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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



AMMOBIUM. 



MIXED GOURDS. 



GOMPHRENA. 



HELICHRYSUM. 



EVERLASTING FLOWERS 



AND 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



ACROCLINUM. 



A beautiful everlasting flower, resembling the 

 Rhodanthe, but larger. Cut the flowers for 

 winter bouquets before they are fully open. 1 foot. . H. H. A. 



Single Mixed J 5 | Double Mixed 10 



Alatum Grandiflorum — Ammobium is a 

 small but pretty little white flower. The plant 

 grows about 18 inches in height ; is stiff and angular in appearance. One 

 of the hardiest of the Everlastings. Very useful for making up in winter 



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AMMOBIUM. 



bouquets. 



GOMPHRENA. 



Globe Amaranth— Very handsome Everlast- 

 ing ; fine for winter bouquets. Sow seed in hot- 

 as it sometimes does not germinate well in the 



HELICHRYSUM. 



RHODANTHE. 



Showy Everlastings ; the flowers, when 

 gathered young, are useful for winter 



beds or boxes in the house, 

 open ground. H. H. A. 



Globosa Rubra— Dark purplish crimson 5 



Globosa Alba — Pure white 5 



Mixed 5 



Beautiful everlasting flower of a great va- 

 riety of colors. Cut the flowers before they 

 have fully expanded. Seed may be sown in open ground. H. A. 



Composilum Maximum — Finest double mixed 5 



Monstrosum, Double Red — Very bright 5 



Monstrosum, Double White — Pure 5 



Monstrosum, Double Yellow 5 



Fireball— Very bright crimson 5 



A well-known Everlasting, valuable for win- 

 ter bouquets. H. H. A. 

 Finest Mixed Colors 5 



XERANTHEMUM. 



bouquets. H. A. 2 feet. 



Double — Finest mixed colors 5 



BRIZA MAXIMA. 



Quaking: Grass — A 



pretty variety, good for 

 making into bouquets. 

 H.A 5 



Erianthus Ravenna, 



A hardy perennial orna- 

 mental grass, resembling 

 the Pampas Grass. 

 Planted in clumps or on 

 the borders of Water Lily 

 ponds, it produces a 

 magnificent effect. Sow 

 in heat to flower the first 

 season 5 



Eulaiia Zebrina. 



Light - green leaves, 

 beautifully mottled and 

 striped. Handsome for 





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DISH-RAG, OR CHINESE LOOFA GOURD. 



Sfipa Pennata. 



Feather Grass — 



Hardy perennial with 

 white feathery spikes. 

 Height 2 ft. Sow in heat 

 to flower the first season. 5 



GOURDS-ORNAMENTAL. 



Handsome climbers of rapid growth, producing fruit of peculiar and va- 

 rious forms. T. A. 



Grossularifolius— (Gooseberry Gourd) 5 



Hercules Club — Large, long, club shaped -.. 5 



Siphon .- 5 



Sugar Trough 5 



Turk's Turban 5 



■White Nest Egg 5 



Bottle Shaped 5 



Bottle Shaped Miniature 5 



Calabash— The old-fashioned dipper Gourd 5 



Dipressa — Dark-green fruit 5 



Dipsacus — Sulphur yellow ; fine 5 



Echinocystis Lobata — 



(Wild Cucumber) 10 



Flexuosus — (Snake Cu- 

 cumber). Fruit 3 ft. long. 5 

 Dish Rag, or Chinese 

 Loofa — An attractive va- 

 riety, grows Vapidly; flow- 

 ers yellow, developiug in- 

 to large green fruits, the 

 inside of which , when ripe, 

 form a tough, fibrous 

 mass, used as a bathing 



sponge by many 5 



Fine Mixed 5 



HUMEMAMA. 1271 



feet high, with bright yellow 

 Tulip-shaped flowers. Should 

 be treated as an annual in this 

 locality; flowers first season. 

 Fumarisefolia — Yellow.. . . 10 



Japonicus (Japan Hop) — 

 A rapid-growing climber, 

 with luxuriant foliage, ex- 

 cellent for covering veran- 

 das, etc. Withstands heat 

 and drought well and is 

 not troubled with insects. 

 H. A 10 



Japonicus Variegatus 

 (Variegated Japan Hop)— 

 Likethepreceding, except 

 that the foliage is beauti- 

 fully blotched 25 



Hyacinths Candicans. 



Cape Hyacinth — Flowers 

 drooping, pure white, and 

 very fragrant. H. H. P. . . 10 



Bulbs of Same— Each 10 



VARIEGATED JAPAN HOP. 



