CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



NEW FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1904. 

 APOLLO ASTER. 



Forms a compact bush as shown in the cut, measuring 8 

 to 10 inches in height and 8 to 10 inches across wlien in full ji 

 bloom. The flowers which are a rich blue, measuring about S 

 one inch in diameter, are borne in great profusion, a fully- 

 developed plant having as many as 125 flowers raised well 

 above the foliage, rendering it a very attractive object, and { 

 should prove valuable for bedding purposes, as well as for ' 

 pot plants indoors. Packet 10c. 



WALDERSEE ASTER. 



Like the Apollo Aster the plant forms small compact 

 bushes measuring 8 to 9 inches in height and 8 to 9 inches 

 across, branching very freely and densely furnished with 

 foliage. When in full bloom the plant is completely cov- 

 ered with charming little double pink flowers, measuring 

 about an inch in diameter, a medium size plant bearing as 

 many as 200 to 250 well-developed flowers. Its value as a 

 bedding plant cannot be over-estimated, and for pot culture 

 indoors it will be found exceedingly useful. Packet 10c. 



ASTER FANCY, CANARY YELLOW. 



This grand Aster produces flowers of the size of the well- 

 known and much esteemed Giant Comet type and will with- 

 out doubt prove a great favorite amongst Aster lovers. The 

 flowers are very large often 4 to 5 inches in diameter, the 

 outside petals being finely curled, while the inside petals 

 look like tubes of deep yellow, making a very beautiful and 

 effective flower of a canary yellow color. Per pkt. 15o. j 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SEGETUM-Evening Star. 



The Paris Daisies or Marguerites are now much 

 grown for cut flower purposes, in Evening Star we 

 have a cut flower sort of first 

 rank. The blooms are borne on 

 stiff stems and are of a pure 

 golden yellow color, really splen- 

 did in appearance, individual 

 flowers measuring 3 to 4 inches 

 across, they are very durable, 

 the weather having little or no 

 eifect on the petals. Sow out- 

 doors in April or May for sum- 

 mer flowering pkt. 10 



SHASTA DAISY. 



(Chrysantliemiiin Leucanthemaxn 

 Hybridum.) 



A magnificent Daisy or Mar- 

 guerite. The flowers of which 

 are snow white with a yellow 

 heart or center, and are produced 

 in great profusion on long, stiff 

 stems, which makes it valuable 

 for cut flowers and decorative uses The plant 

 Is perfectly hardy and will bear flowers the 

 first season from seed, but it is the second 

 yea.r before it reaches perfection after which 

 It is one mass of beautiful flowers all sum- 

 mer pkt. 20 



One packet each of the three new 

 Asters for 30c. 



SH\STl r)\ISY 



One packet each of the t^vo Grand 

 Marguerites or Daisie.s for 25c. 



One packet each of the three Jovel 

 ties shown on this page for 40c. 



HELIOTROPE. 



Giant Flowered. 



A new class of this universal favorite of dwarf compact habit, bearing very 

 large umbels of flowers, the prevailing colors being light blue, deep dark 

 blue, light and dark violet lilac, and bluish white. They possess all the fine 

 qualities which make the older sorts so popular, being admirably adapted 

 either for pot culture indoors or open ground work, and all are exquisitely 

 fragrant pkt. 15c 



MIGNONETTE-White PearL 



This magnificent white flowering mignonette is indeed a beauty and a well 

 worthy companion to the Red Goliath, which met with such favor last season. 

 The growth of the plant is very vigorous, hardy and compact, throwing numer- 

 ous flewer spikes, with a great wealth of blossom. The stems are stiff and 

 firm, bearing long, exceptionally bushy, well rounded blooms clear above the 

 crisp dark green foliage. The color of the flower is a very pearly white, 

 making it admirably adapted for cut flower and decorative purposes. It is 

 equally well adapted for pot culture or for planting out doors, and makes a 



very effective bed when planted with Red Goliath pkt. 15c 



One packet each White Pearl and Red Goliath offered on page 54, 20c. 



