CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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LANTANA. 



LAVENDULA. 



Very desirable plants for 

 home culture, the varie- 

 ties of which are almost numberless. All the col- 

 ors are very pretty. T. P. 

 Hybrida— Mixed 10 



Lavender — Prized 

 for its fragrant violet 

 flowers: succeeds best in dry, grav- 

 elly soil. H.P. 

 Spica— Lilac, 2 feet 5 



LAYIA 

 ELEGANS. 



Small bushy plants, 

 about 1 foot high, 

 with abundance of 

 large, single yellow 

 flowers, bordered 

 with white. H. A...10 



LINUM. nz: 



ing plants with brilliant 



colored flowers. 



Flavum — Yellow, 1 

 foot, hardy. H.P... 10 



Grandiflorum Coc- 

 cineum — Scarlet, 1 

 foot. H. A 5 



LAYIA ELEGANS. 



LARKSPUR. 



Annual Varieties. 



A beautiful genus, the prevailing color of the flowers blue ; the perennial 

 varieties make a splendid appearance, and can be flowered the first season 

 trom seed. 



Candelabrum— Double, mixed, 1& foot 5 



Emperor — A profuse bloomer, very double, mixed colors, 1 foot 5 



Stock-flowered— Tall, mixed, 2% feet 1 5 



Doable Tall Rocket— Fine mixed 5 



Double Dwarf Rocket— Mixed colors 5 



Perennial Varieties— Delphiniums. 



Formosum— Large blue and white flowers, 3 feet 5 



Nudicaule— Scarlet, fine 10 



Grandiflorum— Finest mixed, saved from a grand strain of Darned flowers.10 



Zalil— A handsome yellow variety of b ranching habit 10 



Le Mastodonte (Giant Bee Larkspur)— Large blue flowers 15 



I /^DI_I/""ICDCDIV7IIIIWI Rapid-growing ornamental climbing 

 LUrnVJOrLrimUIVI^ plants, with large leaves and hand- 

 some flowers. 



U ender sonii — Rosy carmine 10 



Scandens — Pure violet 10 



I liPIKlim Very desir & bl e 

 LUTIINUO. plants bearing long 



spikes of brilliant colored flowers. 



Mixed Annual Varieties 5 



Mixed Perennial Varieties 5 



LEPTOSIPHON. 



Pretty little hardy an- 

 nuals, suitable for bor- 

 ders. H. A. 

 French Hybrids — 



Mixed colors 5 



LINARIA.^ 



ty and effective plants. 

 L. Cymbalaria is the 

 well known Kenilworth 

 Ivy. H. A. 



Bipartita— White, % 

 foot 5 



LEPTOSIPHON, 



LOBELIA. 



Dwarf-growing plant from 4 to 6 inches high, with blue, white, crimson 

 and rose flowers, adapted for ribbon borders. The trailing varieties are inval- 

 uable for hanging baskets, vases, etc. Should be started in heat and after- 

 wards transplanted. 



Dwarf Compact Varieties. 



Carter's Cobalt Blue— Very fine, dwarf, blue 5 



Crystal Palace Compacta — A beautiful new variety, % foot 5 



Gracilis Erecta — Blue, dwarf habit 5 



Fumila Magnifies — Trie finest of all dwarfs, very dark blue, % foot 10 



Speciosa White Gem — A new pure white variety, fine for bedding, % ft... 10 

 Erinus Compacts — "Goldelse," yellow foliage, flowers blue 10 



Trailing Varieties. 



Gracilis — Light blue ft 



Gracilis Rosea — Rose colored 5 



Paxtoniana — White, edged blue 5 



Speciosa — Bright blue ft 



Duplex — A double flowering blue variety 10 



Hardy Varieties. 



Cardinalis, "Cardinal Flower" — Flower spikes 8 inches long, of in- 

 tense scarlet 10 



Littoralis Repens— A pretty trailing plant with an abundance of pure 

 whiite flowers, succeeded by large green seed pods, which in turn change 

 to bright scarlet. The flowers, green and red fruits, are produced at one 

 time, making a very attractive plant for hanging baskets, etc 15 



I V f^ LI M I C A genus of handsome and highly ornamental plants of 

 L. I V^niNIO. easy culture, strikingly effective in mixed flower and 

 shrubbery borders. H. P. 



Chalcedonica— Scarlet, 2 feet 5 



Haageana — Bright scarlet, splendid 5 



MALOPE. 



Very pretty plants, of a branching habit, producing 

 large, showy flowers in great profusion, of the easiest 

 culture. H. A. 



Grandiflora Alba— Pure white 5 



Grandiflora— Purple flowers 5 



MARTYNIA. 



Handsome free-flowering plants, producing a fine 

 effect when planted in the open border ; flowers 



large and handsome, succeeded by curious double-horned fruit. H. H. A. 



Mixed Colors— 1% feet 10 



This beautiful summer climber cannot be too 

 highly recommended. Blooms the first season 



MAURANDIA. 



from seed. H. H. P. 



Alba— White, 10 feet 10 



Barclayana — Rich violet, 10 feet 10 



Scarlet— 10 feet 10 | Mixed 10 



LOBELIA ERINUS COMPACTA " GOLDELSE.' 



