. They may remain 

 in the beds year after year, but if necessary may 

 be removed and kept dry as soon as the foliage is 

 matured, to be again planted the following fall. 



If by mail add 15 cents per IOC. 

 Doz 

 Large White, Striped, Blue, 



Yellow, each color separate. . . 10 

 AM Colors ilixed 10 



100 1000 



45 

 40 



$3 50 

 3 25 



LARGE FLOWERING CROCUSES. 



The large flowering Crocus may berelied upon 



to give larger end more perfect flowers, and 

 should be used where a special effect is desired. 

 If by mail, add 15 cents per 100. 



Doz. 100 



David Rizzo— Large purple 15 85 



Cloth of Gold— Gold striped brown.. 12 60 



Cloth of Silver— White striped lilac. 15 75 



Mont Blanc— Large white 15 85 



Non Plus Ultra— Purple with white 



tip «S 85 



Sir Walter Scott— White striped pur- 

 ple 15 85 



AUTUMN CROCUS. 



Colchicum— A curious and interesting plant, 

 known as the Autumn Crocus. If planted in fail 

 the leaves make their appearancein spring, while 

 it does not come into bloom until fall, and the 

 following summer will find it in seed. One of its 

 peculiarities is that it will bloom equally as well 

 out of the ground as in it. If placed on a shelf 

 without soil or moisture, its pretty pink flowers 

 will appear just the same as if it had been left in 

 the ground. 



Fine mixed, large bulbs, 5c each ; dozen, 50c; 

 84.00 per 100. 



If by mail, add 10 cents per dozen extra. 



