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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



AQROSTEMMA. 



Hardy, herbaceous plants ; free flowering and attractive. H A. 



Caeli Alba— Pure white, 1 foot 5 



Caeli Alba Kosea — Rose, 1 foot 5 



Bicolor — Mixed 5 



ALYSSUn. 



The delicate, honey-like fragrance of the flowers of this little plant, so 

 much prized in bouquets and baskets, renders it most unlikely that this old 

 favorite will ever be cast aside. 



I>ittle Gem— A new dwarf white variety. HA.. , 10 



Sweet — Flowers white. HA. Peroz.,30cts 5 



Saxtile Coinpactuni — Of compact habit; golden yellow flowers. H P. 



10 inches 5 



Wierczbeckii— Yellow. HP. 1 foot 5 



ALONSOA. 



A desirable plant equally good for bedding in summer, or as a pot plant 

 for the house in winter. The flowers, although small, are bright and attractive 

 H H A. 



Gramliflora— Large flower, scarlet, 24 inches 5 



tinifolia— Fine scarlet, 18 inches 5 



Il.inifolia Gracilis— A new dwarf compact variety, good for pot culture 5 



Myrtifolia— Deep scarlet, 30 inches 5 



"Warczwiczii — Flowers small, bright scarlet, forming a very pretty spike, 18 



inches 5 



AMMOBIUM. 



Ammobium is a small but pretty little white flower. The plant grows 

 about 18 inches in height; is stiff and angular in appearance. One of the 

 hardiest of the everlastings. Very useful for making up in winter bouquets. 



Alatum— White, hardy, 2 feet 5 



Alatum Grandifloi-uin — Pure white and twice the size of the preceding. . 5 



ANAQALLIS. 



Similar in habit of growth to the Aubretia.and it will be found equally 

 as useful in rock-work or borders where low growing plants are mostly used. 

 H. H. A. 

 Grandillora Superba— Mixed colors 5 



ANCHUSA. 



One of the few plants that will do well in shaded situations where the sun 

 only strikes at certain times in the day. H. P. 

 Italica— (Italian Alkanet)— Blue, 2 feet 5 



ANEMONE. 



Avery pleasing, hardy plant, flowering in early spring. H. P. 

 Coronaria— (Poppy Anemone)— Mixed colors, 1 foot 10 



ANTIKRHINUM. 



ANTIRRHINUM— Snap Dragon. 



One of our favorite plants, of the easiest culture, and unsurpassed for 

 summer and fall flowering. The strains we sell are particularly fine, and will 

 fairly vie with the Carnation in the variety of their stripes and spots. P. 



Majus — Choice mixed 5 



Tom Thumb — Dwarf growing, 1 foot ,^ 5 



Picturatum Nanum — New and distinct, comprising a great variety of 



brilliant colors 10 



Striatum — Finest striped , various colors 10 



AMARANTHUS. 



A class of highly ornamental plants, many of which are grown exclusively 

 for their handsome foliage, while others are equally desirable for their beauti- 

 ful clusters of brilliant colored flowers, which are very effective for autumn 

 decoration. H H A. 



Atropurpureus — Blood red foliage, 



drooping flower spike o 



Bicolor Kuber — Foliage green and 

 dark-red, tipped with yellow, 3 to 5 



feet ii 



Caudatus (Love Lies Bleeding)— Long 



drooping sprays of red flowers 5 



Gordonii — Very fine, brilliant colors.. 5 

 Henderii^A novel variety, presenting 

 in its leaf markings a range of color 



not often seen 5 



Melancholicus Kuber 

 —Foliage bloodied... b 



Prince of Wales — 



Fine, erect, scarlet 

 flowers 5 



Salicifolius (Fountain 

 Plant)— This magnifi- 

 cent variety attains a 

 height of from 4 to 6 

 feel, with gracefully 

 drooping, willow- 

 shaped leaves, banded 

 and tipped with or- 

 ange, c a r m i n e and 

 bronze 5 



Sanguineus (Princess 

 Feather) — A showy 

 plantwith erectmasses 

 of red flowers 5 



Tricolor (Joseph's Coat) 

 — Leaves red , yellow 

 AQuii.EoiA. and green .=> 



AQUILEQIA— Columbine. 



Exceedingly showj', early blooming, hardy pUnts, specially valuable for 

 the peculiar formation of their flowers and the great variety of color. H P. 



Crysautlia Grandiflora Alba— A new variety with very large snow-white 



flowers, which are produced in great abundance 10 



Crysantha— Bright yellow, flowering freely all summer, 4 feet. 10 



Coerulea — Fine porcelain blue, center petals yellow, 2 feet 10 



Glandulosa (True)— Blue and white, V4 feet 10 



Skinnerii— Scarlet and yellow, 1]4 feet 10 



Choice Selected Varieties 5 



ARABIS. 



An early blooming plant, well suited for borders and rock work. H P. 

 Alpina — White, 18 inches 10 



ARGEMONE. 



Very showy plants, with large poppy-like flowers. H A. 



Grandiflora — White, very handsome, 2 feet 5 



Hunnemannii — Carmine and yellow, 2 feet 5 



Mexicana — Yellow, 2 feet 5 



ARMERIA— Thrift, Sea Pink. 



A compact and beautiful hardy plant, largely used for edging. H P. 

 Maritima — Rose pink, }4 foot 10 



ARISTOLOCHIA— Dutchman's Pipe. 



A rapid growing hardy climber, growing to a height of thirty feet, with large 

 heart-shaped foliage, and curious heart-shaped flowers. H P. 

 Sipho — Yellowish brown : 10 



ARALIA. 



.Sieboldii — A handsome foliage plant. P 25 



ARNEBIA CORNUTA— Arabian Primrose. 



An exceedingly pretty annual, producing a profusion of rich primrose yellow 

 flowers about J.j inch in diameter, marked, upon first opening, with five 

 black spots, which change the seconn day to a rich maroon color, van- 

 ishing entirely on the third day, leaving the flower a clear yellow. The 

 cut flower is very effective and keeps fresh a long time in water. The 

 plant grows bushy and about two feet high 25 



