CURRIE BROTHERS CO. 
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 
Currie’s Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds 
Larkspur White Spire 
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tint, and may be relied on to come about 70% true from seed. A 
great feature of this fine new variety is its wonderful power of re- 
sisting drought, the plants continuing to throw up flowers long 
after other varieties are withered up. We are confident that Blue 
Gem will be found of the greatest value for all purposes to which 
the Viola cornuta can be put 
RESO HORS Bese kts coc 
NEW ANNUAL LARKSPURS 
Larkspur White Spire—A new Dazzling pure white larkspur 
with the improved branching habit, the flowers are on long 
straight stems, the best of all white larkspurs. Pkt., 25c. 
Larkspur Blue Spire—Blue Spire is an intense deep Oxford blue 
with upright branching habit, a decided improvement on all 
other deep blue varieties. Pkt., 25c. 
Larkspur La France—La France is a pleasing shade of salmon 
pink, it is vigorous growing and is more resistant to mildew 
than the older varieties, the flowers are very large. Pkt., 15c. 
LARKSPUR 
Exquisite Rose—A wonderful new shade of rose-pink. Pkt., 25c. 
Other varieties, see page 32. 
MECONOPSIS BAILEYII 
(One of the Finest Introductions of Recent Years) 
This beautiful blue perennial Poppy, brought over from 
Tibet by Captain Kingdon Ward, throws up from its root-stock 
half a dozen leafy stems 2 to 3 feet high, well furnished with 
broad sea-green leaves and bearing freely at their heads large 
four-petalled blooms of a glorious sky-blue color, the effect of 
which is enhanced by a central zone of golden yellow anthers. 
This superb plant has been accorded by the Royal Horticultural 
Society a First Class Certificate and an Award of Merit. It is 
hardy, and should soon become one of the most popular plants 
in cultivation. Pkt., 35c. 
VIOLA 
CORNUTA 
“BLUE GEM” 
(JERSEY GEM) 
Few plants are of 
more general usefulness 
in the garden than the 
Viola cornuta and .its 
varieties, and the good 
qualities possessed by 
these plants are present 
in even greater measure 
in this new variety. 
Blue Gem forms a large 
compact plant, produc- 
ing a continuous profu- 
sion of bloom for a very 
long period, consider- 
ably longer than other 
cornuta varieties. The 
flowers are a very pleas- 
ing shade of deep violet 
blue, with an occasional 
very slight variation in 
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