CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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PAPA VER— Poppy. 



Perennial Poppies stand almost unrivalled among liardy plants for beauty, 

 effectiveness and general usefulness, and well merit the great popularity they 

 have attained within the past few years. Whether in masses on the lawn, 

 among shrubbery, in the herbaceous border, or in the rockery they are exceed- 

 ingly attractive, producing from June to October a wealth of gorgeous 

 blossoms truly surprising. 



P. Nudicaule (Iceland Poppy) — 1 foot. June. Pretty dwarf-growing 

 poppies, producing a great abundance of white, yellow and orange colored 

 flowers. Should be included in all permanent borders. 10 cts. each; .fl.OO 

 per doz. 



P. Oriental — 3 feet. A magnificent Poppy, bearing flowers ofteii measur- 

 ing 6 inches across; color mostly brilliant scarlet with black blotches. 10 cts. 

 each; $1.00 per doz. 



OEIENTAL POPPY. 



PHLOX-Dwarf Sorts. 



The dwarf varieties of these very popular plants are 

 remarkable for their fine, dense and procumbent foliage, 

 which clothes the ground as with a carpet of evergreen 

 verdure, rendering the plant exceedingly useful for cover- 

 ing dry and exposed banks or for edging beds and bor- 

 ders. Buttheir most remarkable feature istheprofusion 



PLATYCODON. 



PHIjOX SCBULATA, 



of their flowers which in 

 early summer create a 

 blaze of color difficult to 

 describe. They are very 

 easily grown. 



P. Amoena— 6 inches, May. 

 A beautilul little plant, which 

 blooms in such profusion as to 

 fairly hide its foliage with its 

 pretty bright pink star-like 

 flowers. Each, lOcts.; per doz., 

 $1.00. 



P. Subulata (Moss Pink)— 6 

 inches. May. Also an excellent 

 variety; flowers very freely: 

 color a pinkish purple, with 

 darker center. A splendid car- 

 pet plant. Each, 10 cts.; per 

 doz., SI. 00. 



PLUMBAGO - Leadwort. 



For bedding purposes, or as 

 a rock plant, this is one of the 

 neatest, prettiest and most 

 sati.ifactory hardy plants in 

 cultivation. It is low-growing 

 and compact, and very free 

 flowering. 



P. Larpentffi — 1 foot. Sept. 

 Blue. One of the best late 

 floweringborder plants. Each, 15 eta 



ITELAND POPPY. 



PL ATYCODON — Chinese 

 Bell Flower. 



An exceedingly handsome class 

 of hardy border plants, closely re- 

 sembling the Campanulas, with 

 which they are often confounded. 

 They are bushy and upright in 

 growth, foliage neat and attract- 

 ive ; flowers large, very numerous 

 and showy: succeed well in any 

 good soil. 



P. Grandiflorum (Bell flowers) 

 —3 feet. A very handsome plant, 

 one of the best in cultivation; 

 blooms continuously all summer. 

 Flowers blue, bell-shaped. Each. 

 15 cts.; per doz., |1..50. 



per doz.. $1..50. 



