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CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



CURRIE'S SUPERB PRIMULAS 



The Strains We Offer of Primroses Have a Widespread Reputation, and Deservedly 

 so, Being Unsurpassed in Size and Brilliancy. 



The Seed is grown and selected for us from the finest prize varieties by one of the largest 

 European growers, and the many testimonials we receive every year from fiorista 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 FRINGED CHINESE 

 PRIMROSES 



HPkt. 

 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 verj- free flowering 15 



Giant Fringed Mixed — A superb mixture, composed of the choicest Giant flower- 

 ing named varieties; cannot be surpassed 15 



Pkt. 

 25 

 25 

 25 



25 

 25 

 25 

 25 



25 



Primula Obconica Gigantea. 



Fringed White. 

 Fringed Red. . . 



10 

 10 



25 



Fringed Mixed 10 



Fern-Leaved Mixed 15 



EVERBLOOMING PRIMROSES 



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 com- 

 pact habit and very easily grown. 



Pkt. 



Grandiflora, Mixed Colors 10 



Grandiflora, 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 MALACOIDES. 



A very pretty new Primula, somewhat like the dainty Baby Prim- 

 rose, but much more sturdy. The flowers, a delicate shade of lavender, 

 keep remarkably when cut and are very graceful. Will fiower in four 



months from sowing. Pkt 10 



P. Malacoides Alba — The white prototype of the foregoing, and a 

 great acquisition 15 



HARDY PRIMROSES 



Primula Elatior (Polyanthus) — Early spring flowering plants, suti- 



able either for outdoor or pot culture. 



Extra Choice Mixed — Saved from splendid named sorts 10 



Primula Veris (Cowslip) — In spring 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 show^y, borne in whorls on stiff 



stems 6 to 10 inches long; mixed colors 10 



Primula Vulgaris (English Primrose) — The hardy English Primrose with 



fragrant canary yellow flowers 10 



Large Flowering Hardy High-Colored Hybrids — (Hybrid English 



Primrose) — Novelty. Colors from white to dark crimson 10 



RICINUS— Castor Oil 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 efi^ect. H. H. A. Pkt. 



Borboniensis Arboreus — Very large and handsome green foliage; 15 



feet. Oz. 15c 5 



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



with red veins. Stems of the leaves, reddish-brown, and the main 



stem of the plant black. Oz. 15c 5 



Cibsonii — -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 purpUsh red; 



oz. 25e 5 



Fine Mixed— Oz. 10c; M lb. 35c 6 



DOUBLE LARGE-FLOWERING FRINGED PRIMULA. 



The double varieties produce a large percentage of superb double flowers. 



Pkt. 

 Double Red, Double White, Double Choice Mixed, each 25 



STAR PRIMULA. 



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 Mixed Colors 15 



PRIMULA FORBESI. (Baby Primrose.) 

 An Everblooming variety, coming into bloom when only a few weeks 

 old, and producing small graceful flowers of a rosy lilac hue. The 

 flowers are borne in tiers on straight, stiff stems about 10 inches high. . . 10 



Ricinus. 



