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Title: Catalogue of Currie Bro's hardy bulbs, plants, etc
Identifier: catalogueofcurri18curr (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Currie Brothers Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies 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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FLOWERING BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. DECORATION DAY TULIPS. A magnificent class of late flowering Tulips, coming into bloom the latter part of May. By planting such sorts as Gesneriana and the New Darwin a blaze of color can be kept up till Deco- ration Day. They are much more showy than the early varieties on account of their brilliant coloring and long flower stems. Each. Doz. Bizarres—Ground color yellow, feathered or striped crimson, purple or white, choice mixed. Bybloemens—Blotched, striped or feathered, blue, lilac, pur- ple or black Breeders (Mother Tulips)— Large flowers of solid colors, scarlet, crimson, violet, etc.... Bouton d'Or—The only late pure yellow Tulip. Very fine.. Gesneriana—Large brilliant scarlet with blue center s Late Single—Mixed add -Juc per 100.
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NEW DARWIN TULIPS. Brilliant self-colored late Tulips of immense size and borne on strong stems, many of them two feet high. The colors surpass in brilliancy anything hitherto known in Tulips, and are of almost every conceivable color, from pale blush to the brightest red, lilac, light blue aud purple to almost black, etc. Many of the named sorts are sold at enormous prices, and the mixture we offer contains many very desirable sorts. Fine mixed colors, 5c each, 50c per dozen, £3.00 per 100. PARROT TULIPS. Admiral Constantinople — Red. 3 30 2 25 Cramoisie — Brilliant — A great improvement, deep crimson with large, black, star-shaped center; flowers and bulbs larger than other sorts 4 40 3 00 Lutea—Yellow 3 30 2 25 Perfecta—Yellow and scarlet 3 30 2 25 Finest nixed—All colors 3 25 175 DAUWIX ttt.jp.

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