CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



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SPECIAL 



OFFER. 

 The Six 

 Varieties of 



Annual 

 Chrysanthe- 

 mums shown 

 on out for 

 30c. 



CINERARIA. 



The varieites known as C. Hy- 

 brida are well known and exceed- 

 ingly brilliant greenhouse plants. 

 C. Maritima is cultivated for its 

 silvery foliage, and esteemed as one 

 of the best plants for that kind 

 for ribbon borders. H. H. P. 

 Hybrida (James Prize Strain) — The 

 plants are dwarf in habit, flowers 

 very large and beautifully 

 marked, colors brilliant and of 



fine substance pkt. 15 



Double Large Flowering Hybrids — ■ 



Saved from a choice strain.... 25 



Maritima — An ornamental foliage 



plant, with large silvery leaves 5 



CLEMATIS. 



A well-known hardy climbing plant, fine for arbors and verandas. 



Flaimmila (Virgin's Bower) — White, fragrant, 15 feet 5 



Jackmanni Varieties — Mixed shades of blue, white, purple, etc. 



Flowers 3 to 4 inches across 10 



Paniculata — Robust grower, bearing pure white fragrant flowers 



in great profusion 5 



CLEOME PUNGENS — Giant Spider Plant. 

 A robust growing, half hardy annual, growing freely, from seed 

 sown in the open ground during April or May; height about 4 

 feet. The flowers are very showy, with long, slender stamens 

 and* rose-colored petals, combined with the long, slender seed 

 pods, giving it the effect of a long and many-legged spider, with 

 the flowers for a head. A great honey-producing plant, and 



should be grown by all bee-keepers Per oz. 25c; pkt. 5 



CLEMATIS. 

 Dampieri — Can be successfully grown 

 when sown in the open air in May, 

 in a dry, sunny position. Flowers in 

 clusters, pea-shaped, of a brilliant 

 scarlet with black spots in center of 

 each flower. H. H. P 10 



TYPES OF ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



This magnificent class of summer blooming an- 

 nuals should be in every flower garden. We know 

 of no class of flowers which will produce such re- 

 sults with so little care. The flowers are borne on 

 long stems and are represented by a great variety 

 of colors. The single ones are particularly hand- 

 some, many of them producing tricolor flowers of 

 great brilliancy in coloring. The Double Perennial 

 sorts should be sown early in spring for flowering 

 the same fall. 



Segetum Evening Star (Giant Yellow Daisy) — The 

 blooms are borne on stiff stems and are of a pure 

 golden yellow color, 3 to 4 inches across. Sow 

 outdoors in April or May for summer flower- 

 ing pkt. 10 



Shasta Daisy — (See novelties, page 2) 20 



SINGLE ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Burridgeanum — Crimson, white center 5 



Lord Beaconsfleld — Crimson, maroon edged 5 



The Sultan — Rich, velvety crimson maroon with 

 golden rim surrounding a dark brown center. . 5 

 W. E. Gladstone — Rich crimson, exceedingly bril- 

 liant in appearance 5 



Segtum Grandiflorum — Yellow, 2% inches across. 5 



Mixed Colors 5 



DOUBLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. 

 Coronarium — Double white, double yellow, double 



mixed each pkt. 5 



Double Fringed — A beautiful strain which for bril- 

 liancy of color, size and doubleness of flowers far 



surpasses any ever offered 5. 



SINGLE PERENNIAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 

 The white and yellow star-like flowers of these 

 varieties, so popular for decorative purposes; are 

 freely produced from seed the first season. Largely 

 grown for cut flowers. 1 y 2 feet. 

 Frutescens (Marguerite or White Paris Daisy) . . 5 

 Comtesse de Chambord (Yellow Paris Daisy).... 5 



DOUBLE PERENNIAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 

 Japonicum, fl. pi. — New Japanese varieties, saved 



from choice flowers 10 



Chinese— Double, finest mixed colors 10 



CLARKIA. 

 . Very desirable plants, extensively used for mass- 

 ing where a brilliant display is wanted. 1% ft. H. A. 



Finest Mixed Single Varieties 5 



Finest Mixed Double Varieties 5 



COLEUS. 



New Hybrids— Coleus are indispensable wherever 



colored-leaved plants are desired. The seed we 



«£?£- may 'Pe expected to produce many new, 



striking varieties. H. H. P., pkt. 15c; 2 pkts 25 



COBAEA. 



Seandens — One of the finest of our 

 summer climbers with fine foliage 

 and large bell-shaped flowers. It 

 grows very rapidly, often attaining 

 a height of 20 to 30 feet, and spread- 

 ing out correspondingly. In sowing, 

 place seed edgewise and cover light- 

 ly. 20 feet. H. H. P. Blue pkt. 5c; 

 White 10 



San Salvador Cohaea (Cobaea macros- 

 temma) — The foliage Is of bright 

 vivid green and the flowers striking- 

 ly effective with long stamens. .. .10 

 COLLIN SI A. 



Free blooming annual. The flowers are 

 in whorls, with several on each stem. 

 Usually a little over a foot high. H. 

 H. A. Mixed varieties 5 



COSMOS. 



Handsome and free blooming plants, 

 producing an abundance of graceful 

 flowers on long stems, like miniature 

 Single Dahlias, furnishing an abund- 

 ance of cut bloom during the fall. It is 

 a half hardy annual, and should be 

 started in heat and afterwards trans- 

 planted. 5 to 6 feet high. H. H. A. 



COBAEA SCANDENS. 



COSMOS. 



Mammoth Perfection Cosmos, 

 White 5c; Crimson 5c; Light 

 Pink 5c; Mixed Colors 5c. 



Dwarf Early Large-Flower- 

 ing "Dawn" — It is of dwarf 

 compact habit, growing 3% 

 feet in height. The flow- 

 ers are as large as the best 

 selections of the old type 5c. 



Dwarf Early Flowering Mixed 

 — Identical in growth and 

 early flowering qualities 

 with Dawn, but contains all 

 the colors of the Mammoth 

 Cosmos 10 



New Striped — A distinct and 

 charming new class of Cos- 

 mos, bearing flowers equal 

 in size to the finest Mam- 

 moth Perfection sorts. The 

 blooms all show a white cen- 

 ter and deep white stripe 

 through each petal, a very 

 effective and welcome addi- 

 tion to the older varie- 

 ties pkt. 10 



Early Flowering Klondyke — 

 The plants are perfectly 

 covered from top to bottom 

 with rich orange-yellow 

 blossoms, measuring from 

 2% to 3 inches across... 10 



