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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



ACALYPHA TRICOLOR. 



A great acquisition in the flower garden, as hardy as a Geranium^ 

 as beautiful as the handsomest Coleus. May be pinched into any 

 form, is consequently suitable for a line in a ribbon border, or as an 

 edger to any flower bed. It is also an excellent house plant, and for 

 table or parlor decoration its beautifully colored foliage renders it 

 indispeusa))le. Price, each, 25 cts; per doz., §2.50. 



GOLDEN BELLS. 



Abutilon— Golden Fleece. 

 In full justice to this charming i^lant, we this year again give it a 

 place in our list. It has few equals as a decorative plant. Many yel- 

 low Abutilons have been introduced within the past few years, but all 

 are fairly and far outshone by this superb variety. The habit of the 

 plant is compact and vigorous. It may be readily kept in bush form, 

 or if allowed to grow without close pinching, the branches attain con- 

 siderable length, rendering it valuable for a trellis plant or for cover- 

 ing a back wall, or surrounding a pillar in the conservatory. The 

 flowers are large, well formed, of a deep rich golden yellow, and are 

 produced in wonderful profusion the whole year round. In fact, we 

 cannot recommend it too highly. Like all its family, this variety is 

 exceedingly easy to cultivate. Propagate by cuttings of the young 

 wood. Any kind of soil almost is suitable, but a rich sandy loam is 

 jjreferable. Pinch young plants occasionally to make them bushy. 

 Price, each, 20 cts.; per doz., $2.00. 



ACAI.YPHA TRICOI.Oli. 



ASPiniSTRJl, 



As a house plant, cultivated for its foliage only, we can confi- 

 dently 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 appearance. The 

 leaf proper usually grows about a foot and a half in length, and is 

 about four inches in breadth at its widest part. As the plant grows 

 and increases in size it assumes a bushy form, the leaves all spring- 

 ing from a common crown or stool. The common species, Lurida, 

 has plain dark green foliage. We have also a very pretty varie- 

 ^ gated variety, the leaves being alternately striped with white and 



green. Both kinds, but the common green particularly, are very easy of cultivation, in fact nothing but positive and continued 

 neglect will kill them. This plant should be in every collection. 



Price, green variety, each, 25 cts. Variegated variety, each, 50 cts. 



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For conservatory or home decoration these beautiful and highly ornameirtal ever- 

 green plants are unequalled. They are of very easy culture, and annually produce in 

 great profusion their wondrously beautiful blossoms the many early and late varieties 

 coming into bloom in continuous succession from Christmas to Easter. They are alike 

 useful for the adornment of the greenhouse and the parlor, and they make a beautiful 

 ■dining table ornament. For supplying cut flowers they are among the most useful of 

 plants. 



The demand for these very popular plants is j'early on the increase. Our annual 

 sales now, and especially at Easter time, of these plants alone is astonishing. We have 

 a large and especially fine stock of them this year of all shades of color, double and 

 single flowers. 



Price, each, $1.00 to $3.00. We ship these by express onl)'. 



