CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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CURRIE'S CHOICE ASTERS. 



The most popular and beautitui of all 

 our hardy annuals. No plant produces so 

 handsome an effect as a bed or border of As- 

 ters, and no garden should be without a 

 liberal supply of these old favorites, as they 

 furnish immense quantities of handsome and 

 brilliant colored blooms during the greater 

 part of our summers. The best results are 

 obtained from rich, well-prepared soil. Sow 

 in-doors in February or March for early flow- 

 ering, transplanting into shallow boxes or 

 pots as soon as the seedlings have formed 

 three leaves; plant out doors when danger 

 from freezing is past. Forlate flowering they 

 can be sown out doors in May or June. 



Qem or Ball — X magnificent class of As- 

 ters, which were obtained from the well-known 

 Pseony-Flowei'ed Perfection Tribe. Similar, 

 but somewhat dwarfer in habit. The flowers, 

 measuring from 2% to 3 inches across, are 

 round as a ball, and borne on long stalks. 



Apple Blossom 10 



Deep Rose 10 



Rose with White 10 



Crimson 10 



Finest Mixed 10 



Pjeony=Flowered Perfection (See cut No. 

 2) — A handsome variety with incurved petals. 

 The flowers are very large and almost per ^ctly round ; grows about 20 inches high. This 

 is a standard variety for florists' use. 



~ Peach Blossom 10 



Purple, Violet and White 10 



Purple 10 



Scarlet 10 



Pure White 10 



Mixed Colors 10 



Rose with White... 10 



Crimson 10 



Light Blue 10 



Carmine with White 10 



Black Blue 10 



Azure Blue with White 10 



Delicate Rose 10 



Dwarf Victoria (See cut No. 3)— One of the finest Asters in cultivation; flowers very large, perfectly 

 double imbricated and globular. 12 inches in height. 



Light Blue 10 



Carmine Rose 10 



Scarlet 10 



Peach Blossom 10 



Light Blue, Edged White "lO 



White Tinted Rose 10 



Mixed Colors 10 



PleshColor 10 



Snow White 10 



Bright Scarlet 10 



Dark Blue 10 



Porcelain 10 



nixed Colors 10 



China— Fine Mixed 5 



Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet— Height from 12 to 15 inches ; a very fine bloom- 

 ing variety. Mixed colors , 10 



Qoliath — The flowers of this class are of enormous dimensions and of the 

 most perfect form. It blooms profusely ; the plant is of strong, robust 

 habit: 2 feet 10 



Qiant Emperor — A very beautiful variety, with very large double flowers, often measuring 

 from 4 to 6 inches in diameter; 1 foot; fine mixed 10 



Hedge Hog or Needle — Petals long, quilled and sharply pointed; 2 feet; mixed colors 10 



Imbricated Pompone — Very perfect, globe shape, and beautifully imbricated ; mixed colors.... 10 



Large Flowering Rose — Two feet in height ; robust ; large flowers ; petals finely imbricated and 

 of great substance; one of the very best; mixed colors 10 



nignon — A handsome, pure white variety, similar in shape to the Victoria; flowers arched 

 and somewhat larger than the Pompone 



Miniature Bouquet — A dwarf sort, growing from 6 to 8 inches high, and producing an abund- 

 ance of very small double flowers 



Paony-Flowered Globe- The earliest of the Asters — two weeks earlier than Truffaut's Paeony- 

 flowered; flowers very large; plant branching and strong, does not require support; mixed 

 colors 10 



Reid's German Quilled— Flowers double; the petals have the appearance of quills or tubes; 



height from IV2 to 2 feet; flnest mixed colors 5 



"Snowball," or Princess White — An excellent new dwarf White Aster, producing an abund- 

 ij ance of flowers semi-spherical in form, composed of short, very thickly set imbricated pet- 



5 als, a single plant often developing as many as 30 flowers 10 



Triumph — This is undoubtedly the most beautiful and perfect of all dwarf Asters. The flow- 

 ers measure from 2% to 3 inches across, and are of the most faultless Pseony form, all pet- 

 als being beautifuily incurved. The color is rich and brilliant. 



Deep Scarlet;... c.'.-: ; 10 | Deep Scarlet and White ...,,....,.« 10 



Victoria Needle-^A pretty; free^blooming variety, with large double flowers, siraiUir to Vic- 

 r^ toria, with the exception that the petals of the flowers are curved .round ag a needle. 



Mixed colors 10 



Washington — The largest Ast?* j?J Js^^^eJ^igwn, often .5 inches in diameter, and perfect 

 nixed Colors >, 



Comet— A beautiful new class of Asters, bearing stmi-globular flowers, with 

 twisted jietals, resembling the Japanese Chrysanthemum in form. Their long 

 stems make them invaluable for cutting. 



Deep Rose 10 | White, with Lilac 10 



Light Blue 10 Rose and White 10 



Snow White 10 | Peach Blossom 10 



Mixed Colors I'* 



New Qiant White Comet— This grand Aster has won enthusiastic admira- 

 tion from all who have seen them grow. The flowers are of immense size, often 

 6 inches across, composed of long, wavy, twisted petals gracefully formed ,into 

 loose, yet densely double, half globes, resembling some of the finer Japanese 

 Chrysanthemums. Per packet, 10 cents. 

 Comet Perfection— Pure White (see novelties, page 37) 20 



New Branching (Semples) — A variety flowering very late in the season, of 

 strong branching habit and robust growth, bearing flowers with twisted or 

 wavy petals of remarkable size, exceedingly handsome and graceful. The flow- 

 ers are borne on very long, stiff stems, which makes it extremely valuable for 

 arranging in vases, or working into floral pieces. 



White 10 I Lavender 10 1 Pink 10 | Mixed Colors 10 



Cocardeau or New Crown (See cut No. 1) — Two colored flowers, the central 



petals pure white, sometimes small and quilled, surrounded by large, flat 



petals of a bright color I'l feet, mixed colors .. 10 



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One packet each of the five Asters shown In cuts on this pagefor ^5 cts. 



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You mav select any four packets of Asters for 30 cts. 



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