CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



AEAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



As a house plant, cultivated for its foliageonly, 

 we can confidentlysay the Aspidistra is surpassed 

 by none, and, in fact, has few equals. The leaves 

 are oblong lanceolate on long stems, just slender 

 enough to give the plant a very graceful appear- 

 ance, about a foot and a half in length, and 

 about four inches in breadth at their widest part. 

 The common species, Lurida, has plain, dark 

 green foliage. We have also a very pretty varie- 

 gated variety, the leaves being alternately striped 

 with white and green. Both kinds are very easy 

 of cultivation, in fact, nothing but positive and 

 continued neglect will kill them. This plant 

 should be in every collection. Price, green vari- 

 ety, each, 2.5 to 50c; variegated variety, each, 50c- 



ALLAMANDA. 



A very popular and beautiful climbing plant, 

 suitable alike for the greenhouse and parlor. 



A. Schottii— Flowers large, funnel-shaped ; rich 

 canary yellow. Price, each, 25 cts. 



ANTHERICUM. 



A very useful and exceedingly effective class of 

 decorative plants forjedging beds and borders, 

 also valuable for vases and hanging baskets. 



A. Vittatum VarieKatum — Leaves narrow 

 and graceful, handsomely striped with creamy white and green . 



A. Picturatum— Similar to the foregoing, but having more white in the foliage. Very useful as a 

 house plant. 



ASPIDISTRA VARIEGATA. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA 

 and Pine. 



Price, each, 25 cts.; per doz., $2. .50. 



-Norfolk Is! 



An admirable house plant, bearing a str 

 blance to a small and perfectly 

 formed spruce tree, only far neat- 

 er, more delicate and much more 

 graceful in appearance. Very 

 unique indeed, and a great acqui- 

 sition. Fine healthy plants, 12 to 

 16 inches high, $1.00 ; 16 to 20inche8 -i 



high, $2.00; 20 to 24 inches high. 

 $3.00; 24 to 28 inches high, .$4.00; 

 28 to 30 inches high, $5.00. 



AZALEAS. 



(We ship these by express only.) 

 Our collection of these most pop- 

 ular plants is fully equal to any 

 we have ever offered. The plants 



are large and bushy, thickly clothed with healthy foliage 

 and covered with buds, which, as the season advances, will 

 burst into flower and will fairly hide the plant in a mass of 

 gorgeous bloom. Price, each, $1.00 to $2.00. 



ACHYRANTHES. 



Bright-leaved plants resembling Coleus, 

 but less tender. They are extensively 

 used for bedding, and are very effective. 

 A. Eleg-antissimus — Dwarf and com- 

 pact, very usefulfor edging; leaves 

 crimson. 



A. Bmersoni — Leaves lanceo- 

 late, carmine; very desirable. 



Price, each, 10 cts.; per 6oz., 

 $1.00. 



AGERATUM. 



Avery popular bedding plant, 



extensivel.y used for edging beds 



and for massing. It blooms very 



profusel.v without interruption all 



summer. Also very useful for supplying cut flowers. In 



variety, white and blue, dwarf sorts. 



Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSnS NANUS. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Very pretty and graceful Fern-like plants, rivaling in beaut.y even the delicate Maiden Hair Fern. 

 When cut for bouquets, the sprays have much greater persistency than any Fern, retaining their 

 freshness in water from three to four weeks. Few plants are more ornamental, and none more useful. 



Plumosus Nanus— .\n excellent pot plant. Foliage bright green, very graceful and so delicate it has 

 all the appearance of finely woven silk lace. 



Price, each, 25 cts.; per doz., $2.50. 

 Tenuissimus — A strikingly beautiful climbing variety of rare merit. 

 Price, each, 25 cts.; per doz., $2.50. 

 Sprengerii — A new species, possessing more than ordinar.y merit, and quite distinct from the old 

 sorts. It is remarkable for the beauty and delicae.v of its rich green drooping fronds, which frequently 

 attain a length of 4 feet, making it a most useful plant for decorative purposes, especially when grown in 

 a hanging basket. It succeeds admirably in the house in almost any position, withstanding well a dry 

 atmosphere. The fronds, when cut, keep fresh a long time. 



' Price, each, 25 cts.; per doz., $2.50. 



ALOYSIA CITRADORA-Lemon Verbena. 



Each, 10 cents; per doz., $1.00.. 



ALTER NANTH ERA. 



Exceedingly ornamental little plants, extensively used in carpet bedding. 



_ Amcena — Foliage red and pink. 



Aurea Nana— Foliage light green and golden yellow, the yellow predominating to that extent that the 

 effect is a rich golden hue. 



Paronychioides Major— .A grand and most effective variety. Color of foliage bright rose, shading to 

 deepest pink. 



Versicolor — Rosy pink and crimson, shaded with bronzy green. 



Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., 75 cts.; per 100, $5.00. 



ALYSSUM. 



'- Double white. Each, 10 cents; per dozen, $1.00. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII. 



