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CURRIE BROS.. MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



Winter Flowering and Ornamental Plants. 



The plants we offer here are those especially adapted for the decoration of the parlor or conservatory 

 during the winter or spring months, and we are careful to send out none but those in good health and first- 

 class condition. All plants are carefully packed 

 according to the season of the year, to insure 

 b^? <i-»-t their safe delivery' to any part of the country. 



Asparagus. 



Very pretty and graceful Fern-like plants, 

 rivaling in beauty even the delicate Maiden Hair 

 Fern. When cut for bouquets, the sprays have 

 much greater persistency than any Fern, retain- 

 ing their freshness in water from three to four 

 weeks. Few plants are more ornamental, and 

 none more useful. They are excellent house 

 plants, and succeed well with ordinary care. 



Plumosus Nanus, better known perhaps as 

 Asparagus Fern— An excellent pot plant. 

 Foliage bright green, very graceful and so deli- 

 cate it has all the appearance of finely woven silk 

 lace. Plants in 2 l 2 inch pots, each, 15c; $1.50 

 per dozen. Strong plants in 3 *i inch pots, 25c 

 each: $2.50 per dozen. 



Sprengerii — A new species, possessing more 

 than ordinary merit, and quite distinct from the 

 old sorts. It is remarkable for the beauty and 

 delicacy of its rich green drooping fronds, which 

 frequently attain a length of 4 feet, making it a 

 most useful plant for decorative purposes, espec- 

 ially when grown in a hanging basket. (See cut.) 

 It succeeds admirably in the house in almost any 

 position, withstanding well a dry atmosphere. 

 The fronds, when cut keep fresh a long time. 

 Plants in 2.% inch pots, 15 cts. each; per dozen, 

 $1.50: in 3j4 inch pots, each, 25c; per dozen, 

 S2.50 ; in 4 inch pots, 35c ; in 5 inch pots, 50c : 

 in 6 inch pots, 75c Larger specimens, $1.00 

 Tf "*• to $2.00 each. 



Asparagus Tenuissi- 



mus — A strikingly beautiful 

 climbing variety of rare mer- 

 it. Plants in 2% inch pots, 

 each, 15c: perdoz.. $1.50. 

 Strong Plants in 2i%. inch 

 pots, each, 25c; per dozen, 

 $2.50. 



ARAUCARIA. 



Norfolk Island Pine or Xmas Tree Palm. 



An admirable house plant 

 of very easy culture, perhaps 

 the most satisfactory we have 

 ever offered. The graceful, 

 plume-like dark green foli- 

 age, arranged in whorls or 

 tiers as shown in the illus- 

 tration, renders it a most at- 

 tractive and pleasing object. 

 As a dining table ornament it 

 has few, if any, equals. It is, 

 moreover, so hardy that the 

 dry air, dust and other con- 

 ditions of the ordinary living 

 room usually so unfavorable 

 to plant culture have appar- 

 ently no deleterious effect 

 upon it. 



Excelsa— A very popular 

 variety. Foliage deep green; 

 compact. 

 In 4-in. pot, 10 to 12 Each. 



in. high $1 00 



In 4-in. pot. 12 to 14 



in. high 1 25 



In 5-in. pot, 14 to 16 



in. high 1 50 



In 5-in. pot, 16 to 18 



in. high 1 75 



In 5-in. pot, 18 to 20 



in. high 2 ©O 



In 5-in. pot, 20 to 22 



in. high 2 50 



We ship these by Express onK, 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA, 



