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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



PHLOX, 



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CHOICE PERENNIAL VARIETIES. 



These magnificent perennial Phloxes 

 should be extensively planted in borders 

 and beds. No more beautiful and easier 

 cultivated plants can be had. Their hand- 

 some clusters of flovfer were much admired 

 in our Parks last summer. We have offered 

 below a select list of the choicest varieties, 

 which will give a succession of bloom from 

 June to August. 



Albatros— Pink-shaped purple. 



Atlas— A very fine pink, large flower. 



Aurora Boreale— Salmon pink. 



Cross of Honor— Lilac, each petal mar- 

 gined with white in such a manner as to 

 form a cross. dwarf phlox. 



Darwin— Pink and lavender. , . / 



Eclalreur- One of the finest Phloxes yet introduced. Plant very dwarf, of a 

 charming effect, producing enormous carmine flowers, centers rosy salmon. 



Jeanne d'Arc— A magnificent pure white. 



Josephine Qerbsaux- Pure white, with brilliant pinkish-carmine center. 



La Vague— Silvery pink. 



Le Soleil— Clear pink, with bright rose center ; Immeuse trusses. 



Marie Stuart— White with pale pink eye; blooms June and July. 



Miss Lingard- White. 



Ornament- Pink, large flower. 



Princess Louise— White. 



Richard Wallace— Pure white, pink eye. 



Wm. Robinson— Carmine. 



Wliite Queen— A late pure white sort, flowering during August. Profuse 

 bloomer. 



Any of the above, each, 15 cts. 



PEONIES. 



CJHOICSE MEi=!BAOEOUS VAi=RIETIES. 



No class of plants is more easily grown than Pseonies, and few repay the Cf 

 given them so generously. They are perfectly hardy and thrive in almost a 

 soil, but any extra attention given them will be amply repaid ; deeply cultival 

 and well enriched loam suits them best. In shady places, where few plants w 

 succeed, Pseonies win grow luxuriantly. Such spots are usually to be foui 

 and the colors of the flowers are brighter and they last much longer than if fu 

 exposed to the .sun. The plants, however, thrive equally well in sunny situatlo 

 and planted in front of shrubbery or on either side of walks they are very efFe 

 ive. Our collection embraces many new and handsome sorls. 



Baron J. Rothschild— Outside petals rose, center salmon, sweet. 

 Clarissa— Rosy pink. 



Crimson- A superb variety ; flowers rich crimson. 

 Dr. Brettoneau— Satiny rose, shading to white. 



Duchesse de Nemours— Rose pink, very large, double ; sweet ; one of the b( 

 Elegans— Outside petals dark pink, large salmon center loose, fine, sweet. 

 Francis Ortega!— Dark purple crim.son, very large, fine, deep, double a 

 sweet. 



Pragrantissima — Violet and rose color, very sweet. 



Festiva flaxima— Creamy white, with small center of carmine ; early. 



Fulgida— Very dark crimson ; good. 



Humei— Rose color ; full, large and late. 



J. B. Rendatler — Lively satiny rose. 



La Marline— Bright red, full flower. 



Mad. Caste— Beautiful shell pink. 



Mad. Chaumy— Satiny rose. 



Mad. Furtado— Rose, tinted lilac. 



Ne Plus Ultra— Peach. 



Officinalis Rubra Plena— Deep crimson ; very early ; one 

 the best. 



Old Red— Very handsome rich crimson like the Jack Ro; 

 blooms abundantly. 



Perfection— Outside petals rose lilac; Inside, purples 

 salmon ; sweet. 



Pius IX— Dark red purple ; semi-double. 



Souv.de rExposition IJniversalle— Rosy pink, edged wh 



Triumph du Nord— Violet rose, lilac shade. 



Whitleyii— White, tinged rose, rose scented ; very early 



Any of the above, each, 25 cts. 



Set of Six Choice Paeonies, our selec- 

 tion, for $ 1 .25. 

 Set of twelve Choice Paeonies, our selec- 

 tion, for $2.25. 



6 of these Choice Phloxes, your selection, for 80 cts. 

 12 of these Choice Phloxes, your selection, for $1.50. 



PHLOX. 



DWARF SORTS. 



The dwarf varieties of these very popular plants are remarkable for their fine, 

 dense and procumbent foliage, which clothes the ground as with a carpet of 

 evergreen verdure, rendering the plant exceedingly useful for covering dry and 

 exposed banks or for edging beds and borders. But their most remarkable feat- 

 ure is the profusion of their flowers, which in early summer create a blaze of 

 color dlfiicult to describe. They are very easily grown. 



P. Amoena— 6 inches, May. A beautiful little plant, which blooms in such 

 profusion as to fairly hide its foliage with Its pretty brlg-ht pink star-like flowers. 

 Each, 10 cts.; per doz., 81.00. 



P. Subulata— 6 inches. May. An elegant variety, similar in habit and general 

 characteristics to the above, but the flowers are a delicate flesh pink, with darker 

 shade t*wardi the center. Each, 10 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



