CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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JtANETTIA BICOI.OE. 



OTAHEITE ORANGE. 



r ''A very beautiful and most interesting dwarf 

 Orange, very unique in appearance and an ex- 

 cellent pot plant. For house culture it has 

 much to recommend it. It is easily managed 

 and never fails to do well if properly cared for. 

 It flowers freely, in fact profusely, and produ- 

 ces fruit in abundance. Plants, when even less 

 than a year old and not over 12 to 15 inches in 

 height, are generally covered with their beau- 

 tiful pure white and deliciously scented blos- 

 soms to be immediately succeeded by golden 

 fruit about half the size of the ordinary com- 

 mercial orange and very sweet. The plant is 

 compact and vigorous in growth; leaves deep 

 green and glossy. Price, each, 25 cts. 



MANETTIA BICOLOR. 



Little wonder that this singularly 

 beautiful climbing plant continues to 

 attract so much attention, for it is indeed 

 a handsome object when trained on a 

 trellis, rafter or pillar, whether in the 

 house or conservatory. Its bright scar- 

 let, yellow tipped, little tubular flowers 

 are borne in such profusion as to almost 

 hide the foliage. Usually itgrowsrapid- 

 ly in any moderately warm place and 

 blooms continually. Price, each, 15 cts. 



This family of plants has a peculiar 

 fascination for even the most unob- 

 serving. It is a remarkable fact that 

 people who will daily pass by the 

 most beautiful and sweetest scented 

 flowers without apparently noticing 

 them, are invariably arrested by a 

 sight of almost any of the Palm fam- 

 ily, and they stand to admire them. 

 For conservatory adornment they 

 stand prominently foremost, and for 

 parlor decoration they are without 

 an equal. They are also extensively 

 used for tropical bedding, for which 

 purpose they are exceedingly effect- 

 ive, and as "a center plant in a vase 

 they are without a peer. Our collec- 

 tion embraces a large assortment of 

 the leading kinds, prices and 

 descriptions of which we cheer- 

 fully furnish on application. 

 We here enumerate a few of 

 the most popular, all of them 

 in great demand. 



Areca Lntescens — Slender, 

 plume - like leaves; a very 

 handsome and excellent house 

 plant. Price, each, 30 cts.; 

 specimen plants, 12 to 36 inches 

 high, each, 50 cts. to $4.00. 



Chaniserops Ex eels a— A very 



handsome, fan-leaved Palm of easy 



culture. Price, each, 50 cts.; spec- 



. imen plants, 12 to 30 inches high, 



each, $1.00 to $3.00. 



Cocos Weddeliana— A charming 

 plant, unquestionably the most 

 graceful of all the small Palms; ex- 

 tensively used as table ornaments. 

 Price, each, 35 cts.; specimen 

 plants, 8 to 18 inches high, each, 50 

 cts. to $1.00. 



Keiitia Belmoreana — Resembles 

 Areca, but the leaves are stronger 

 and dark green; a splendid house 

 plant and in great demand. Price, 

 each, 35 cts.; specimen plants, 12 

 to 36 inches high, each, 50 cts. to 

 $5.00. 



Kentia Fosteriana— A beautiful spe- 

 cies with bright green foliage. Price, 

 each, 35 cts.; specimen plants, 12 to 36 

 inches high, each, 50 cts. to $5.00. 



Latania Borboniea (Chinese Fan 

 Palm) — A great favorite, perhaps the 

 most desirable of all the Palms for gen- 

 eral cultivation. Leaves broadly fan- 

 shaped. Price, each, 25 cts.; specimen 

 plants, 12 to 36 inches high, 50 cts. 

 to $5.00. 



Phoenix Rupicola — Resembles Dac- 

 tylifera, the well-known Date Palm, but 

 is more graceful, the arching pinnate 

 leaves being more slender and droop- 

 ing. Price, each, 30 cts.; specimen 

 plants, 20 to 30 inches high, $3.00 to 

 $5.00. 



Phoenix Reclinata — Similar to the 

 above, but of stronger growth and quite 

 distinct. An excellent Palm; stands 

 much abuse, therefore very useful for 

 decorations. Price, each, 25 cts.; spec- 

 imen plants, IS to 24 inches high, $1.75 

 to $2.00. 



KENTIA BELMOIIEAXA 



P AND AN US— Screw Pine. 



So named from the screw-like arrange- 

 ment of its leaves on the stem. It is one 

 of the most useful decorative plants in 

 cultivation. 



Utilis — An old favorite, leaves bright 

 green. Price, each, 30 cts.; specimen 

 plants, 12 to 24 inches high, each, 50 cts. 

 to $3.00. 



Veitchii — A variety having beautifully 

 variegated leaves ; they are brigh t green , 

 marked with broad stripes of pure or 

 creamy white. Price, each, 25 cts. : spec- 

 imen plants, 12 to 24 inches high, each, 

 50 cts. to $2.50. 



PANSIES. 



We make Pansy culture a specialty, 

 producing fine plants from our superb 

 strains of seed; all colors. Price, each, 

 10 cts.; per doz., 50 cts.; 100 for $3.50. 



