. Currie's garden annual : spring 1931 56th year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. NEW HOLLYHOCK DOUBLE "IMPERATOR" This splendid new Hollyhock, which arrests the attention of the beholder as something entirely origin- al. Rising to a stately height it bears flowers 5j^ to 6y2 inches across, consisting of wide outer petals ele- gantly frilled and deeply fringed, in the centre of which appears a very double rosette about 2 inches a
. Currie's garden annual : spring 1931 56th year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. NEW HOLLYHOCK DOUBLE "IMPERATOR" This splendid new Hollyhock, which arrests the attention of the beholder as something entirely origin- al. Rising to a stately height it bears flowers 5j^ to 6y2 inches across, consisting of wide outer petals ele- gantly frilled and deeply fringed, in the centre of which appears a very double rosette about 2 inches across, the whole suggesting a crested Begonia on a giant scale. The colouring includes various tints of great beauty, such as cerise salmon with centre of cream reflecting rose; delicate pink with centre of rose flushed yellow; light yellow flushed rose with canary yellow centre; but there are many other charm- ing combinations of different tints. The plant branches from the base, forming a majestic clump and the lat- eral stems can be utilised in vases for decorative pur- poses. This splendid new Hollyhock can be relied on to come quite 80 per cent true from seed. Price Pkt. 25c NEW DOUBLE HOLLYHOCK, "EXQUISITE". Pkt. Resembles a beautiful, double fringed Petunia. Flow- ers, 4 to Syi inches across, range in color from light rose to deep purple, each petal margined with white delight- fully fringed. Blooms all summer. 2 pkts. 45c $ NEW HOLLYHOCK QUEEN OF SHEBA A beautiful primrose buff with rosy reflection 25 A Hollyhock Double "Imperator.' NEW PERENNIAL POPPY PAPAVER "ORIENTALE" "THE FELTHAM" Some fourteen years ago our growers originated at their Feltham grounds a new departure in Oriental Poppies, and by dint of continual selection have now succeeded in fixing a distinct and valuable strain. It has all or nearly all the various shades of the type—scarlet, orange scarlet, apricot, etc.—but with no black blotches at the base of the pe
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