CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI. 



RIBES— Flowering Currant. 



A class of plants highly prized for their graceful habit of growth, line 

 foliage and beautiful flowers. 



R. Aureum— An early blooming variety ; flowers yellow. 

 R. Sanguineum — Flowers crimson; very desirable. 



SAM BUCUS— Elder. 



S. Nigra Aurea (Golden Elder)— A most attractive and very ornamental 

 shrub, which well merits all the praise we everywhere hear bestowed upon it. 

 It succeeds well in any sunny situation and in any soil. Its growth is fi-ee and 

 rapid, and it bears pinching well. The foliage is large and of the richest golden 

 yellow, making this a most effective shrob and invaluable for grouping to pro- 

 duce striking contrasts. 



S. Nigra Variegata — This is also a beautiful shrub, having handsome foli- 

 age variegated with silver and green. 



SPIRy^A— Meadow Sweet. • 



One of the prettiest shrubs in cultivation, and exceedingly desirable, in fact 

 we may say indispensable for the lawn or shrubbery border. It is of the 



easiest culture, succeeding well in any 

 situation. The varieties we name are 

 the best for general purposes. All are 

 thrifty growers and most profuse 

 bloomers, each in its turn furnishing 

 a> succession ol flowers allthrough the 

 summer. 



S. Anthony Waterer — A beautiful 

 dwarf variety. Grows bushy and 

 compact and blooms very profusely ; 

 flowens pink. 



S. Billardii— Bears spikes of pink 

 flowers ; v^ry desirable. 



S. Callosa— Terminal clusters of 

 ros.v-red flowers ; a handsome variety. 



S. Callosa Alba — Dwarf; very free 

 bloomer; white. 



S. Opulifolia— A robust grower: 

 flowers white. 



S. Opulifolia Aurea — Golden foli- 

 age; flowers white; very ornamental. 



mr-,,^,; . S. Prunifolia — White; very desir- 



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S. Thunbergil — Leaves narrow; stems light and graceful; flowers white; 

 ms very profusely ; early. 



S. Van Houttei — A very handsome variety ; produces in wondrous profusion 

 its pure white flowers. 



SYMPHORICARPUS. 



Eiceedingl.T interesting and very ornamental dwarf shrubs, of the easiest 

 culture, admirably adapted for grouping on the lawn or in masses of shrubber.y 

 in almoft any situation, even succeeding very well in the shade of overhanging 

 trees, where but few shrubs will grow at all. They are especially valuable for 

 their ornamental berries, which showto advantagein thefallaudwiutermonths. 



S. Racemosus (Snowberry)— A ver.y pretty and interesting shrub; pinkish 

 white flowers, followed by white berries. 



S. Vulgaris — This variety bears red berries ; an excellent shrub. 



SYRINGA— Lilac. 



These old favorites are so well known that any de.scription would seem 

 superfluous. Suffice it to say they are indispensable. 



S. Persica (Persian Lilac) — A very popular plant; flowers purple. 



S, Vulgaris (Common Lilac) — Larger foliage than the former; flowers purple. 



S. Alba — Flowers pure white. 



VIBURNUM. 



A class of highly ornamental and very useful strong-growing shrubs of easy 

 culture, well adapted to all good soils. The varieties we offer are quite distinct 

 in habit of growth, foliage and flowers, and are all very desirable. 



V. Lantana — Handsome foliage, whitish underneath; flowers white, borne 

 very freely in dense cymes, succeeded by an abundance ol berries, which are at 

 first red, gradually turning to black. 



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V. Opulis Sterilis (Common Snowball) — A well-known, favorite shrub 

 large size, with globular clusters of white flowers in June. 



V. Plicatum (Japanese Snowball)— One of the best shrubs in cultivafaoa; 

 grows upright and bushy; foliage attractive; flowers white, produced rery 

 abundantly in large heads. 



WEIGELA. 



This deservedly very popular class of plants embraces beyond dispute the 

 most usefulshrubs in cultivationto-day. Were we asked to select but oneshrub 

 for almost any location on the lawn we would without hesitation name the 

 Weigela. It is robust, but graceful in habit of growth, and blooms with adegree 

 of profusion that is truly wonderful. Either as a single specimen or in groups 

 it is certainly one of the most effective and most satisfactory shrubs we know of. 



W. Candida — A very valuable shrub of upright growth ; flowers trumpet- 

 shaped, white. 



W. Rosea — Perhaps the most valuable shrub yet introduced, certainly the 

 most popular; bears rose-colored, trumpet-shaped flowers in great profusion. 



W. Rosea Variegata — A beautiful variety of the .•above; contrasts very 

 pleasingly with o1her shrubs; foliage green, margined with creamy white; 

 flowers pink. 



VIBURNUM PLICATUM 



strong plants of any of the above hardy shrubs, each 25 cents ; per dozen, 



plants, each 50 cents ; per dozen, $5.00. 



$2.50. 



Extra large bushy 



