A. CURRIE <Sc CO' 



130 Wisconsin St..M.ilwaukee.\X/"is.^ 



Cactus Dahlia. 



Dahlias From Seed 



Seed sown early in spring- will produce flowering plants the first season. 



Pkt. 



Cactus Dahlia — Extra Choice Mixed from handsome varieties $0.15 



Collarette — The flowers of various colors have a collar of short petals 



of a different color around the center 10 



Double — Showy and Decorative, Extra Choice Mixed 10 



Poiupone — Extra Choice Mixed Double 10 



Single — Extra Choice Mixed 05 



New Singrle Dahlias, Coltness Hybrids — See page 5 .26 



DAHLIA BULBS— See pages 88, 89, 90. 



DATURA (Angers Trumpet Flower). 



Showy hardy annuals, growing 3 to 4 feet high, bearing very large 

 trumpet-shaped fragrant flowers in various colors. Finest Double 

 Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 



DIDISCUS COERULEUS (Blue Lace Flower). 

 See page 5. Pkt., 10c. 



DRACAENA (Dragon Plant). 



Indivisa — Beautiful ornamental-leaved plants; long, narrow, green foliage; 

 indispensable for vases and house decorations. Pkt., 10c; % oz., S5c. 



DIMORPHOTECA 



Aurantiaca — (African Golden Daisy) — A showy, hardy, 

 compact growing annual of neat branching habit, 

 bearing large, daisy-like flowers of a rich, glossy, 

 crange-gold color in great profusion. The flowers are 

 from 21/^ to 3 inches in diameter and have a dark 

 colored disc in the center which is surrounded by a 

 black zone. It is a splendid border plant, flowering 

 early, and in sunny situations will continue to bloom 

 throughout the entire season. Sow in dry, sunny place. 

 Pkt., 10«; % oz., 40c. 



Aurantiaca Hybrida — Splendid new hybrids of the African 

 Golden Daisy, ranging in color from white through 

 various shades of yellow, orange to a rich salmon and 

 reddish tints with many colored zones and black disc. 

 Pkt., 10c: V4, or.., 50c. 



DELPHINIUM 



(Perennial Larkspur). 



Handsome hardy herbaceous plants, desirable for 



massing and mixed borders. 



Pkt. 



Grandiflorum (Gold Medal Hybrids) — Finest mixed 

 hybrids, containing every imaginable shade of blue 

 to white, single and double. % oz., 60c $0.10 



Chinese — Grow about 18 inches high with flne, 



feathery foliage. Blue, White, h^ oz., 4Cc; each. .10 



Nudicaule — Dwarf, bright scarlet 15 



Belladonna — Blooms continuously from June until 



frost. Color, clear turquoise-blue. Vs oz,, $1.00.. .15 



Bellamosum — A dark blue form of Belladonna 15 



Formosum — Beautiful spikes blue with white center. .10 



Double Hybrids — Finest double flowering, mixed in 



great variety of charming colors. >4 oz., 75c 15 



ECHINOPS (Globe Thistle). 



Rnthenlcns — Stately, hardy perennial with thistle- 

 like foliage and steel-blue round flowers, excel- 

 lent for the back of herbaceous borders. 3 to 5 

 feet 10 



KRYNGIUM (Sea HoUy). 



Am«thystinum — Hardy ornamental plants, with finely 

 cut, Bplny foliage and thistle-like heads. Color 

 amethystine blue. Fine for winter bouquets 1© 



EVERLASTING FLOWERS 



The seeds of all the varieties may be sown outdoors early 

 in spring, with the exception of Gomphrena, which sometimes 

 does not germinate well in the open ground, and It is best 

 to sow it indoors and transplant. For winter bouqueta the 

 flowers should be cut before they are fully open, tied in 

 bunches and suspended with the heads down, to keep the 

 stems straight. 



Pkt. 



ACROCLIIVTJM — Mixed rose and white. % oz., 25c $0.05 



AMMOBIUM — Pretty, small white flowers. ^ oz., 20c.. .05 



GOMPHRENA (Globe Amaranth) — Small, globe-shaped 



flowers. Fine mixed. 14 oz*, 25c 05 



HELICHRYSUM— Flowers large, double and brilliant 



double flowers in mixed colors. *4 oz., 25c 05 



For separate colors, see page 9. 

 RHODANTHE — Brilliant colored flowers. Pine mixed.. .05 

 XERANTHEMUM — Showy double flowers. Pine mixed. .05 



African Golden Daisy (Dimorphoteca), 



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