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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



Palms and Other Ornamental Plants for House Culture. 



This family of plants has a peculiar fascination for even the most unobserving. 

 It is a remarkable fact that people who will daily pass by the most beautiful and 

 sweetest scented flowers without apparently noticing them, are invariably arrested 



by a sight of almost any of the Palm 



family, and they stand to admire them. 



For conservatory adornment they 



stand prominently foremost, and for 



parlor decoration they are without an 



equal. They are also extensively used 



for tropical bedding, for which purpose 



they are exceedingly effective, and as a 



center plant in a vase they are without 



a peer. Our collection embraces a 



large assortment of the leading kinds, 



prices and descriptions of which we 



cheerfully furnish on application. We 



here enumerate a few of the most pop- 

 ular, all of them in great demand. 



PALMS. 



Areca Lutescens— Slender, plume- 

 like leaves; a very handsome and ex- 

 cellent house plant. Price, each, 30 cts.; ""'^'^'^ ^^"' ^^^"■ 

 specimen plants, 12 to 36 inches high, Cocos Weddeliana— A charming plant, un- 

 each, 50 cts. to -14.00. questionably the most graceful of all the small 



Palms; extensively used as table ornaments. 

 Price, each, 35 cts.; specimen plants, 8 to 18 

 inches high, each, 50 cts. to $1.00. 



Kentia Belmoreana— Resembles Areca, but 

 the leaves are stronger and dark green; a 

 splendid house plant and in great demand. 

 Price, each, 35 cts.; specimen plants, 12 to 36 

 inches high, each, 50 cts. to $5.00. 



Kentia Fosteriana— A beautiful species with 

 bright green foliage. Price, each, 35 cts.; speci- 

 men plants, 12 to 36 inches high, each, 50 cts. 

 to 15.00. 



Latania Borbonica (Chinese Fan Palm) — 

 A great favorite, perhaps the most desirable 

 of all the Palms for general cultivation. Leaves 

 broadly fan-shaped. Price, each, 25 cts.; speci- 

 men plants, 12 to 36 inches high, 50c. to $5.00. 

 Phoenix Ruplcola — Resembles Dactylifera, 

 the well-known Date Palm, but is more grace- 

 ful, the arching pinnate leaves being more 

 slender and drooping. Price, each, 30 cts.; 

 specimen plants, 20 to 30 inches high, $3.00 to 

 ?5.00. 



ARECA LUTESCENS. 



UMBRELLA PLANT. 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS. 



(UMBRELLA PLANT.) 



For house culture we really cannot recom- 

 mend this plant too highly. It is so easily 

 managed. All it is particular about is 

 plenty of water. To have it in perfection, 

 set the pot in a saucer or better still, in a 

 jardiniere ,kept filled with water. Any 

 temperature usual in a house suits it. When 

 age begins to turn the leaves yellow, these 

 should be cut off close down to the pot, and 

 very soon new leaves will spring up, and 

 the plant will renew its beauty. Price, 

 each, 10 cts.; large plants, 25 to 50 cts. 



PANDANTS UTILI8. 



Phoenix Reclinata— Similar to the 

 above, but of stronger growth and 

 quite distinct. An excellent Palm; 

 stands much abuse, therefore very 

 useful for decorations. Price, each. 

 25 cts.; specimen plants, 18 to 24 

 inches high, $1.75 to $2.00. 



PANDANUS— Screw Pine. 



So named from the screw-like ar- 

 rangement of its leaves on the stem. 

 ' It is one of the most useful decorative 

 plants in cultivation. 



Utilis— An old favorite, leaves bright 

 green. Price, each, 30 cts.; specimen 

 plants, 12 to 24 inches high, each, 50 

 cts. to $3.00. 



Veitchii — A variety having beauti- 

 fully variegated leaves; they are 

 bright green, marked with broad 

 stripes of pure or creamy white. Price, 

 each, 50 cts.; specimen plants, 18 to 

 30 inches high, eadi, $2.00 to $4.00. 



SPECIAL OFFER OF DECORATIVE PLANTS FOR HOUSE CULTURE. 

 —We will send by Express, purchaser paying charges, young healthy 

 plants of the five handsome Window Plants as shown in cuts on this 

 page for $1.00. 



KENTIA BEL^fOREANA. 



