CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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CARNATION. 



CARNATION. 



An important and beantiful class; none more so are grown. Most of the 

 varieties have a delicious clove fragrance. H H P. 

 Choice Bizarre — The seed we have of this varietv is saved from a very fine 



collection of named flowers 25 



Grenadin — The earliest Carnation to bloom. The flowers, which are large, 



bright scarlet and very double, are produced in great abundance 25 



Perpetual, or Tree — This may be expected to produce very choice varie- 

 ties, having been saved from very beautiful sorts 25 



Choice Pink — Choice saved from specimen flowers 25 



Choice Wliite— Choice saved from specimen flowers 25 



Choice Yellow — Choice saved from specimen flowers 25 



Choice Double Mixed— Saved from named flowers 25 



Oood Mixed— For border plants 10 



Pink— Flowers very beautiful and fragrant. Best Double — Mixed colors. 25 

 Picotee — Flowers all one color, beautifully bordered, red, rose and purple. 

 Finest double mixed 25 



CACTUS. 



Curious greenhouse or parlor plants, some with beautiful flowers, while 

 others are remarkable for their odd-shaped foliage. Fine Mixed 25 



CARDUUS. 



Achenthoides— The true Scotch Thistle, foliage very large. H P 10 



CENTAUREA— Dusty Miller. 



All the varieties named, with the exception of C. Cyanus, rank among the 

 best foliage plants we have for bedding, C. Cyanus is the well-known Batche- 

 lor's Button. 



Candidissima— A very fine silvery-leaved plant, 1 foot. HHP 10 



Cyanus — Known as Batchelor's Button and Corn Bottle ; various colors 



mixed. II A. Per oz. 25 cts 5 



Cyanus fl. pi.— Double Corn Bottle. HA 10 



Cleinentei— A robtist and free growing variety, with silvery leaves, deeply 



fringed and cut; 3^ foot. HHP 10 



Gyninocarpa— The foliage of this variety is finely cut and silvery. It is 



perhai)S the best variety for bedding purposes; >^ foot. HHP 10 



riARGUERITE CARNATIONS. 

 Dianthus Caryophylius, fl. pi. 



A beautiful new strain of Carnations, producing in great abundance flow 

 ers of the most brilliant lines, ranging through the various shades of white 

 pink, red, and many varie- 

 gated. The flowers are large ^^^$^j!£ , /^^^te'''t^ 

 and of fine foim A val ?r JJS^ ll*^^^'^^^ ^^^1 



uable feature of it is the ^ iMhr '^S^^Mw^^^i0il 

 caly.x never buists ^^'^^' ^^■" ^^ -'- •J^Jia'^A «KsPjj* 



Their beauty is not ^■*^S.l3^^Ei^^J'^^^Mt#^^*^^.^~5«WW!'I/H 



surpassed by anv •i^'^^A^f^^^i>^i!^>^S^?wS^''ie;i 



flowering plant ^ ^""^^i 

 and as a proof ot y."''' ^^fi\ 

 their usefulness we S^ '' ■ 

 need only mention ^a J ^...-'^,»t.__-™i ™re-««;ia«i/i i 

 the following ficts W^"^^^.'^"^P»M^'riti.l, 

 Seedling plants be- 

 gin to bloom about 



the fourth month / ., '^M^M^^^^^^^^^ ^^\§ 



from the time of ^° ~*^WZ5£3sSaiJS!K«*^JWfc=^^'! 



sowing, so that by 



sowing seed about »,^>^l(T/SI^PS^^f;Mif(tiM'i^iiil^i2S5l 



the first of March, <i^^^^ 



many of the plants ~^ 



will begin flower- /iT'^^^^^s^^^^^w'w" 



ing in June, and 



continue to bloom l/\/''§i'f3 



in great profusion until .^MwWtf^/l 

 frost comes, when they 

 can be taken out of the ^^M 

 ground and potted, and 



they will give a profusion jiakguerite carnations. :v'^ 



of flowers throughout the 



winter. Furthermore, as many as eighty per cent, of seedlings may be relied 

 upon to produce double flowers, which is an unusually large proportion. The 

 plants are dwarf, compact and robust in habit. Per pkt 10 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



This will always be a 

 garden favorite, for in the 

 >SKiii'^^~^ late autumn, when nearly 



~'^ Af>* t^fi^S^'^i^S^^^^^fe^ '^^^ outdoor plants have 

 "^ V &SS^^iii\^^f^^^^^^^^^^^^^Sl succumbed to frost, the 

 \'^^i'.^!ffSSajXsrmyA'^:Sx^^-^)jjXjX^^Mm chrysanthemum is then 



r="Hsr -';^«fca?!«"^^^y'^^^'^wtf ^" ^'^ fullest glory. 

 ^*"V7^^^t\^^^^^^MH®^a/ Single Annual 

 u'^hMBamms^M^ Varieties. 



WmM^M^ Burridgeanum-Crim- , 



{WSS^^^J^^XiiWr^^^^^^^^^/W^, s°"' white center .. 6 



/ 1. -^, Lord Beaconsfield — 



/^^^^^^S^M^S^^^^^S^^^^^y'^^^^^^ Crimson, m a r o o n- 



5aC^ fW^iilMRffi«!£i!IKj£^S*a*s3SKet.5?\#<s^ edged, and striped 



with golden rim sur- 



\<|i'^ jSif '*®i'W*WiP>51iW^^>J'iC©cWS?%^ rounding a rich 

 v\-r4SJ \ TfiT wlJilSWCmMiiHnBMfl^.ta^^ji brown eye 5 



^in^^ The Sultan— Rich, vel- 

 vety crimson maroon 

 with golden rim sur- 

 3^^ rounding a dark 



„,„„„,,„,,„ ,, ,, brown center 



i,,Jij|ijjry^ W. E. Gladstone — A 



ikJiMiJAMikJ new and very distinct 



-~a^/n..t»»r— -f~assHii«ni<v\^^ lIllBWg^eg'gl WWB^g. type, the wholC Of 



^^^N\^^^^lWl«^^^^^^^^ the flower being of 



£ /\\^--Oi\ 1 fl^^^^^^^^^^H ^^^^ crimson, ex- 



WX v^ jrT^« ceedingly brilliant 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. in appearance 5 



iSegtum Grandiflorum—Sulphur yellow, 2J^ inches across .'> 



Mixed colors 5 



Double Annual Varieties. 



New Double— Fringed, see novelties '. 25 



Coronariuni— Double white 5 



Coronariuni — Double yellow 5 



Coronariutn— Double scarlet 5 



Single Perennial Varieties. 



Frutescens — (Marguerite or Paris Daisy) — The white, star-like flowers of 

 this variety, so popular for decorative purposes, are freely produced 



under the most ordinary culture; V/i foot 10 



Comtesse de Chambord — Yellow Paris Daisy 10 



Ktoile de Or — Large golden yellow 10 



