CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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Novelties of 1892. 



There are no flowers more deserving of cultivation than Carnations. 

 Their cultivation is of a simple nature, and they respond to the very little 

 attention required by producing a great abundance of flowers. Those we 

 name are the very best of their class. All bloom profusely at any season 

 of the year — it being only necessary to prepare them for the season de- 

 sired — and all are especially adapted for winter flowering. If for the lat- 

 ter purpose, propagate by cuttings about the month of January. As 

 early in spring as the weather will permit, plant in the garden. Pinch 

 them two or three times, according to the growth they make, the object 

 being to make them bushy. Take up about the middle of September, pot and re- 

 move them to the house or greenhouse, shading them for a few days. 



The ever increasing popularity of this really deserving and exceedingly useful 

 family of jilants has offered such glowing inducements to the hybridizer that he 

 has set dilligently and carefully to work with the result that almost annually he 

 produces one or more excellent varieties, all vieing with one another for supre- 

 macy. It is our special good luck this season to be in possession of five of the 

 latest of these introductions, each one a special attraction, and all, beyond ques- 

 tion, great acquisitions. 



Indiana — Flowers very large and fringed, creamy white flaked and penciled 

 with carmine pink. A very free bloomer. 



"White Dove — Flowers pure glistening white, very large and borne on long, stiff 

 stems; exceedingly fragrant, 



MrSt Hitt — Flowers a most exquisite shade of pink, very large and full. 

 Ben Hvir — An exceedingly beautiful variety. Delicate pink flowers, stems 

 long and stiff, but not heavy. 



Attraction — Very appropriately named; flowers large and full, rosy scarlet, 

 very profusely borne on long stems. 



Each 25 cts. ; set of 5, $1.00. 



cAKN.TxoKs. GeneralftList of Carnations. 



J. E. Freeman— A superb variety. Flowers rich carmine. 



Lizzie MctioAvan— Flowers pure white on long stems; a con- 

 tinuous bloomer. 



May (Jiieen — A free bloomer; flowers rose pink. 



San Mat«o — Bright scarlet, very fine. 



Hinze's Wliite — Pure white; an old favorite. 



Silver Spray — Best white variety ever introduced. Flowers 

 borne on long stems, large and perfect in form, and never burst. 

 A most profuse bloomer and very fragrant. See upper flower 

 in cut. 



James A. (Jarfleld — An excellent Carnation. A stron» dwarf 

 grower; flowers large and perfect in form, bright scarlet and 

 very fragrant. 



Mrs. Garfleld — Very like the preceding in habit, size and 

 form of flower, but the color is a rich, very pleasing shade of 

 pink. 



trrace Wilder — An excellent variety and now very popular. 

 Its flowers are always in great demand. They are a delicate 

 pink and are profusely produced. 



Tidal Ware — An excellent variety. The color is a beautiful 

 clear pink. In habit the plant is shrubby and robust, and it is a 

 very profuse bloomer, the flowers being perfect in form. See 

 lower flower in cut. 



Welcome — A very free bloomer. Flowers cherry pink. 

 Each, 10 cts. ; $1.00 per dozen. 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS. 

 Umbrella Plant. 



CYPEKUS ALTERNIFOLIUS. 



For house culture we reallv cannot recommend this plant 

 too highly. No description is necessary as already it is so universally well known, but we wish simply to call attention to some 

 of its qualiflcations perhaps not generally known. No other plant is so easily managed. All it is particular about is plenty of 

 water. It is most at home in an aquarium, although it is an excellent pot plant, even if only kept moderately moist. But to have 

 it in perfection, set the pot in a saucer, or, better still, in a jardinier kept filled with water. Any temperature usual in a house 

 suits it. Stood in a window of anv exposure it is all right,'but it seems to succed best in a shady place, even in the middle or 

 corner of a rather dark room it is" quite at home. When age begins to turn the leaves yellow they should be cut off close down 

 to the pot and very soon new leaves will spring up and the plant will renew its beauty. Price, each, 25 to 50 cts. 



