CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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Swainsonia Galegifolia Alba. 



A very handsome and most desirable plant for conservatory or 

 house culture. The pure white flowers, resembling Sweet Peas, 

 are produced in great abundance almost continuously. At no 

 time in fact during the year is the plant ever seen without more or 

 less blossom on it. The foliage is very delicate in appearance and 

 exceedingly graceful. Trained on a trellis this plant is a very 

 striking object, and never fails to attract attention. It is univer- 

 sally admired. Price, each, 25 cts. 



SWAINSONIA GALEGIFOLIA ALBA. 



Dolichos Japonicus. 



'Kudzu" — The "Kudzu," new to this 

 country, has long been cultivated in Japan for 

 its roots, from which an excellent starch is 

 made, its stems, which provide fiber for a kind 

 of cloth, and its luxuriant foliage to supply 

 k fodder for the cattle of the country. The plant 

 is a perfectly hardy and very rapid grow- 

 ing vine, making, sometimes in one day, 

 a growth of 13 inches. From an economic 

 standpoint we can see in this vine 

 a plant destined to become of 

 much value to us, but 

 we here recommend it 

 most highly as a beau- 

 tiful and most excel- 

 lent vine for orna- 

 mental purposes. The 

 leaves are large and 

 showy, and the 

 flowers are pur- 

 ple and produc- 

 ed in great clus- 

 ters. Price, each 

 30 cts.; per doz., 

 3.00. 



STROBJLANTHES DYERIANUS. 



Solatium Jasminoides Grandiflora. 



A beautiful climbing or trailing 

 Clematis-like plant, useful alike in 

 summer out-of-doors, or in the house 

 or greenhouse in winter. Trained 

 on a trellis or pillar it is very effect- 

 ive. It is a wonderful bloomer, pro- 

 ducing almost constantly a great pro- 

 fusion of its Btar-shaped flowers in 

 large clusters. Colorpure white with 

 a tinge of violet on the back of each 

 petal. Price, each, 15 cts. 



SMILAX. 



Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides — 



This charming vine is now consid- 

 ered quite indispensable in all floral 

 decorations. It is very easily grown. 

 Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



VIOLETS— (Double English). 



Marie Louise — Dark blue and 

 very double. This is the variety so- 

 extensively grown and so very popu- 

 lar. Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., 

 81.00. 



VERBENAS. 



Our stock of these popular bedding 

 plants is large and in^xcellent con- 

 dition. •_ j 



Named Varieties— Of these we 

 have a very fine assortment ; all the * 

 choicest kinds. Price, each, 10 cts.; 

 per doz., 75 cts.; 60 for $2.50 ; 100 for 

 $5.00. Our selection. 



Seedlings (our raising) — Grown 

 from our choicest seed, containing 

 the finest varieties of all colors. 

 Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., 60 cts.; 

 50 for $2.00 ; 100 for $4.00. 



Strobilanthes Dyerianus. 



This is indeed a great acquisition 

 and sure to become very popular, 

 both as a pot plant and for bedding 

 purposes. The leaves, which are 

 about five inches long and two inches 

 wide, are beautifully variegated with 

 a deep metallic purple shaded with 

 a bright rose, and margined with 

 light green. The flowers are violet 

 blue, and are very pretty, but it is 

 the exquisitely beautiful foliage 

 which is the attractive feature of this 

 remarkable and unique plant. Price, 

 each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



THE SHAMROCK PEA. 



Parochetus, or Blue Oxalis — 



This charming little plant is beauti- 

 ful almost beyond description. The 

 leaves, in shape like those of the Ox- 

 alis, are dark emerald green, fre- 

 quently marked with a "peacock 

 eye." The flowers are pea-like, color 

 a rich cobalt blue with center of clear 

 pink. The habit of the plant is trail- 

 ing and very graceful, admirably 

 adapting it for a small vase or hang- 

 ing basket, or for rock work, for 

 which purposes it is most desirable 

 and has few equals. Price, each, 25 

 cts.; per doz., $2.50. 



DOLICHOS JAPONICUS. 



SHAMROCK PEA. 



