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CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 
FESTIVA MAXIMA, 
CHOICE VARIETIES OF PAEONIES. 
Rothschild—Outside petals 
center salmon, sweet, double. 
Baron J. 
rose, 
Blegans—Outside petals dark pink, 
large salmon center; loose, fine, 
sweet. : 
Fragrans—Light rose; very fragrant, 
early. 
Fragrantissima—Deep rose; fragrant, 
late. 
Humei—Deep rose; very fragrant. 
J. B. Rendatler—An exceedingly beau- 
tiful pink; large and double, late. 
La Coquette—Salmon rose, tinged with 
lilac. This is without doubt one of 
the finest Paeonies in cultivation. The 
flowers are large, compact and well 
formed and are produced in great 
profusion. It is early and a good 
keeper. 
La Martina—Deep red, late. 
Lady Darmouth—Pure white; very fine. 
Earliest white. 
Louis Van Houtte—Deep rose, early; a 
superb variety. 
Louis @Estres—Deep rose pink, 
grant. 
Madam Chaumy—Beautiful satiny rose. 
Miss Brice—Pink center, cream tinted 
_ lavender. 
fra- 
elear shell 
pink, ‘retaining from first to last its 
exquisitely delicate color without fad- 
ing in the least; very fragrant. 
Noemi—Blush white; very fine. 
Officinalis Rubra Plena—Deep crimson; 
very early; one of the best. 
Officinalis Rosea—Very early; 
color. 
Pius IX—Dark red; semi-double. 
Plutarech—Dark red; semi-double. 
Triumph du Nord—Satiny rose, shaded 
lavender. 
Whitleyi ( 
creamy center. 
Small Plants of above varieties, 
25e; medium 50c; large $1.00. 
A SUPERB COLLECTION OF 
PAEONIES. 
salmon 
(Queen Victoria) —White with 
PA Sing satin 
; CHOICE ‘HERBACEOUS 
% VARIETIES. 
Paeonies have continued to increase in. popu- 
lar favor with each succeeding year as pre- 
eminent among our hardy perennial plants. In 
engaged “themselves in introducing “and ‘propa- 
gating new varieties 
aiming -at- -more- perfect 
flowers of more. delicate ui SS _and~ “deeper, 
richer shades. The new varie ies~ ‘themselves 
sufficiently attest “the- -succeess: of these efforts. 
Not to have seen any of them ‘at its ‘best is to 
have missed a flower exquisitely lovely. Brom 
these and our standard varieties one may find 
-any shade or combination’ of colors he may de- 
‘sire to enhance the- beauty of his lawn or her- 
-baceous border. = ~ : 
No elass of plants is more esis erown than 
Paeonies, and few repay ‘the care given them so 
generously. They © are perfectly “hardy and 
thrive in almost any’ “soil, any extra atten- 
cultivated and well enriched loam suits them 
best. 
spots are usually to be found, and the colors 
of the flowers are brighter and they last much 
longer than if fully exposed to the sun. The 
plants, however, 
situations, and planted in front. of shrubbery 
or on either side of walks Penk ‘are TG effec- 
tive. A SS 
Our stock is very Jarge, embracing an Pe 
Sive assortment of the newest and best vari- 
eties, from which we have selected the follow- 
ing choice and distinct kinds, all. of which we 
can confidently recommend: 
Festiva—A_ very fine dwarf variety. 
Flowers clear white, spotted with 
carmine. 
Francis Ortegal—Dark crimson, very 
large, fine, deep, double and sweet. 
OE re ey a magnificent flower; 
ate 
La Tulipe—Blush white with Tulip-like 
shading; very attractive. 
M. Paillet—Flesh pink; very double and 
sweet scented; an early bloomer. 
Perfection—Rose, inside salmon, 
grant. ; 
Phormis—Red, large full flower. 
Porenupine—Outside petals rose; 
white, quilled. 
Princess Nicholas—Blush, ‘with cream 
center; fragrant. 
fra- 
each 
center 
ageene Mernet—Semi-double rose; very Reine des Wenseawe ow peanticdl wa 
iety; outside petals rose, inner petals 
Beaute Franeaise—Pink and cream EERE, out P , Pp 
points flecked with carmine; fragrant, 
very desirable. 
Caroline Mather—Crimson; 
full. 
Clarissa—A magnificent red; _ late. 
Cornucopia ae Shaded pink, Sydonie—Pale rose; early. 
very large; a profuse oomer. = zs fees 
Dr. Ages me beautiful rosy pink; large _Thisbe—A beautiful flesh pink. 
and very double. Triomphe de L’Exposition de Lille—_ 
Dr. Nester Pelassy—Beautiful blush Delicate pink; large and very double; | 
pink; very couple reese “es late. 
Delecatissima— eautiful clear pin 
Kelair _Brisht lavender pink; exceed- Small Plants of above, each 50c; me- 
ingly attractive. 
large and 
Souvenir de Gaspard Calot—A grand 
~ variety; bright rose; edges of petals 
margined with delicate pink and 
blush-white; very full-and free. 
dium 75ec; large. 31,50. 
~ response to_the increasing demand, cultivators — 
of this beautiful plant have enthusiastically — 
tion given them will be amply repaid; deeply — 
thrive equally well in°sunny © 
In shady places, where few plants will 
succeed, Paeonies will grow luxuriantly. Such © 
