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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



C ANNAS— New Flowering French Varieties. 



The Oanna has long been considered an almost indispensible plant for flower garden 

 or lawn embellistiment, but until quite recently it was grown for its foliage alone, little 

 value being placed on the comparatively diminutive and sparingly produced flowers. 

 But since the introduction of the new type, the flowering French varieties, a new and 

 deeper interest has been developed in these plants. We are now no longer content to 

 grow the old ones which are already'superseded by the new, which combine with the 

 splendid foliage peculiar to their family flowers of such wondrous beauty as to rival 

 those of the handsomest Gladiolus which they resemble very much in form. These 

 flowers are produced in great clusters throughout the entire summer. More than that, 

 if the plants are taken up carefully in the fall they will bloom quite as freely all winter. 

 They are certainly a great acquisition. If not wanted for house plants to bloom in fjt 

 winter, ta,ke up the roots after frost has cut the foliage down and store them in any 

 cool place but where frost cannot touch them. 



The following is a carefully selected list of the very best yet introduced: -:_ 



Madame Crozy— This is unquestionably the leading one, and is a most remarkable 

 plant. The foliage is large and bold, bright green in color and very eflfective. The habit -: 

 of the plant is bwshy and compact, the average height being about four feet. The "; 

 flowers are borne on stout stems just long enough to raise the great clusters well above • 

 the leaves. The individual flowers are larger than those of the largest Gladiolus. The 

 petals are broad and firm in texture and in color are a glossy and brilliant vermilion 

 bordered vnth gold. "When in full bloom this Canna is the most gorgeous and most 

 striking object we know of among plants. It begins to flower almost as soon as the flrst 

 leaves are unfolded, and it never ceases until cut down by frost 

 in fall. Strong plants, each, 50 cts. 



Star of '91 — Another remarkable variety, resembling Mad- 

 ame Grozy but the flowers are more of an orange scarlet. They 

 are likewise large and are very profusely produced. Each, 50 cts. 



Admiral Courbet — Flowers light yellow, speckled with 

 orange scarlet; leaves light green. Each, 25 cts. 



Alplionse Bouvier — An excellent variety. Flowers scarlet 

 vermilion, borne on tall spikes; leaves green. Each, 25 cts. 



Cominaudant Revier — Flowers yellow, leaves light green. 

 Each, 25 cts. 



Edouard Micliel — Flowers orange, on strong erect spikes. 

 Very desirable. Each, 25 cts. 



Emile l.eclere — Flowers golden yellow,mottled with crimson. 

 Each, 25 cts. 



Flamboyant — Flowers crimson||_lake, shaded orange. Each, 



25 cts. 



tieoffirey St. Hillaire— Flowers bright red, foHage purplish 

 brown. Each, 25 cts. 



J. D. Cabos — An excellent variety. Leaves green, shaded 

 with purple; long and pointed ""' 

 showy. A very free bloomer. 



Flowers rich apricot, large and 

 Each, 25 cts. 



NEW DWAEF CALLA, "LITTLE GEM." 



CANNAS. 



Maurice Rivoire — A vigorous grower. Flowers amarantk 

 red, large and full. Each, 25 cts. 



M. Duterail — A strong compact grower, foliage green, flowers 

 large and well-formed, deep saffron, margin light. Each, 25 cts. 



Miss Sarah Hill — A dwarf, compact grower and very pro- 

 fuse bloomer. Flowers amaranth carmine. Each, 25 cts. 



Perfection — A robust grower, foliage dark green, flowers 

 large, golden yellow, speckled with maroon. Each, 25 cts. 



Pi'emices de Nice — Foliage light green, flowers yellow, large. 

 A very fine variety. Each, 25 cts. 



Robnsta — A grand variety for subtropical planting. It usii- 



ally attains a height of eight feet, sometimes as much as ten feet. 



The foliage is very long and about eighteen inches broad, dark 



bronze and green. This is a most remarkable variety and is 



sure to be a favorite. A bed of it surrounded by a row or tw© 



of Caladium Esculentum is a very striking feature on the lawn. 



Each, 25 cts. 



This excellent set of sixteen varieties, worth §4.50, if bought 

 separately, we ofi"er for $3.50, or we will give customers their 

 choice of twelve varieties, one plant of each, for 12.50, or six 

 varieties, one plant of each, for $1.35. 



New Dwarf Calla, " Little Gem." 



The greatest novelty among plants introduced within recent years. A 

 perfect Calla in miniature. It never exceeds twelve inches in height, bear- 

 ing foliage similar in shape to the ordinary variety, but much smaller and 

 more graceful and delicate. Likewise the flowers, which are perfect in form, 

 but not more than two and a half inches in diameter, are pure white. It 

 produces these beautiful flowers in great profusion and almost continuously. 

 Price, each, 50 cts. 



CALLA ETHIOPICA— Lily of the Nile. 



We have a very fine stock of this popular plant in all sizes, which, con- 

 sidering their size and strength, are very cheap. Price, each, 25 cts. to 11.00. 



Varieg'ated Calla (Bichardia Albo Maculata) — A summer blooming va- 

 riety of rare beauty. The flowers are smaller than those of the common 

 Calla, and are creamy white, but the most attractive feature of this plant is 

 its remarkably pretty, variegated foliage, which is green and strikingly 

 marked with irregular blotches of white. Like Ethiopica, the root is per- 

 ennial, and is usually dormant during winter, starting into growth again 

 early in spring, when it should be repotted into fresh soil. Price, each, 2i cts. 



