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CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WTS. 



CURRIE'S SUPERB PRIMULAS 



The Strains We Offer i)f Primroses Have a Widespread Reputation, and Deservedly 

 so, Being Unsurpassed Ln Size and Brilliancy. 

 The Seed is grown and selectprt for us from the finest prize varieties by one 

 of llie largest European growers, and the many testimonials we receive every year 

 from florists and amateurs throughout the country is an evidence of the excellence 

 of our 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 FKIXGED CHINESE 

 PRI3IROSES. 



% I'kt. 

 Giant Blue — The best true blue Primrose 15 



Giant Scarlet (Emperor) — ^A superb, most brilliant scarlet 15 



Giant Pink — The finest of the Giants. Delicate carmine-pink of great 



substance 15 



Giant White (Queen Alexandra) — Conspicuous for size, substance and 



purity of flowers. Largest white in existence 15 



Giant Crimson — Very deep, rich crimson : enormous flowers 15 



Giant Rose Queen — Very striking color; delicate salmon-rose; large solid 



flowers 15 



Giant Salmon — Immense flowers of very fine substance; deep salmon-rose 15 

 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 



flowering . . . » 15 



Giant Fringed ilixed — A superb mixture, composed of the choicest Giant 



flowering named varieties ; cannot be surpassed 15 



Pkt. 

 25 

 25 



25 



25 



25 

 25 



25 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGANTEA. 



EVERBLOO>nNG PROfROSES 



Fringed White 10 



Fringed Red 10 



Fringed ifixed . . . , 

 Fern-Leaved Mixed 



25 



10 

 15 



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. 



Pkt. 



Grandiflora, Mixed Colors 10 



GrandLflora, White 10 



Grandiflora, Rose 10 



Grandiflora, "Vesuvius." Bright carmine red 10 



Grandiflora Coerulea — Blue 15 



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 3IAI.ACOIDES. 



A very pretty new Primula, somewhat like the dainty Baby 

 I'rimrose. but much more sturdy. The flowers, a delicate shade 

 of lavender, keep remarkably when cut and are very graceful. 



Will flower in four months from sowing. Pkt 10 



P. Malacoides Alba — Tlio white prototype of the foregoing, 

 and a great acquisition 15 



HARDY PREMROSES. 



Primula Elatior (Polyanthus) — Early spring flowering plants, 



suitable either for outdoor or pot culture. 



Extra Clioice Mixed — Saved from splendid named sorts 10 



Primula Veris (Cowslip) — In sprmg 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 Japonica — Flowers bright and showy, borne in whorls 

 uu stiff stems 6 to 10 inches long: mixed colors 10 



Primula Vulgaris (English Primrose) — The hardy English 

 I'rimrose with fragrant canary yellow flowers 10 



Large Flowering Hardy High-Colored Hybrids — (Hybrid Eng- 

 lish' Primrose) — Novelt.v. Colors from white to dark crimson 10 



RICIXUS. — Castor OU 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. Pkt. 

 Borboniensis Arboreus — Very large and handsome green foli- 

 age ; 15 feet. Oz. 15c. 5 



Cambodgensis — Leaves large, palm-shaped and of a bronze-red 

 color with red veins. Stems of the leaves reddlsl^brown, 



and the main stem of the plant black. Oz. 15c 5 



Gibsonii — Dark red foliage: S feet; oz. 15c 5 



Zanzibariensis :Mixed — A race from East Africa, producing 

 leaves of enormous size, varying In color from light green 

 to purplish red : oz. 25c 5 



DOUBLE LARGE-FLOWERING FRINGED PRI.MUL.\. 



The double varieties produce a large percentage of superb 



double flowers. 



Double Red, Double White, Double Choice Mixed, each. 



Pkt. 



STAB PKIMUXA. 



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 produced very freely and are of long 

 duration. Pkt. 



Choice Jlixed Colors 15 



PRIMULA FOKBESI. (Baby Primrose.) 



An Everblooming variet.v. coming into bloom when only a few 

 weeks old. and producing a small graceful flowers of a rosy 

 lilac hue. The flowers are borne in tiers on straight, stiff 

 stems about 10 inches high '. lO 



Fine Mixed — Oz. 10c; 14 lb. 35c. 



KICINUS. 



