CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE 



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STEVIA. 



Valuable winter blooming 

 plants, very useful for supplying 

 cut flowers. 



S. Serrata— Pure white flowers, 

 feathery-like and graceful. 



S. Serrata Variegata — Hand- 

 some variegated foliage; flowers 

 like those of the preceding. This 

 variety is much used in ribbon 

 bedding and is very effective. 

 Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., .fl.OO. 



SANSEVIERA ZEYLANICA. 



^ In many respects this is a most remarkable plant. It is highly 

 ornamental and very easily grown. Few plants equal it for house 

 culture. Nothing but positive neglect can injure it. Gas, dust, heat, 

 cold, drought or overwatering, through them allltseems to flourish. 

 It is equally at home in the full light or in the shady corner. The 

 leaves are thick and fleshy, dark green in color, beautifully marked 

 with bars of creamy white. Price, each, 25 to 50 cts. 



SALVIA. 



S. Splendens (Scarlet Sage)— Scarlet flowers; makes an excel- 

 lent plant for borders for fallflowering, admirably adapted forhouse 

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



S. rianda'5 Qolden-Leaved (New) — This is an exceedingly at- 

 tractive plant. The foliage is a bright golden-yellow and the flow- 

 ers a brilliant scarlet, which makes it equally ornamental as a 

 foliage as well as flowering plant. It is most effective for bedding 

 purposes, and as a house plant it has few equals. In habit it is 

 compact and dwarf, growing about one and a half feet high. It 

 blooms continuously. Price, each, 25 cts.; per doz., 82..50. 



STEPHANOTIS. 



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S. ploribunda — A handsome greenhouse climbing 

 ceeds well in the win- 

 dow garden. 



Price, each, 25 to 50 

 cents. 



SANTO- 

 LINA. 



S. Incana— 



Fine grey foli- 

 age ; a valua- 

 ble plant for 

 carpet bed- 

 ding; bears 

 clipping well. 



Price, each, 

 10 cts.; per 

 doz., $1.00, 



plant ; suc- 



8OLANU.M .IASMIN0IDE8. 



SOLANUM JASMINOIDES GEANDIFLORA. 



A beautiful climbing or trailing Clematis-like plant, 

 useful alike in summer out-of-doors, or in the house or 

 greenhouse in winter. Trained on a trellis or pillar, it is 

 very effective. It is a wonderful bloomer, producing al- 

 most constantly a great profusion of its star-shaped flow- 

 ers in large clusters. Color pure white, with a tinge of 

 violet on the back of each petal. Price, each, 15 cents. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS. 



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SANSEVIERA ZEYLANICA. 



STROBILANTHES DYERIANUS. 



This is indeed a great acquisition and sure to bo- 

 come very popular, both as a pot plant and for bedding 

 purposes. The leaves, which are about five inches long 

 and two inches wide, are beautifully variegated with a 

 deep metallic purple shaded with a bright rose, and 

 margined with light green. The flowers are violet bine, 

 and are very prett.y,but it is the exquisitely beautiful foli- 

 age which is the attractive feature of this remarkabi* 

 and unique plant. Price, each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



VERBENAS. 



Our stock of these popular bedding plants is large 

 and in excellent condition. Named Varieties — Of these 

 we have a very fine assortment; all the choicest kinds. 

 Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., 75 cts.; 50 for $2.50; 100 for 

 $5.00. Our selection. Seedlings 'our raising) — Grown from 

 our choicest seed, containing the finest varieties of all 

 colors. Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz.. 60 cts.; 50 for $2.00; 

 100 for $4.00. 



SWAINSONIA GALEGIFOLIA ALBA. 





SWAINSONIA GALEGIFOLIA ALBA. 



A very handsome and most desirable plant for conservatory or 

 house culture. The pure white flowers, resembling Sweet Peas, are 

 produced in great abundance almost continuously. At no time, in 

 fact, during the year is the plant ever seen without more or less 

 blossom on it. The foliage is very delicate in appearance and ex- 

 ceedingly graceful. Trained on a trellis, this plant is a very strik- 

 ing object, and never fails to attract attention. It is universally 

 admired. Price, each, 25 cts. 



SMILAX. 



Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides — This charming vine is now con- 

 sidered quite indispensable in all floral decorations. It is very easily 

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



STROBILANTHES DYERIANUS. 



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