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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



CAI D I /"* I HQQIQ Large Flowered— Very pretty autumn- blooming 

 wnLnULUOOIdi plants, with funnel -shaped flowers, beautifully 

 veined and marbled. H.H.A. 1% foot. (See cut.) Finest Mixed 5 



QAKIVITAI I A Procumbens, fl. pi.— Very pretty dwarf-growing and 

 w"l' V I I MLIM, free-blooming plants. Flowers double, bright golden yel- 

 low, produced in great abundance. % loot. H. A 5 



QPUI7AK1THI IQ Butterfly Flower— Few plants are more attractive 

 OUmIc. MIN I fl\J^t than these when well grown, whether in pots or in 

 the border. They are of a branching, elegant habit, well covered with peculiar shaped 

 flowers. H.H.A. Mixed— Best varieties 5 



C IT 1^ I I fWI Coer uleum (Stone Crop) — A pretty little plant, good for rock work, 

 3CUUIVI. etc. H.P. ^foot 10 



SENSITIVE PLANT. ^Mimosa) , 



SI I P K| F Pendula Compacts (Catch- Fly) — Beautiful free - flowering 

 ILUIiLi plants, very attractive for rock work, etc. H. A. Mixed — All colors. 5 



C IV/1 1 1 AY Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides — There is no climbing plant in 

 O IVI I L.M/V. cultivation that surpasses this in the graceful beauty of its foliage. 

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SCABIOSA. 



Mourning Bride or Sweet Scabious. 



Very desirable plants, producing very pretty flowers of many colors in great profu- 

 sion. Good for cutting for vases, etc. H. A. 



Dwarf Double— Flowers very double and globular 5 



Leviathan Mixed— Large and beautiful flowers, being double clear through to the 

 center of the flower. Excellent for cutting 10 



5tocKs or Gillif lowers. 



One of the most popular of our summer and fall flowering annuals. Sown in heat in the 

 •early spring, and afterwards in the open ground as soon as nice weather has set in, a continua- 

 tion of bloom can be had all season. They are of delightful fragrance, and are much used as 

 cut flowers. Our strains of Stocks are all that can be desired. H. H. A. 



Largest Flowering Dwarf 10 -Week Stocks— Of dwarf habit, with Urge spikes of very 

 large double flowers, 



Blood Red. 



Dark Vi.ilet 



Light Blue 



Rose — 



Collection of 8 colors. 



.10 

 .10 

 .10 

 .10 

 .60 



Canary fellow 10 



Carmine 10 



Chamois 10 



White 10 



Double Mixed 10 



Perpetual Giant (Cut-and-Come-Again Stock)— This is a valuable stock for cutting, 

 branching out as fast as cut, and every shoot bears a cluster of flowers, which are finely shaped 

 and very fragrant. (See cut.) 



Pure White • 10 | Mixed 10 



Giant Perfection — Pure white ; a large double variety 10 



Giant Perfection— Mixed colors 10 



Snowflake— A splendid dwarf-growing variety, with very large pure white flowers; very early. 10 

 Victoria, Pure White — Of robust habit, producing a profusion of pure white very double 



flowers, coming into bloom very early in the season and continuing until hard frost sets in. ..10 

 Victoria, Dark Blood-Red— Of pyramidal shape. The plant forms a perfect bouquet, the 



striking deep blood-red flowers contrasting grandly with its deep green foliage 10 



Wallflower-leaved— Smooth, dark, shining leaves, mixed colors. 10 



Large Flowering Dwarf Pyramidal — Mixed 10 



Double Dwarf German — Ten weeks, mixed 5 



STOCKS— Intermediate. 



Valuable on account of their flowering late in autumn, or as pot plants for early spring 

 blooming, for which purpose the seeds should be sown in July or August. 

 Early Autumn Flowering — Commences flowering in the "autumn, and if removed to the 



house will bloom during the winter ; mixed colors. H. H. A 10 



Emperor — Finest mixed. H. H. B 10 



Brompton— Finest mixed. H. H. B 10 



SUNFLOWER-Helianthus. 



Single Varieties. 



Primrose Colored— A new variety with luxuriant silvery-white foliage; flowers large and 



of a soft Primrose yellow 5 



Macrophyllus Giganteus — A large growing variety 

 of pyramidal form 5 



Mammoth Russian— Single; thelargestof all Sun- 

 flowers, specimens often measuring 18 inches in 

 diameter 5 



Nanus Folius Variegatus— The foliage variegated, 

 green and white; dwarf 5 



Oscar Wilde— Flowers measure from 3 to 5 inches in 

 diameter; color, orange with black center 5 



Miniature— Dwarf and branching, producing an 

 abundance of very small flowers, about 2 inches in 

 diameter; color orange with black center 5 



Sulphur Gem— Branching, flowers sulphur yellow 

 with black center 5 



Double Varieties. 



Californicus — Extra large, double, 5 feet 5 



Globosus Fistulosis — Flowers very large and glob- 

 ular formed, of a bright rich saffron color ; 6 feet. . . 5 

 Oculatis Viridis — Densely double with green center. 5 

 8ALPIGLOSSIS. Peruvianus — Double; orange, striped black 5 



CUT-ANP-COME-AGAIX STOCK. 



