CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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SPECIAL OFFER — The six varieties of 

 Aaaual Chrysaathemums shown on cut for 

 20 cents. 



^^ CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



'/^V This magnificent class of summer bloom- 



ing annuals shonld be in every flower garden. 

 We know of no class of flowers which will 

 produce such results with so little care. The 

 flowers are borne on long stems and ara 

 v\ ^ "V ^ represented by a great variety of colors. 

 \ \ \ H \\ «^l' "^^^ single ones are particularly handsome, 

 ^ I wl Millar many of them producing tricolor flowers of 

 Njaaffi^MJU^ g[.ga,t brilliancy In coloring. The Double 

 \ w £ar- BB. — Perennial sorts should be sown early in 



spring for flowering the same fall. 



SINGLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. 



Burridg;eanum — Crimson, white center 5 



Lord Beaconsfield — Crimson, maroon edged, and striped with golden rim 



surrounding a rich brown eye 5 



The Sultan — Rich, velvety crimson maroon with golden rim surrounding a 



dark brown center -5 



W. E. Gladstone— A new and very distinct type, the whole of the flower 



being of rich crimson, exceedingly brilliant in appearance : .5 



Segtum Qrandiflorum — Sulphur yellow, 2% inches across 5 



Mixed Colors 5 



DOUBLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. 



Coronarium — Double white .5 



Coronarium — Double yellow 5 



Coronarium — Double mixed 5 



NEW DOUBLE FRINGED. 



A beautiful strain of this popular annual which for brilliancy of color, size 

 and doubleness of flowers far surpasses any collection ever offered 10 



SINGLE PERENNIAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



The white and yellow star-like flowers of these varieties, so popular for 

 decorative purposes, are freely produced from seed the first season, under the 

 most ordinary conditions of culture. Largely grown for cut flowers, 1% feet. 



Frutescens (Marguerite or White Paris Daisy) 10 



Comtesse de Chambord (Yellow Paris Daisy) , 10 



DOUBLEFPERENNIAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Japonicum, fl. pi. — New Japanese varieties, saved from choice flowers 10 



Chinese — Double, finest mixed colors 25 



eOB.KA SCANDBNS. 



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CINERARIA. 



The varieties known as C. Hybrida are well-known and exceedingly brilliant 

 greenhouse plants. C. Maritima is cultivated for its silvery foliage, and 

 esteemed as one of the best plants of that kind for ribbon borders. H. H. P. 



Hybrida, Large Flowering (James's Prize Strain) — The plants are dwarf 

 in habit, flowers very large and beautifully marked, colors brilliant and 



of fine substance 25 



Double Large Flowering Hybrida— Saved from a choice strain 50 



Maritima — An ornamental foliage plant, with large silvery leaves .5 



CLARKIA. 



Very desirable plants, extensively used for massing where a brilliant display 

 is wanted. 1% feet. H. A. 



Finest Mixed Single Varieties h 



Finest Mixed Double Varieties 5 



CLEMATIS. 



A well-known hardy climbing plant, fine for arbors and verandas. 



Flammula (Virgin's Bower)— White, fragrant, 15 feet 10 



Jackmanni Varieties — Mixed shades of blue, white, purple, etc. Flowers 3 to 

 4 inches across 25 



CLIANTHUS. 



Dampieri — Magnificent plants, which may be found difficult to raise, but 

 which can be sucessfully grown when sown in the open air in May, in a 

 dry, sunny position. Flowers in clusters, drooping, pea-shaped, 4 inches 

 in length, of a brilliant scarlet with intense black spots in center of each 

 flower. H. H. P 20 



COB/tA. 



icandens— One of the finest of our summer climbers, with fine foliage and 

 large bell-shaped flowers. It grows very rapidly, often attaining a 

 height of 20 to 30 feet, and spreading out correspondingly. In sowing, 

 place the seed edgewise and cover lightly. 20 feet. H. H. P. 

 Blue 10 White 10 



San Salvador Cobsea (Cobaea Macrostemma) — Is a very rapid grower, and, 

 although a perennial, can be treated as an annual and flowered early in 

 summer, in the same way as is Cobsea Scandens. The foliage is of bright 

 vivid green and the flowers strikingly effective with long stamens 10 



CINERARIA — LARGE FLOWERING. 



