CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL 



61 



SALPIGLOSSBS. 



Very pretty autumn blooming plants with fun- 

 nel-shaped flowers, beautifully veined and mar- 

 bled. H. H. A. Pkt. 



Large Flowered, Finest Mixed 5 



Emperor — Magnificent and brilliant flowered, rival- 

 ing the Orchid in the beauty and brilliance of 

 their blooms. The flowers run through shades 

 of chamois, purple-brown, dark scarlet and pink, 

 beautifully marked in the throats with lovely 

 gold veins 10 



SCABIOSA. 



Mourning Bride or Sweet Scabious. 



Very desirable plants, producing very pretty 

 flowers of many colors in great profusion. Good 

 for cutting for vases, etc. H. A. Pkt. 

 Dwarf Double — Flowers very double and globular. 5 

 Leviathan Mixed — Large and beautiful flowers, be- 

 ing double clear through to the center of the 

 flower. Excellent for cutting 5 



SCHIZANTHUS. 

 Dwarf Large Flowered Hybrids— Few annuals can 

 surpass in beauty the Schizanthus, so much so, 

 that it has been aptly called "The Poorman's Or- 

 chid." The flowers are produced in long slender 

 orchid-like sprays in such great variety and 

 wealth of colors as to be hard to describe. The 

 plant grows to a height of 12 inches 10 



SALPIGLOSSIS HMPBEOE. 



SUNFLOWERS. 



HELIANTHUS^ 

 DOUBLE VARIETIES 



Pkt. 



: Californicus — Extra large, double, 5 



feet. Oz. 10c .n 5 



Oculatis Viridis — Densely double 

 with green center 5 



Chrysanthemum-Flowered — A mag- 

 nificent Sunflower. The flowers 

 are a deep orange color, very 

 double and slightly fringed, pro- 

 duced on long stems, rendering 

 them valuable as cut flowers. 

 Oz. 15c , 5 



Globosus Fistulosus — Flowers very 

 large and globular, of a bright, 

 rich saffron color. 6 ft. Oz. 10c. 5 

 Single Varieties. 



Primrose Colored — A new variety 

 with luxuriant silvery white foli- 

 age; flowers large and of a soft 

 Primrose yellow 5 



Macrophyllus Giganteus — A large 

 growing variety of pyramidal 

 form. Oz. 10c 5 



Mammoth Russian — Single; the larg- 

 est of all Sunflowers, specimens 

 often measuring 18 in. in diam- 

 eter. Oz. 5c. 



Nanus Folius Variegatus — The foli- 

 age variegated, green and white, orange with black center 5 



dwarf _ 5 Sulphur Gem — Branching flowers, 



Oscar Wilde — Flowers measure from sulphur yellow with black cen- 

 3 to 5 inches in diameter; color ter 5 



STOCKS OR GILLIFLOWERS. 



Sown in heat in the early spring and afterwards in the open ground as 

 soon as nice weather has set in, a continuation of bloom can be had all 

 season. They are of delightful fragrance, and are much used as cut 

 flowers. Our strains of stocks are all that can be desired. H. H. A. 

 LARGE-FLOWERING DWARF 10-WEEK STOCKS. 

 Of dwarf habit, with large spikes of very large double flowers. Pkt. 

 Blood Red. Dark Violet, Light Blue, Rose, Carmine, Canary Yellow, 

 Chamois, White. All of the above, pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c; 8 pkts. 50c. 



Double Choice Mixed 10 



Large Flowering Dwarf Pyramidal, Mixed I!.".!."..".!.....!!! 10 



Dwarf German, Ten Weeks, Mixed, Second Quality 5 



_. . PERPETUAL GIANT — (Cut-and-Come- Again Stock.) 



this is a valuable stock for cutting, branching out as fast as cut, and 

 every shoot bears a cluster of flowers, which are finely shaped and very 



fragrant. Pure White pkt. 10. Mixed 10 



Snowflake — A splendid dwarf -growing variety with very large, pure 



white flowers, very early 10 



Victoria, Pure White — Of robust habit, producing a profusion of pure 

 white, very double flowers, coming into bloom very early in the sea- 

 son 10 



Victoria, Dark Rlood-Red — Blood-Red flowers, contrasting grandly with 



its deep green foliage 10 



Beauty of Nice — An attractive stock for early and late flowering. The 

 plant throws up a gigantic main flower spike, bearing blooms of large p 

 size, beautiful in form and of a delightful shade of delicate pink. All I 

 around the central stem the plant sends out a number of long side | 

 shoots, loosely covered with large fragrant flowers. It is exceptionally • 

 early and can be had in flower 12 to 15 weeks from time of sowing. 



Pk * 10 



STOCKS — Intermediate. 

 valuable on account of their flowering late in autumn or as pot plants 

 for early spring blooming, for which purpose the seeds should be sown 



in July or August. Early Autumn Flowering — H. H. A 10 



Emperor, Finest Mixed. H.H.B...10 Broinpton, Finest Mixed. H.H.B...1Q 



JBiBpSr COT-AND-COME- 



^^^ AGAIN SUNFLOWEI1 



SUNFLOWERS. 



Cut-and-Come-Again. 



Pkt. 



A new class of branching Sun- 

 flower, yielding an abundance of 

 flowers with long, stiff stems, mea- 

 suring S to 4 inches across, from 

 June until frost comes. They not 

 only make a great display in the 

 garden, but are excellent for cut 

 flowers. The plants form pyramidal 

 bushes from 3 to 4 feet high. 



Fine Mixed Single varieties 10 



Fine 3Iixed Double Varieties 10 



Apollo — A dwarf compact growing 

 variety. The-.- flowers are star- 

 shaped, golden iyellow with a black 



center, very attractive .■ 10 



Stella — Long-stemmed flowers of the 

 purest golden yellow with black 



disc 5 



Double White — -The white, however, 

 is still shown in an inconstant 

 ■way, peculiar to sunflowers. ... 10 

 Star-Shaped Double Mixed — The 

 flowers are very double, similar 

 in style to a cactus Dahlia, sur- 

 rounded at the edge with long 

 loose-twisted petals arranged like 

 spokes of a wheel 10 



LAIiGE-FLOWEKTNG DWAItF TEN WEEKS STOCK. 



