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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



CH RYS ANTH EMUMS. 



A Select List of the Newest and Best. 



The varieties of Chrysanthemums in cultivation ! 

 are now so numerous that to catalogue them all even 

 if it were practicable for any one florist to grow a stock 

 of each, would occupy more space than we would be 

 warranted in devoting to any one plant, even the most 

 popular; besides such a large number of varieties 

 would only confuse our customers. It therefore be- 

 comes our duty to annually try all the best of each 

 year's introductions and select from them those pos- 

 sessing more than ordinary merit, entitling them to a 

 space in our select list, which embraces several varieties 

 of every shade and color and all forms and sizes of 

 flowers known in the family, making an assortment 

 large enough and varied enough to meet all require 

 ments. Those we offer are the very best and are in excel 

 lent condition. 



Currie's Prize Seedlings. 



The following twelve new varieties were selected 



from a list of fifty excellent sorts which we raised from 



seed, and which received the highest honors awarded seedling Chrys 



santhemums at the Wisconsin Florists' and Gardeners' Club Show in 



Milwaukee. While all are really far above the average, the twelve we 



offer are excellent, much superior in our opinion to anything yet 



introduced of their particular type and color. This we have proven by the most rigid 



cjg&ts, and by comparisons with all the leading sorts. 



Capt. Fred. Pabst — A reflexed variety. Flowers very large, full and well formed; 

 Color a beautiful pink. 

 ^Calumet — Flowers large and full, terra cotta in color. Reflexed. 

 """--- C. W. Henning— Stems straight and stiff, supporting well and gracefully the large 



flowers, which are full and deep. Color pure white, a magnificent flower. Reflexed. 

 v,u '"«^Cream City — Flowers very large, petals broad, the center ones almost clear yellow 

 uter ones shaded and streaked with pink, especially toward the points. Incurved. 

 David Ferguson— Flowers very large and full. Petals long, medium in breadth an< 

 graceful. Color, a rich golden yellow. Reflexed. 



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" """" Fred. Laytou — A unique variety. Color, maroon above and 

 silvery white beneath on the quilled petals. 



" J Heather Jock — A variety of the Waban type. Flowers very 

 large, deep and compact. Color, a rich lavender. 

 — , Hoar Frost — Most appropriately named. The flower is 

 snow-white and the peculiar hairiness on the incurved petals 

 has the appearance of hoar frost as we occasionally see it on 

 winter mornings. Flowers large and full. 



" Mrs. E. P. Allis — A variety of the Yiviand-Morel type. 

 Flowers large and of good form. Color, a very delicate lilac, 

 center of petals almost white. A beautiful variety. Reflexed. 



Mrs. James Cnrrie — Flowers exceedingly large, well formed 

 and full. Color, a beautiful soft pink, deepening towards the 

 base of the petals. A very desirable variety. 



Plumed Knight— The flower is very large, full and deep. 

 The petals are long and medium in breath; curled, twisted and 

 hairy, each a perfect ostrich plume in miniature, the outer ones 

 hanging gracefully down around the stem. Color, a beautiful 

 deep pink. This is certainly a superb variety. 



— The Swan — Flowers very large, deep, compact and perfed 

 j inform; center full. Petals broad and reflexed. Color purt 

 j white. 



All of the foregoing, price, each, 15 cents. 



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SPECIAL OFFER. — This set of 12 new Chrysanthe- 

 mums, each one a perfect gem and all prize winners, we 

 offer at the extremely low price of $1.25. 



Selected Collection of all the Favorites 

 of established merit. 



To designate the general character of the flow"er we have 



marked the several sorts by the abbreviations, Ref. for reflexed 



and Inc. for incurved. 



*"e "Abraham Lincoln (new) 



A great acquisition. Flower 

 very large and full . Color rich cream. Inc. Each, 15 cts. 

 Ada Spaulding— Peach pink, very beautiful. Ref. 

 Ada H. Le Roy — Deep rosy pink, excellent. Inc. 

 Aug. Swanson— Pale vellow, a very good one. Inc. 



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