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CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



Primula Obconica Gigantea. 



CURRIE'S SUPERB PRIMULAS 



The Strains AVe Offer of Primrowes Have a AVldespread Reputation, and 

 Deservedly so, Beinj^ Insurpussed In Size and Brilliancy. 



The Seed is grown and selected for us from the finest prize varieties by 

 one of the largest European growers, and the many testimonials we receive 

 every year from florists and amateurs throughout the country is an evidence 

 of the excellence of our stock. They have no equal in anv country for size of 

 bloom, richness of substance or brilliancy of colors. So"w the Seed in Feb- 

 ruary, March or April. 



SINGLE GIANT FRINGED CHINESE 

 PRIMROSES 



% Pkt. Pkt. 



Giant Blue — The best true blue Primrose 15 25 



Giant Scarlet (Emperor) — A superb, most brilliant scarlet 15 25 



Giant Pink — The finest of the Giants. Delicate carmine-pink of 



great substance 15 25 



Giant AVhite ((iueen Alexandra) — Conspicuous for size, substance 



and purity of flowers. Largest white in existence 15 25 



Giant Crimson — Very deep, rich crimson; enormous flo^vers 15 25 



Giant Rose ftueen — Very striking color; delicate salmon-rose; 



large solid flowers 15 25 



Giant Salmon — Immense flowers of very fine substance; deep 



salmon-rose 15 25 



Orange King — A color never before seen in fringed Primroses. 

 Buds a beautiful rich orange; when fuily expanded the petals 

 are orange-salmon, shaded with terra-cotta. Of splendid habit 



and very free flowering 15 25 



Giant Fringed Mixed — A superb mixture, composed of the choic- 

 est Giant flowering named varieties; cannot be surpassed 15 25 



Fringed AVliite 10 I Fringed Mixed 10 



Fringed Red 10 | Fern-Leaved Mixed. 15 



EVERBLOOMING PRIMROSES 



PRIMULA OBCOXIC.\. GRAXDIFLORA. 



A very pretty and free-flowering class extensively ^rown 

 by florists; flowers borne In umbels on long slender stems; 

 blooms almost continuously throughout the year. They make 

 excellent pot plants, of a dwarf and compact habit and very 

 easily grown. Pkt. 



Grandiflora, Mixed Colors 10 



Grandiflora, AVlilte 10 



Grandiflora, Rose 10 



Grandiflora, "Vesuvius," bright carmine red 10 



Grandiflora Coerulea — Blue 15 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGAJVTEA. Pkt. 



The finest of the Obconica or Everblooming Primroses. The 

 blooms are extremely large, borne on strong, stout stems. 

 A splendid plant for window or conservatory decoration. 

 Rose, Crimson, Lilac, Gigantea Hybrida Mixed 15 



PRIMULA MALACOIDES. 



A very pretty new Primula, somewhat like the dainty 

 Baby Primrose, but much more sturdj'. The flowers, a deli- 

 cate shade of lavender, keep remarkably when cut and are 

 very graceful. Will flower in four months from sowing. Pkt. 10 

 P. Malacoides Alba — The white prototype of the foregoing, 



and a great acquisition 15 



HARDY PRIMROSES 



Primula Elatior (Polyanthus) — Early spring flowering plants, 



suitable either for outdoor or pot culture. 



Eixtra Choice Mixed — Saved from splendid named sorts 10 



Primula Veris (Cowslip)— In spring this is a very useful 



plant for borders, but is of little beauty after warm 



weather sets in. 



Vellow — The common English variety 10 



Primula Veris — Fine Mixed — Many beautiful colors 10 



Primula Japonlca — Flowers bright and showT, borne in 



whorls on stiff stems 6 to 10 inches long; mixed colors... 10 

 Primula Vulgaris (English Primrose) — -The hardy English 



Primrose with fragrant canary yellow flowers 10 



liOrge Flowering Hardy High-Colored Hybrids — (Hybrid 



English Primrose) — Novelty. Colors from white to dark 



crimson 10 



RICINUS— Castor Oil Bean 



Magnificent tall-growing foliage plants, useful as specimen 

 plants On lawns, or groups in center of large beds. Their bril- 

 liant leaves create a grand sub-tropical effect. H. H. A. 



Pkt. 

 Borbonlensls Arboreus — Very large and handsome green 



foliage; 15 feet. Oz. 15c 5 



Cambodgensis — Leaves large, palm-shaped and of a bronze- 

 red color -svitn red veins. Stems of the leaves, reddish- 

 brown, and tlie main stem of the plant black. Oz. 15c.... 5 



Gibsonli — Dark red foliage; 8 feet; oz. 15c 5 



Zanzlbarlensis Slixed — A race from East Africa, producing 

 leaves of enormous size, varying in color from light green 



to purplish red; oz. 25c 5 



Fine Mixed — Oz. 10c; ^4 lb. 35c 5 



DOUBLE LARGE-FLOA\ERI>'G FRIXGED PRIMUL.*.. 



The double varieties produce a large percentage of superb 

 double flowers. Pkt. 



Double Red, Double WTiite, Double Choice Mixed, each. . 25 

 STAR PRIMULA, 



A grand house plant of the easiest cultivation. The dark 

 red foliage and fiower stems form a very pleasing contrast to 

 the star-shaped flowers, which are produced very freely and 

 are of long duration. Pkt. 



Choice Mixed Colors 15 



PRIMULA FORBESI. (Baby Primrose.) 



An Everblooming variety, coming into bloom when only a 

 few weeks old, and producing small graceful flowers of 

 a rosy lilac hue. The flowers are Dorne in tiers on 

 straight, stiff stems about 10 inches high 10 



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