Identifier: spring1897hortic18curr (find matches)
Title: Spring 1897 : horticultural guide
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Currie Brothers Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : Currie Bros.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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g sown—that is, during January, Februaryand March—bloom better during the hot, dry weather in summer than those that have beensown in September and wintered over in cold frames; these bloom earlier, but get ex-hausted before the hot, dry weather sets in. Any of the Following Varieties, a mre Blue—Very fine.Black Blue—Very rich.Bronze—Reddish brown flowers.Emperor William—Brilliant blue, with well-defined purple eye; splendid.Faust, or King of the Blacks—Densest Black Pansy known.Golden Yellow—Beautiful clear yellow.Lord Bcaconsfleld—The ground color is purple violet shaded off in top petals only to a whitish hue. 5 cts. per pkt.; 6 pkts. 25 cts. Mahogany-color—Peculiar shade.Yellow Spotted—Beautiful yellow marked with a black center ; very attractive; fine for bedding purposes.Snowflake—Pure white.Gold Margined — Beautiful color, with gold margin.Silver Margined—A new and fine variety, with silver margin.Fine Mixed—Of all shades and colors; J^oz., 50 cts.
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Giant Trimardeau Pansies. A distinct class, with immense showy flowers, thelargest of all the Pansies. Collection of 4 separate colors 50 Giant White—Very beautiful, with purple eye. 15 Giant Yellow—Very showy, with large black eye. ..15 Giant Black—Rich blue black, splendid 15 Giant Striped—Lovely striped flowers 15 Giant Mixed 15 Mammoth Flowering Pansies. Curries Superfine Scotch—This beautiful strainis saved for us by one of the largest and most notedPansy growers in Scotland from varieties that havereceived the first premium at the international flow-er show of Great Britain and other prominent exhi-bitions for a number of years, and to-day it remainspre-eminently the finest strain of Pansy in cultivation.It is unexcelled by any in size of flower (many ofthe single blooms measuring over three inchesacross), and for richness of color and beautiful markings it has no equal in mixed colors 25 Odier, or Five-Spotted (Imperial German)—A dis-tinctly blotched variety of grea

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