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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



PHACELIA. 



Pretty annuals of the 

 easiest culture iu the open 

 ground. Most varieties are 

 blue, though some are white. 

 Very fair as border plants, 

 and good for bouquet mak- 

 ing. Good for bee food. HA. 

 Congesta — Light blue; 



per ounce, 20 cts 5 



Teuactifolla Alba — 



White; per ounce, 20 cts. 5 



PHORMIUM. 

 New Zealand Flax. 



Handsome grass-like foli- 

 age, suitable for hnvn deco- 

 ration, vases, etc. 

 Folius Variegatis — Va- 

 riegated foliage 25 



PORTULACA. 



Popular hard}' annuals, 

 producing flowers of almost 

 every hue in the greatest 

 profusion; succeed best in 

 warm, sunny places, and 

 will hardly ever sulFer for 

 the want of moisture. When 

 other plants are dying for 

 lack of water, this little 

 beauty will continue bloom- 

 ing freely. 



PANSY. 



We make a specialty of 

 choice Pansies and our col- 

 lection contains the finest 

 varieties now in cultivation. 

 The seeds may be sown 

 any time from September to 

 March, though our experi- 

 ence teaches us to know 

 that those spring-sown— that 

 is, during January, Febru- 

 ary and March — bloom better during the 

 hot, dry weather in summer than those 

 that have been sown in September and 

 "wintered over" in cold frames; these 

 bloom earlier, but get exhausted before the hot, dry weather of summer setsiu. 



Single Portulaca. 



Alba— Pure white 5 



Aurea— Golden yellow 5 



Splendens— A rosy purple 5 



Thellussoiiii — Fine crimson.. 

 Splendid Mixed — All colors... 



Double Varieties. 



(Large Flowering.) 



The flowers of the double varieties make a grand display, remaining open 

 all day in the burning sun. 



Carnation, Striped 15 



Orange 15 



Purple 15 



Kose 15 



Scarlet.... 15 



Yellow 15 



TFhite 15 



Mixed, all Colors 10 



Collection of 7 separate colo rs 75 



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Currie's Superfine Scotch Pansy— This beautiful strain is saved for us 

 by one of the largest and most noted Pansy growers in Scotland from va- 

 rieties that have received the first premium at the International Flower 

 Shows of Great Britain and other prominent exhibitious for a number of 

 years, and to-day it remains pre-eminently the finest 

 strain of Pansy in cultivation, it is unexcelled by any in 

 size of flower (many of the single blooms measuring over 3 inches across), 



and for richness of color and beautiful markings it has no equal. 25 



Peacock— So named because the beautiful ultra-marine blue contained in 

 the upper petals of the fiower most nearly resembles the peculiar shade 



of this color in the feather of the peacock. It is a striking variety 25 



Giant Triuiardeau, Mixed — A distinct class with very large showy flowers. 25 



Giant " White — Very beautiful, with purple eye.. 25 



Giant " Yellow — Very showy, with large black eye 25 



Currie's Fancy — Beautifully striped, blotched and marbled 15 



Belgian — Striped and blotched; finest mixed 10 



English — Finest mixed 10 



Extra Choice English — From a superb collection; mixed 15 



German — Finest mixed 10 



German — Extra choice mixed; very fine 15 



Fine Mixed 5 



French — Finest mixed 10 



Victoria — New; flowers large and brilliant red. 25 



Bugnot's Superb Blotched — Very beautiful, extra largeflowering variety. 15 

 Cassier — A very rich and showy large-flowered sort, beautifully blotched.. 15 



Azure Blue — Very fine 10 



Black Blue— Very rich 10 



Bronze — Reddish brown flowers 10 



Emperor William— Brilliant blue, with well-defined purple eyes; splendid. 10 



Faust, or King of the Blacks— Densest black Pansy known 10 



Golden Yellow— Beautiful 10 



Lord Beacousfield — The ground color is purple violet, shaded off in top 



petals only to a whiteish hue 10 



Mahogany-color — Peculiar shade 10 



Odier, or Five Spotted— A distinctly blotched variety of great beauty ...15 



Snowflake — Pure white 10 



Gold Margined— Beautiful color, with gold margin 10 



Silver Margined— A new and fine variety, with silver margin 10 



