CURRIE BROTHERS CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS 



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GLOXINIA 



Handsome, free flowering, tender perennials for pot culture, succeed- 

 ing best in partially shaded places. 

 Extra Choice Mixed Pkt. 20c 



GOURDS (Ornamental) 



Rapid growing annual climbers bearing orna- 

 mental fruits. They are useful for covering fences, 

 trellis, unsightly fences, etc. 



Apple-shaped. Beautifully 

 striped 



Bottle-shaped 



Calabash or Dipper 



Hercules Club 



Turk's Turban 



Pear-shaped. Striped yellow 

 and green 



Dish Rag (Chinese Loofa) 



Nest Egg 



Flexousa (Snake Cucumber) 



Fine Mixed 



Any of the above, pkt., 10c; oz., 25c. 



WILD CUCUMBER VINE— Grows to a great height, 

 bearing small white flowers in great profusion, fol- 

 lowed by small spiney fruits. Pkt., 10c; oz.. 30c. 



GERANIUM 



Seed sown early 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 double 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 Eschscholtzia) 



FUMARIAEFOLIA (Giant Yellow Poppy)— B< 



yellow flowers freely on bushes 2 feet high. 



SUNLITE — A double flowered poppy which is different. Its extra band 

 of petals is produced on the outside, rather than the inside of the tulip 

 shaped flowers, giving the impression 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 

 two foot bush is a light gray-green. They like a sunny 

 position in a well drained border and flower freely in 

 late summer. 



GODETIA 



Popular, showy, hardy annuals bearing a profusion 

 of brilliant colored flowers during the entire season. 

 Finest Mixed, V± oz., 20c Pkt. 10c 



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 pro- 

 duced abundantly. % oz., 20c Pkt. 10c 



JAPONICUS VARIEGATUS— The foliage is beauti- 

 fully blotched white and green. 14 oz., 30c... Pkt. 10c 



HYACINTH BEAN (Dolichos) 



Annual climbers, of rapid growth, 10 feet high, with Wistaria-like clusters 

 of flowers, followed by bronzy-purple seed pods. 



Giant White — Long spikes of clear white flowers. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c. 

 Griant Crimson — Blush deepening with age to dark red. Pitt., 10c; oz., 30c. 

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

 Lignosus (Australian Pea Vine) — Bears clusters of rose-colored flowers. Pkt., 

 10c. 



ANNUAL HYBRID HOLLYHOCKS 



Sown in the house or hot-bed in March, they will bloom by July, wl 

 sown outdoors in May, they can be flowered by August. 



Double— Mixed ; 3 pkts., 25c Pkt. 



Single— Mixed Pkt. 



PERENNIAL HOLLYHOCK— See Page 48. 



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 continuously. 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 



