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A. CURRIE .Sc CO.
Sweet Pea, Early Song Bird.
SELECT SWEET PEAS
CHOICE GIANT SPENCER
Butterfly or Orchid-Flowered. The Best of their
Color Up-to-Date.
All lOc pkt.; 40c oz.; *1.35 % lb-; $4.50 1 lb.
Ifterglow — Distinct and beautiful. The standards are rosy-
mauve shading to blue at the base with wings of a rich
electric-blue.
130 Wisconsin St.. Milwaukee, Wis.(^
CHOICE GIANT SPENCER SWEET PEAS— Continued.
Agrlcola — A grand new Spencer, bearing a profusion
of large, handsome flowers of a very pretty shade
of lilac-blush.
Apple Blossom Spencer — Deep pink, shading to soft
rose and silvery white. The flowers are attractive
and of beautiful form, splendidly waved and ruffled.
Blanche Ferry Spencer — A true Spencer type of the old
favorite Blanche Ferry. The standard is bright
rose with blush-white wings.
Countess Spencer — Beautiful in form with large wavy
petals. Color, soft rose, deepening towards the
edges.
Dainty Spencer — Large, beautifully formed flowers,
color white with pink edge.
Debbie's Cream — Color deep cream or primrose. Flow^-
ers large and prettily waved.
Etta Dyke — Large, pure white, waved.
Elfrida Pearson- — Lovely, delicate salmon pink, mar-
gined with a deeper pink. The flowers are of im-
mense size and great substance and are borne freely
on long, stiff stems.
Fiery Cross — The standard is a brilliant flery red which
scintillates and glitters in the bright sunshine with
a fire-like sheen. The flowers are beautifully
waved, and are borne freely in threes and fours on
long stout stems.
Flora Norton Spencer — A beautiful, rich lavender.
Florence Morse Spencer — Flowers exceedingly large
and wavy, borne freely on long stems. Color, light
pink, edged darker pink.
Florence Nightingale — A grand flower. Color soft clear
lavender, flushed rosy-pink throughout. The wings
are beautifully waved and frilled.
George Herbert Spencer — A grand large flower, beauti-
fully waved and fluted. Color, bright rose-carmine.
Helen Lewis Spencer — A very large fluted flower.
Standard rich orange-crimson, wings orange-rose.
Illuminator — A glorious, glowing orange-scarlet, and
might be better described as a rich, cerise-pink,
sparkling with orange. The flowers are large,
beautifully waved, of perfect form, and are borne
freely on long stems.
Irish Belle or "Dream" — A superb variety with beauti-
fully waved wings and standards of a rich lilac
color, flushed with pink.
King Eilward VII Spencer — Beautifully waved and
crinkled. Color, deep carmine-scarlet.
King AVhite — The "King" of all White Sweet Peas. No
other white compares with it in size of flowers, per-
fection of form, length and strength of stem, and
number of four-blossomed sprays.
Margaret Atlee — The flowers are of extraordinary size
many of them being double, and are produced In
great abundance on long, stout stems. The color is
rich, glowing pink, suffused with salmon, deepening
into bright buff at the base of the standard.
Marie Corelll — Flowers large and brilliant. The wings
are a rich rosy-crimson; standards bright cherry-
red, clear and distinct.
Maud Holmea
scarlet.
-Flowers large, color deep carmlne-

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Author A. Currie & Company.; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection.
Full title
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Farm and garden annual : 1923.
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42216026
Item ID
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133091 (Find related Wikimedia Commons images)
Title ID
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66154 (Find related Wikimedia Commons images)
Page numbers
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Page 78
BHL Page URL
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https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42216026
DOI
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10.5962/bhl.title.66154
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Flickr sets
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  • A. Currie & Company Farm and garden annual : 1923.
  • Garden Stories
Flickr tags
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  • Bulbs (Plants)
  • Catalogs
  • Equipment and supplies
  • Flowers
  • Gardening
  • Nurseries (Horticulture)
  • Plants, Ornamental
  • Seeds
  • Vegetables
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
  • bhl:page 42216026
  • dc:identifier https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42216026
  • bhlGardenStories
  • BHLinbloom
  • bulbs (plants)
  • nurseries (horticulture)
  • plants, ornamental
  • u.s. department of agriculture, national agricultural library
  • bhlgardenstories
  • bhlinbloom
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28 January 2015
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