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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



GYGLdAMEN. 



Valuable pot plants with orchid-like blossoms of great variety and beauty-- 

 of coloring, varying from the purest white to the darkest crimson. They can. 

 be grown from seed and brought to flower in about 11 months from the time 

 of sowing. H. H. P. 1 foot. 



Our Cyclamen seed is grown from the finest selected prize varieties^ 



and plants grown from our seed have been awarded the first premium 



wherever exhibited. 



Albert "Victor — The flowers are an intense brilliant crimson carmine hue. 

 The foliage differs from the other in the exquisite beauty of its mark- 



ings. 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM GIGANTEUM. 



DAHLIA. 



A well-known and justly admired class of flowers. Nothing can be more 

 effective than a bed of Dahlias or a few individual plants of them placed 

 around borders. 



By sowing early in spring and afterwards transplanting, they can be had 

 in flower the same season. The single and Cactus varieties are valuable for 

 decorative work in vases, etc. H. H. P. 



Extra Choice Double Mixed — From finest named flowers 10 



Pompone— Finest double mixed ; small flowering 10 



Single, Finest Mixed— Very showy and fine for cut flowers 10 



CACTUS DAHLIA. 



Juarezii — Double scarlet flowers of 

 distinct and remarkable appearance, 

 the petals being quilled and curved loosely and gracefully arranged in large 

 double oval heads of bloom. They make excellent cut flowers for decorat- 

 ing in vases, etc 10 



25 



Persicum — Finest mixed, % foot 15- 



Fersicum Giganteum Album — A profuse bloomer, flowers pure white, 



plant dwarf and compact, foliage beautiful 25 



Persicum Giganteum Kubrum— A superb variety, producing very large 



flowers of a deep rose color, changing to bright crimson at the base ... .25 

 Persicum Giganteum Koseum— Similar to preceding, except that the 



flowers are a beautiful rose color 25-> 



Persicum Giganteum Charming Bride— Large white, neck delicate 4 



rose -. 253! 



Persicum Giganteum Cruentum — Intense crimson, large, handsome , 



and of fine form 25 i 



Persicum Giganteum Picturatum — Large beautiful white, with crim- 



Persicum Giganteum — Finest mixed j the flowers measure from 2 to 2>£ 

 inches in length 251 



CYPRESS VINE. 



A deservedly popular Climber, with pretty star-like flowers and fern-like 

 foliage. Grows to a height of 15 feet. H. H. A. 



Rose 5 1 Scarlet 5 



White 5 ' Mixed — Peroz.,25cts 5 



New Ivy-leaved — A new variety of scarlet Cypress Vine, with Ivy-shaped 



leaves and slender stems of a violet hue. Flowers scarlet 51 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS. S£££ 



One of the easiest cultivated foliage plants for parlor or window decoration 



known 10 ' 



(Hyaciuth Bean) — A rapid 

 growing climber of easy culti- 

 vation, bearing a profusion of pea-shaped purple blossoms ; the seed pods I 

 are of a beautiful deep purple shade in fall. Sow in the open ground April 

 and May, against trellis, arbors, etc. 10 feet. H. H. A 5 



niPITil I Q Foxglove — Handsome, stately growing plants, 

 L/ I VJ I I "LlWi with beautifully mottled, thimble-shaped flowers, 

 produced in profusion on a stem 

 usually about 3 feet high. The 

 racemes of flowers are about 2 feet 

 long. H. P. Fine mixed 5 



DOLICHOS LABLAB. 



RATI IRA Ornamental strong growing annuals, attaining a height of 2 to 3 feet. 

 Very handsome and easily grown plants for beds or borders, pro- 

 ducing a profusion of showy, trumpet-shaped flowers in various shades of white, yellow 

 and purple. Sow in open ground during May and June. H. A. 3 feet. Doubles finest 

 mixed 5 



Double Daisies. 



(Bellis Perennis fl. pi.) 



One of the most charming of our early 

 spring flowers. They are very easily raised 

 from seed and can be had in bloom the first 

 season. Require a slight protection duriug 

 the winter. H. H. P. 



Snowball — Large, very double, pure 

 white 10 



Double "White 10 



Double Ked .10 



Longfellow — Flowers large, dark rose. ..10 



Double Mixed 5 



SINGLE DAHLIA 



