CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



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We make a specialty of choice Pansies, and our collection contains the finest varieties 

 now in cultivation. The seed may be sown any time from September to March, though our 

 experience teaches us that those spring sown — that is, during January, February and 

 March — bloom better during the hot, dry weather in summer than those that have been 



CURRIE'S 

 SUPERFINE SCOTCH. 



sown in September and "wintered over" in cold 

 exhausted before the hot, dry weather sets in. 



frames; these bloom earlier. 



becohie 



Azure Blue — Very fine. 



Black Blue — Very rich. 



Bronxe — Reddish brown. 



Emperor 'William — Bril- 

 liant blue, with purple 

 eye. 



M a Ii a s o n y-c o 1 o r — 

 Peculiar shade. 



Golden Yellow — Beauti- 

 ful clear yellow. 



Faust, or King of the 

 Blacks — Densest black 

 Pansy known. 



Lord Beaconslield — The 



ground color is purple 

 violet shaded off in top 

 petals only to a whit- 

 ish hue. 

 Fine Blixed — All shades 

 and colors; Vt oz. 50c. 



-Beauti- 

 with a 



Yellow Spotted 



ful yellow, 

 black center. 



Snowflake — Pure w^hite. 



Gold aiargined — Beauti- 

 ful color with gold 

 margin. 



Silver Margined — A new 

 and fine variety, with 

 silver margin. 



Any of the above varieties, pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 10c; 10 pkts. 25e. 



NEW PANSIES — Gassier, Bridesmai«l. Gassier Psyche. Masterpiece — New 

 Giant Gurled. See List of Novelties, page 4. Each, per pkt. 15c; 3 for 35c. 



PARISIAN GIANT 

 STAINED MIXED. 



A magnificent' class of 

 large flowered Pansies 

 of great substance and 

 fine color.s, the distinct- 

 ive features being 

 the large and well- 

 defined blotches. 

 A valuable addi- 

 tion to the mam 

 moth class, 

 floweis when 

 well grown of- 

 ten measuring 

 four .nches 

 across 1 '^ 



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Gurrie's Superfine Scotch — This beautiful 

 strain is saved for us by one of the lar- 

 gest and most noted Pansy growers in 

 Scotland from varieties that have received the 

 first premium at the international flower show 

 of Great Britain and other prominent exhibi- 

 tions for a number of years, and to-day it re- 

 mains pre-eminently the finest strain of Pansy 

 in cultivation. It is unexcelled by any in size 

 of flower (many of the single blooms measur- 

 ing over three inches across) and for richness 

 of color and beautiful markings, it has no 



equal. Mixed colors 25 



Currie's International Mixture — This splendid 

 mixture embraces all the varieties offered in 

 the large flowering class, and cannot be sur- 

 passed for richness of blooms, or variety of 



color and markings 25 



Odier, or Five-Spotted (Imperial German) — A 

 distinctly blotched variety, of great beauty.. 10 

 Mammoth butterfly — A magnificent strain spot- 

 ted and blotched, reminding one of the gorg- 

 eous hues on the butterfly's wings 10 



Bn^not's Superb Blotched — Extra large 10 



Gassier — A very rich and showy large flowered 



sort, beautifully blotched 10 



Gurrie's Fancy — Beautifully striped, blotched and 



marbled in "mixed colors 10 



Extra Ghoice English — A superb mixture 10 



German — Extra choice mixed; very fine .10 



Coquette de Poissy — Reddish lavender, with three maroon blotches 



on lower petals, novel and distinct ••••:,■ ^^ 



Fiery Faces Purple-scarlet, with a yellow margin and yellow eye. 



The three lower petals are marked with black spots .10 



Fairy Queen — The sky-blue flowers, splendidly bordered with 



white, produce a very distinct, yet delicate contrast 10 



. ictoria — Flowers large and brilliant red ..... 10 



dame Perret Flowers of large size, perfect m form and substance 



ors are pleasing shades of dark wine pink and red, beautifully veined 



jquently edged with a white margin. • ■ 10 



-The ultramarine blue in the upper petals most nearly resembles the 



r shade of this color in the feather of the peacock 10 



ented — A class of Pansy with delightful fragrance 10 



GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES. 



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immense showy flow- 

 he pansies. 

 le Eye — Very beauti- 



wy, with large black 



... 10 



Giant Black — Rich blue black, splendid 10 



Giant Striped — Lovely striped flowers 10 



Any four of the Giants for 30c. 



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Giant Emperor 'William — Lovely ultramarine 

 blue, with distinct dark blue eye 10 



Giant Beaconsfleld — The ground color is pur- 

 plish violet, shaded off in top petals to a 

 white hue 10 



Giant Snow "White — Pure white without 

 blotches, grand flower 10 



Giant Mixed 10 



The whole seven Giants for 50c. 



