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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE 



BE(,OM V EUBB\ 



BEGONIAS. 



For house culture they are admirably adapted, and for supplying cut flowers are 

 invaluable. The kinds we offer are the best in cultivation, including old favorites and 

 newer introductions possessing real merit. 



FLOWERING VARIETIES. 



Argentea Guttata — Leaves oblong, mottled with clear. silvery markings on a beau- 

 tiful purple bronze grouud. Flowers pure white, very profusely borne on the extremities 

 of the branches. 



Incarnata — Flowers a rich rosy pink, produced in mid-winter in great profusion. 

 rianicata — Large oval leaves; flowers fle&h-pink, very beautiful. Blooms very pro- 

 fusely in winter. 



Manicata Aurea— A variegated form of the above, strikingly beautiful. The large 

 glossy leaves are liandsomely blotched with canary yellow on a bright greeu ground. 

 Flowers delicate pink. 



Albo=Picta — A very attractive variety. Branches slender and graceful; leaves 

 pointed, glossy green and thickly spotted with silvery specks. Flowers pink. 



Rubra— An exceedingly handsome variety, of easy culture, admirably adapted for 

 house or conservatory decoration. Flowers a bright scai-let and produced in greafc 

 abundance all the year round. 



President Carnot— A good bedder. Quite as hardy as a Geranium, suffering no 

 harm in the hottest weather. The foliage is very large, green above and purplish be- 

 neath. Flowers a soft rosy carmine, borne in large pendulous trusses. 



Sandersonii — Leaves dark green and-glossy. Flowers a very brilliant scarlet. 



Sutton's Snowflake— A 

 robust and rapid grower, 

 and produces an abundance 

 of large, pure white blos- 

 soms on long stout stems, 

 which are excellent for cut- 

 flower decorations. As a 

 house plant none surpasses 

 this Begonia. 



Vernon— A grand Bego- 

 nia. The flowers, which are 

 produced in great profusion, 

 are a brilliantcarmine color, 

 and the foliage is at first a 

 glossy green bordered with 

 red, which, as the season 

 advances, is gradually suf- 

 fused throughout the whole 

 plant until the foliage and 

 stems present a beautiful 

 glossy red appearance. 

 Price of each of the above, 

 15 cents; $1. .50 per dozen. 



BOUGAINVILLEA GLABKA SANDEEIANA. 



Makes a splendid pot plant bearing a great 

 wealth of rosy crimson flowers, which last for 

 an amazing length of time. They begin to 

 flower when only small plants in thumb pots. 

 Each, 25 cts. 



CASTOR OIL BEAN— Ricinus. 



A sub-tropical plant, especially valuable 

 for the adornment of the lawn, either planted 

 singly or in groups in combination with 

 Cannas, Caladiums and such like ornamental 

 plants. We have varieties w-hich, when fully 

 developed, range in height from 3 to 15 feet. 

 Plants will be ready to ship in May. Price, 

 each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



REX BEGONIAS. 



An extensive class, highly prizedfor the rare 

 beauty of their foliage, their general usefulness 

 as parlor and conservatory ornaments, and 

 the ease with which they may be cultivated. begonia vebnon. 



Few plants succeed better and none are more 



attractive. We have a large and carefully selected assortment of all the new and standard 

 varieties. If entrusted with a selection, whether but one plant or by the hundred, we will 

 exercise our careful judgment and are confident of giving satisfaction. Price, each, 15 

 cts.; per doz., $1.50. Large plants, 25 cts. to 50 cts. 



BEGONIAS— Tuberous-Rooted. 



A truly charming class of Begonias, all of the varieties being very beautiful ; some of 

 them superb. The flowers are very large, not infrequently measuring four inches in diam- 

 eter, and are produced, according to the variety, in all the shades of crimson, scarlet, or- 

 ange and yellow, as well as pure wliite. They bloom continuously all summer, and in the 

 fall become dormant, the bulbs or tubers being easily cared for until nature, again towards 

 spring, causes them to renew growth. We have a very fine assortment of large tubers, of 

 many very choice varieties and colors, which we offer as follows: 



DRY BULBS. 



Single, all colors mixed, each, 10 cts.; per doz., 85 cents; single, in colors, fcai'let, white 

 salmon, rose, pink, crimson, yellow, each, 10 cents.; per doz., fl.OO; double, all colors 

 mixed, each, 25 cents; per doz., |2.25; plants of the several kinds in all stages of growth, 

 in pots, each, 25 cents to $1.00. 



Wri(e for special prices oa large quantities. 



CINERARIA MARITIMA. 



Also known as Dusty Miller. Silvery foliage; excellent forribbon borders or for edging 

 beds. Each, 10 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



OENTATJEEA-Dusty Miller. 



C. Candidissima— Downy 



white, compact. 



C. Qymnocarpa — Silvery 

 gray, drooping fern-like foli 

 age. 



Each, 10 cts.; per doz., 

 $1.00. 



