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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 conser- 

 vatory during the winter or spring months, and we are careful to send out none hut those in 

 good health and first-class condition. All plants are carefully packed according to the season of the 

 year, to insure their safe delivery to any part of the country. 



AGAPANTHUS— Blue African Lily. 



A. Umbellatus— An old favorite, useful alike in 

 the greenhouse and parlor, no collection of plants 

 being considered complete without it. It also 

 makes a striking object on the lawn. The foliage 

 is long, strap-shaped and dark green. The flowers 

 are bell-shaped and arranged in large umbels on 

 the summits of st'ff, stout stems 3 to 4 feet long. 

 Color a handsome pale blue. Price, each, 50c to 

 $1.00. 



ASPARAGUS. 



A very pretty and graceful fernlike climbing 

 plant, rivaling in beauty even the delicate Maiden- 

 hair Fern. Few plants are more ornamental and 

 none more usef til. 



Plumosus Nanus— Foliage bright green, very 

 graceful, and so delicate it has all the appearance 

 of finely woven silk lace, yet when cut the fronds 

 retain their form, subetance and color for weeks. 

 An indisDensable plant for all decorative pur- 

 poses. Price, each, 25c. 



Tenuissimus— Similar to the above, although 

 not quite so attractive, but is an excellent pot 

 plant ; may be kept dwarf and bushy, and is 

 easily grown. Price, each, 25c. 



Sprengerii — Few plants are more desirable as a 

 pot plant or for hanging baskets in the house, 

 thriving as it does in a dry atmosphere, and in 

 almost any position. The fronds are of rich 

 green shade, and frequently grow four feet in 

 leDgth, and when cut retain their freshness for 

 several weeks. Price, each, 25c. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGEKII. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



(Norfolk Island Pine.) 



An admirable house plant, bearing a striking 

 resemblance to a small and perfectly formed 

 spruce tree, only far neater, more delicate and 

 much more graceful in appearance. Very unique, 

 indeed, and a great acquisition. 



SI. 00, $2.00, $3.00. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



As a house plant, cultivated for its foliage only, 

 we can confidently say the Aspidistra is surpassed 

 by none, and, in fact, has few equals. The leaves 

 are oblong lanceolate on long stems, just slender 

 enough to give the plant a very graceful appear- 

 ance, about a foot and a half in length, and about 

 four inches in breadth at their widest part. The 

 common species, Lurida, has plain dark green 

 foliage. We have also a very pretty variegated 

 variety, the leaves being alternately striped with 

 white and green. Both kinds are very easy of 

 cultivation, in fact, nothing but positive and con- 

 tinued neglect will kill them. This plant should 

 be in every collection. 



Price, green variety, each 25c to 50c; variegated 

 variety, each, 50c. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



