CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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POPPIES. 



POPPY SHIRLEV. 



POPPIES. 



Double Carnation-Flowered. 



POPPY DOUBLE— THE MIKADO. 



Pure White 5 Rose 5 



Scarlet 5 Ash Gray 5 



White Tipped Scarlet 5 



The Milcado — A new double variety of great beauty. 



The petals are beautifully cut and fringed at 



the edpTPs; color white, fringed brilliant scarlet.. 5 

 nixed Colors 5 



HARDY PERENNIAL POPPIES. 



For permanent beds and borders these perennial 

 poppies are without rivals; the.y are simply grand 

 bearing large, gorgeously-colored flowers on long 

 stems. The flowers of the Oriental variety average 

 6 inches across. 



Iceland Popples (Papaver Nudicauie)— A beauti 

 ful and very fragrant class of Poppy, blooming 

 freely throughout the entire season, and while they 

 are perennial will bloom the first year from seed 

 They are perfectly hardy. The flowers cut are excel 

 lent for vases, keeping a long time in water. 



White 10 Orange Scarlet 10 



Yellow 10 nixed 10 



Double Iceland — A double-flowering form of Iceland 



Poppy, producing about 50 per cent, of perfectly 



double flowers. Mixed colors 15 



Alpine — A very pretty class, mixed colors 10 



Bracteatum— Scarlet, 3 feet 5 



Oriental — Single scarlet, with dark spots 10 



New Hybrid Oriental— A magnificent class, containing many colors, pink, scarlet, blood-red, 



orange-red, salmon, blotched black, etc 10 



PORTULACA. 



Popular hardy annuals, producing flowers of almost every hue in the greatest profusion; succeed 

 beet in warm, Runny places, and will hardly ever suffer for the. want of moisture. When other plants 

 are dying for the want of water, this little beauty will continue blooming freely. 



SINGLE PORTULACA. 



Alba— Pure white 5 Theliussonii— Fine Crimson 5 



Aurea-Golden yellow 5 Splendid Mixed— All colors 5 



Splendens— A rosy purple a 



DOUBLE PORTULACA— Large Flowering. 



The flowers of the double variety make a grand display, remainingopen all day in the burningsun. 



Carnation— Striped 10 Yellow 10 



Orange 10 White 10 



Purple 10 iVIixed— All colors 10 



Rose 10 Collection of 7 Separate Colors 50 



Scarlet 10 



PYRETHRUM. 



Old favorite herbaceous plants, very much in use for borders. The Golden Feather is a valuable 

 yellow-leaved variety much used for carpet beds and for ribbon borders. H. P. 



Parthenlfolium Aureum (Golden Feather)- Bright golden foliage 10 



Double French Hybrids— Beautiful large-flowering hardy plants, bearing bright-colored double 



flowers of crimson, pink, rose, white, etc 10 



Roseum (Persian Insect Powder Plant) — Rose colored 10 



The large, showy flowers of this genus have been greatly improved during recent years, both in 

 size and brilliancy. In lines or groups their effect is simply grand, being one perfect blaze of color all 

 summer. As they will not bear transplanting, sow in open ground in the positions they are wanted to 

 flower in. H. A. 



SINGLE ANNUAL POPPIES. 



Single nixed 5 



Danebrog — Brilliant scarlet with a cross of white in the center, resembling the Danish banner X> 



Entrlish Scarlet— The bright scarlet flowers of this variety are very effective. 2 feet & 



Umbrosum — Rich vermilion, with black spot on each petal 5 



Peacoclc— I..arge brilliant scarlet and crimson flowers, with a black zone near the center, making a 



strong and beautiful contrast. Flowers about 4 inches in diameter lO' 



Cambricus (Welsh Yellow Poppy)— A beautiful yellow variety lo- 



Shirley — Beautiful, hardy annual Poppies, produc- 

 ing large single flowers ranging in color from 

 pure white, various shades of pink, to glowing 

 scarlet. Many of the flowers are veined, 

 streaked and flaked from the center towards 

 the edges, while others are red, edged with 



white. Mixed colors i> 



Fire Dragon — A new and very showy Poppy, about 

 24 inches high, with fine shaped large fiowers 

 4 inches in diameter, of a brilliant deep scarlet, 

 with black spots, surrounded by a white mar- 

 gin 10 



Tulip Poppy (Papaver Glaucium)— A magnificent 

 species, producing an abundance of splendid 

 flowers of the most vivid scarlet imaginable. 

 The two outer petals of the flower bear a sim- 

 iliarity to a saucer in which Is set two erect 

 petals of the same color '. 10 



DOUBLE PyEONY-Flowered Poppies. 



New Giant Brilliant Rose 5 



New Oiant Nankin Yellow 5 



New Giant Chamois Rose 5 



New Giant, Mixed Colors .> 



French Ranunculus°flowered, double mixed, 2 ft.. 5 

 New Double Poppy ("White Swan")— The plant 

 grows only from 1V4 to 2 feet high, forming a 

 dense, richly branching bush, surmounted on 

 strong, slender stems by very large, beautifully 

 shaped flowers, very double, laciniated and of 

 the purest possible white Ift 



One Packet each of the 3 Poppies shown in cuts and a mixed Packet 

 of the beautiful ICELA^D POPPIES for 25 cts. 



ORIENTAL POPPIES. 



