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CURRIE BROTHERS CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



GERANIUM 



Seed sown eai'ly in the season will produce flowering 

 plants the first year. 



Zonal — Choice Mixed Pkt. 10c 



Lady Washington (Fancy Pelargoniums) — Choice mixed 



Pkt. 25c 



HELIOTROPE 



It is not generally known that this favorite plant can 

 be grown from seed to flower the first season. The seed 

 should be sown early in spring indoors, and transplanted 

 so as to have a constant supply of flowers during the 

 early summer months until late fall. Tender perennial. 

 MAMMOTH FLOWERED— The plants make a compact 

 growth and produce large trusses of flowers about dou- 

 ble the size of the ordinary varieties Pkt. 10c 



KING OF THE BLACKS— Deep purple, almost black 



Pkt. 15c 



GREVILLEA ROBUSTA (Silk Oak) 



A graceful, half-hardy perennial with large fern-like 

 leaves. Very desirable for pot culture Pkt. 10c 



HUNNEMANNIA (Bush Echscholtzia) 

 FUMARIAEFOLIA (Giant Yellow Poppy)— Bears large 

 bright satiny yellow flowers freely on bushes 2 feet high. 

 ■ z., 25c Pkt. 10c 



Gourds 



GOURDS (Ornamental) 



Rapid growing annual climbers bearing 

 ornamental fruits. They are useful for cov- 

 ering fences, trellis, unsightly fences, etc. 



Apple-shaped. Beautifully Pear-shaped. Striped yel- 



striped low and green 



Bottle-shaped Dish Rag (Chinese Loof a) 



Calabash or Dipper Nest Egg 



Hercules Club Flexousa (Snake Cueum- 



Turk's Turban her) 



Fine Mixed 



Any of the above, oz., 25c Pkt. 10c 



WILD CUCUMBER VINE— Grows to a 

 great height, bearing small white flowers 

 in great profusion, followed by small 



spiney fruits. Oz., 30c Pkt. 10c 



HYACINTH BEAN (Dolichos) 



Annual climbers, of rapid growth, 10 feet high, with Wis- 

 taria-like clusters of flowers, followed by bronzy-purple seed 

 pods. 

 Giant White — Long spikes of clear white flowers. Oz., 25c. 



Pkt. 10c 



Giant Crimson — Blush deepening with age to dark red. Oz., 



30c Pkt. 10c 



Lablab — Mixed colors, purple and white. Oz., 20c Pkt. 5c 



Lignosus (Australian Pea Vine) — Bears clusters of rose-col- 

 ored flowers Pkt. 10c 



ANNUAL HYBRID HOLLYHOCKS 



Sown in the house or hotbed in March, they will bloom by 

 July, while sown outdoors in May, they can be flowered by 

 August. 



Double— Mixed; 8 pkts., 25c Pkt. 10c 



Single— Mixed Pkt. 10c 



PERENNIAL HOLLYHOCK— See page 49 

 IMPATIENS 

 SULTAN'S OR ZANZIBAR BALSAM— Charming plants for 

 the decoration of the greenhouse or dinner table, producing 

 bright, waxy-looking flowers profusely and almost continu- 

 ously. The young seedlings should be carefully handled as 

 they are exceedingly brittle at the outset. 

 SULTANI— Flowers of brilliant rosy-scarlet color ___Pkt. 15c 

 HOLSTII HYBRIDS— Forms strong bushy, plants, about 2 

 feet high, covered with attractive flowers; when grown as pot 

 plants, they bloom the year round. Choice mixed, all colors. 



Pkt. 15c 



HUMULUS (Japan Hop) 



Splendid hardy annual climbers, making a very rapid growth 

 of luxuriant foliage, useful for covering fences and stumps 

 of trees. 

 JAPONICUS — The leaves are deep green and are produced 



abundantly. 14 oz., 20c Pkt. 10c 



JAPONICUS VARIEGATUS — The foliage is beautifully 

 blotched white and green. Vi oz., 30c Pkt. 10c 



SUNLITE — A double flowered poppy which 

 is diff'erent. Its extra band of petals is pro- 

 duced on the outside, rather than the inside 

 of the tulip-shaped flowers, giving the im- 

 pression of being open, even after the cup- 

 like blossoms have closed for the night. The 

 flowers are a bright canary yellow, and the 

 foliage of the 2-foot bush is a light gray- 

 green. They like a sunny position in a well- 

 drained border and flower freely in late 

 summer Pkt. 15c 



GODETIA 



Popular, showy, hardy annuals bearing a 

 profusion of brilliant colored flowers dur- 

 ing the entire season. 

 Finest Mixed — Vi oz., 20c Pkt. 10c 



GLOXINIA 



Handsome, free flowering, tender perennials 

 for pot culture, succeeding best in partially 

 shaded places. 

 Extra Choice Mixed Pkt. 20c 



