LIST OF CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1921. 



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CURRIE'S SUPERB PRIMULAS 



The Strains We Offer of Primroses Have a Widespread Reputation, 

 and Deservedly so, Being Unsurpassed 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 countrv is an evidence of the excellence of the stock. 

 They have no equal in any country for size of bloom, richness of 

 substance or brilliancy of colors. Sow the Seed in February, March 

 or April. 



SINGLE GIANT FRINGED CHINESE 



PRIMROSES y 2 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 car- 

 mine-pink of great substance 15 25 



Giant White (Queen Alexandra) — Conspicuous for size, 

 substance and purity of flowers. Largest white in 

 existence 15 25 



Giant Crimson — Very deep, rich crimson; enormous 



flowers I 5 25 



Giant Rose Queen — Very striking color; delicate sal- 

 mon-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 fully 

 expanded the petals are orange-salmon, shaded with 

 terra-cotta. Of splendid habit and very free flower- 

 ing , 15 25 



Giant Fringed Mixed — A superb mixture, composed of 

 the choicest Giant flowering named varieties; cannot 

 be surpassed 15 25 



Large Flowering Fringed Mixed 10 



Fern-Leaved Mixed . 15 





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Giant Fringed Primula. 



DOUBLE LARGE-FLOWERING FRINGED PRIMULA. 



The double varieties produce a large percentage of 

 superb double flowers. 



Pkt. 

 Double Red, Double White, Double Choice Mixed, 



each 25 



STAR PRIMULA. 



A grand house plant of the easiest cultivation. The 

 dark red foliage and flower stems form a very pleasing 

 contrast to the star-shaped flowers, which are pro- 

 duced very freely and are of long duration. 

 Choice Mixed Colors 15 











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Primula Obconica Gigantea. 



EVERBLOOMING PRIMROSES 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GRANDIFLORA. 



A very pretty and free-flowering class extensively grown 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. 



Grandiflora, Mixed Colors 10 



Grandiflora, White 10 



Grandiflora, Rose 10 



Grandiflora, "Vesuvius," bright carmine red 10 



Grandiflora Coerulea — Blue 10 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGANTEA. 



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. 



Pkt. 



A very pretty new Primula, somewhat like the dainty Baby Primrose, but 

 much more sturdy. The flowers, a delicate shade of lavender, keep re- 

 markably when cut and are very gracful. Will flower in four months 

 from sowing 15 



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

 acquisition 15 



HARDY PRIMROSES 



Primula Elatior (Polyanthus) — Early spring 



flowering plants for outdoor or pot culture. 



Seed saved from splendid named sorts. 



Pkt. 

 Extra Choice Mixed 10 



Primula Veris (Cowslip) — In spring this is a very useful plant for borders, but is of little 

 beauty after warm weather sets in. Yellow — The common English variety 10 



Primula Veris — Fine Mixed — Many beautiful colors 10 



Primula Vulgaris (English Primrose) — The hardy English Primrose with fragrant canary 

 yellow flowers 10 



Large Flowering Hardy High-Colored Hybrids — (Hybrid English Primrose) — In very brilliant 

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



Borboniensis Arboreus — Very large and handsome green foliage; 15 feet. Oz. 30c 5 



Cambodgensis — Leaves large, palm-shaped and of a bronze-red color with red veins. Stems 



of the leaves, reddish-brown, and the main stem of the plant bjack; 6 to 8 feet. Oz. 30c. 5 



Gibsonii — Dark red foliage; 8 feet; oz. 30c 5 



Sanguineus (Obermanni) — Green leaves; red stems and fruits; 8 feet. Oz. 30c 5 



Zanzibariensis Mixed — -A race from East Africa, producing leaves of enormous size, varying 



in color from light green to purplish red; 10 to 12 feet. Oz. 25c 5 



Fine Mixed — Oz. 20c; % lb. 65c 5 



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