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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



CA51PANULA CARPATICA. 



CENTAUREA. 



A valuable class of border plants of the easiest 

 culture. Very useful for supplying cut flowers. 



C. riontana— 2 feet, May and June. This variety 

 is among the best of hardy plants. Flowers large 

 and handsome, color a rich purplish blue. Last 

 well when cut. Each, 15 cts.; per doz., 81.50. 



Chrysanthemums. 



Marguerite. 



The hardy Marguerites are now general favorites 

 and in great demand. Few plants are more useful 

 for the produciion of floweis for cutting, and none 

 are more showy in the garden. They arc very easi- 

 ly grown, sufcceeding well in any good garden soil. 



C. Maximum— 1 foot. A very desirable variety, 

 producing great quantities of flowers all summer." 



Each, 10 cts.; per doz., fl.OO. 



CHELONE. 



Tortoise, or Shell Flower. 



Very handsome border plants, robust andst"tely 

 in growth, producing very pretty and unique flow- 

 ers which, from the peculiar formation of the upper 

 petals, have been compared to the back of a tortoise, 

 hence the name. They are of very easy culture, suc- 

 ceeding well in any ordinary garden soil. 



C. Lyonii (Lyon's Turtle Head)— 3 feet, July to 

 September. Flowers borne very freely in terminal 

 spikes: color reddish purple: very attractive. 



Each, 25 cts.; per doz., $2.50. 



CAMPANDLA--Blnebells. 



Perhaps the most popular of all border plants. 

 They are certainly very attractive and interesting. 



C. Carpatlca—1 foot, June. Blue. Each, 15 cts.; 

 per doz., 81.50. 



C. Qrandiflora— 2 feet, July. Flowers a rich 

 blue: a superb variety. Each, 20 cts.; per doz., 82.00. 



C. Van Houttei— 2 feet, June, blue. Each, 20 

 cts.; per doz,, $2 00. 



CENTRANTHUS— Valerian. 



Showy plants which should find a place in every 

 garden. They succeed well In any good soil. 



C. Ruber (Jupiter's Beard)— 2 feet, June. Hand- 

 some spikes of crimson flowers. Each, 15 cts.; per 

 doz., $1.50. 



DICTAMNUS-Gas Plant. 



strong-growing, handsome plants of easy cul- 

 ture, the one we name being a most interesting 

 variety — 



D. Fraxinella— 3 feet, May. Foliage showy and 

 fragrant; flowers purplish-red, produced in large 

 spikes, which are very attractive. These in hot, 

 sultry weather give off a peculiar and very inflam- 

 mable gas, which ignites with a flash when a match 

 is applied. Each 15 cts,; per doz,. $1.50. 



DrCENTKA SPECTABILIS. 



DICENTRA SPECTABILIS. 



BLEEDING HEART. 



Two feet. May. One of the showiest of garden 

 perennials; also much grown as a pot plant for spring 

 flowering In the house. It is at home in almost any 

 situation out of doors, and succeeds admirably in 

 shady places where few plants grow satisfactorily 



Each, 15 cts,; per doz., ?1. 50. 



CENTAUREA MONTANA. 



COREOPSIS. 



The harbaceous border is incomplete with- 

 out one or more varieties of Coreopsis. They 

 are exceedingly attractive, bloom continuously 

 from June until late in fall, and are very easy of 

 cultivation. Excellent for cutting. 



C. Qrandiflora (See illustration on cover of 

 catalogue)— 2 feet, June. Deep yellow. 



C. Lanceolata— 2 feet, June. Golden yellow. 

 Each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1,50, 



DICTAMNUS FRAGINELLA, 



DOUBLE DAISY. 



Bellis Perennis. 



A well-known favorite: one of themostcharmlng 

 and most useful of our early spring flowers. It is of 

 easy culture and quite hardy. 



Snowball — A great improvement on the old 

 ;i varieties; flowers very large and double, pure white. 

 Each, 10 cts. ; per doz., $1,00. 



CORIOPSIS LANCEOLATA 



