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A. CURRIE Sc CO.
FLOWER S E E D S
Cactus Dahlia.
DAHLIAS FROM SEED
Seed sown early in spring will produce flowering plants the first season.
Pkt.
Cactus Dalilia — Extra Choice Mixed from handsome varieties $0.10
Collarette — The flowers of various colors have a collar of short petals
of a different color. around the center 10
Double — Show and Decorative, Extra Choice Mixed 10
Poniponc — -Extra Choice Mixed Double 10
Single — 'Extra Choice Mixed 05
DAHLIA BULBS.
See pages 82, 83.
DATURA (Angel's 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., 5c.
DRACAENA (Dragon Plant).
Indlvisa — Beautiful ornamental-leaved plants; long, narrow, green foliage;
indispensable for vases and house decorations. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 25e.
DIMORPHOTECA
Aurantisca — (African Golden Daisy) — A showy, hardy,
compact growing annual of neat branching habit,
bearing large, daisy-like flowers of a rich, glossy,
orange-gold color in great profusion. The flowers are
from 2% 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., 10c; V4 ox., 40c.
Aurantiaca Hybrida — Splendid new hybrids of the African
Golden Daisy, ranging in color from white through
various shades of yellow, orange to rich salmon and
reddish tints with many colored zones and black disc.
Pkt., 10c.
Sinuata — New and distinct. Color, clear satiny-buff, with
bluish disc, the reverse of the petals being purplish-
red. A rare and beautiful color. Pkt., 10c.
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 bouquets 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.
ACROCLINUM — 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. % oz., 15c -O-^
HELICHRYSUM — Flowers large, double and brilliant
double flowers in mixed colors. % oz., 25 05
RHODANTHE — Brilliant colored flowers.' Fine mixed.. .05
XERANTHEMUM — Showy double flowers. Fine mixed. -05
DELPHINIUM (Perennial Larkspur).
Handsome hardy herbaceous plants, desirable for mass-
ing and mixed borders.
Pkt.
Grandiflorum (Gold Medal Hybrids) — Finest mixed
hybrids, containing every imaginable shade of blue
to white, single and double. % oz., 50c $0.10
Chinese — Grow about 18 Inches high with fine,
feathery foliage. Blue, White. % oz., 30c; each. . .10
Nudicaule
-Dwarf, bright scarlet 10
Belladonna — Blooms continuously from June until
frost. Color, clear turquoise-blue. Vs oz., 75c 10
Fonnosum — Beautiful spikes blue with white center. .10
ECHINOPS (Globe Thistle).
Rnthenicus — 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
ERYNGIUM (Sea Holly).
Amethystlnum — Hardy ornamental plants, with finely
cut, spiny foliage and thistle-like heads. Color
amethystine blue. Fine for winter bouquets 10
African Golden Daisy (Dimorphoteca).