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Currie Brothers' Horticultural Guide. 



PENTSTEMON. 



These handsome, herbaceous plants are deservedly growing in favor for 

 bedding purposes. The flowers are bell-shaped, in racemes or spikes, and 

 are constantly produced during the whole season. No one who has ever seen 

 their beauty will willingly do without them. The seed should be sown in 

 open border, covered very lightly, and the plants transplanted when four 

 inches high. H. P. 

 Choice Named Varieties— Seed saved from collection of newest varieties, 



and cannot fail to give great satisfaction 10 



PHACELIA. 



Pretty annuals of the easiest culture in tlie open ground. Most varieties 

 are blue though some are white. Very fair in border plants, and good for 

 bouquet malting. Good for bee food. H A. 



Congesta— Light blue; per ounce, 20 cts ; 5 



Tenacetifolia Alba— White; per oimce, 20ets 5 



POTENTILLA. 



Beautiful flowering Iierbaceous plants, continuing a long time in bloom; 

 fine for lawns or mixed borders. H P. 

 Fines^ Mixed 6 



POPPY. 



The large showy flowers 

 of this genus make a bril- 

 liant display in the garden. 



Single Annual 

 Varieties. 



D a n e b r o g— Brilliant 

 scarlet with a cross of 

 white in tlie center, re- 

 sembling the Danish 

 banner 5 



English Scarlet— The 

 bright scarlet flowers 

 of this variety are very 

 effective, 2 feet 5 



Umbrosum— Rich ver- 

 milion, with black 

 spot on each petal 5 



Peacock — Large bril- 

 liant scarlet and crim- 

 son flowers -with a 

 black zone near the 

 center, making a 

 strong and beautiful 

 contrast. Flowers 

 about 4 inches in diam- 



TULIP POPPY— "PAPAVEE GLAUCIUM." eter 10 



Cambricus ( Welsh Yellow Poppy)— A beautiful yellow variety 10 



Single Mixed Poppy.... 5 



Shirley Poppies— Beautiful hardy annual Poppies, producing large single 

 flowers, ranging in color from pure white, various shades of pink, to 

 glowing scarlet. They flower freely throughout the season, and massed 

 have a charming effect. Many of the flowers are veined, streaked and 

 flaked from the center towards the edges, while others are red, edged 



with white. Mixed colors 10 



Tulip Poppy (Pap- 

 aver Glaucium)^ 

 A magniflcent spe- 

 cies, producing an 

 abundance of 

 splendid flowers of 

 the most vivid scar- 

 let imaginable. The 

 two outer petals of 

 the flower bear a sim- 

 ilarity to a saucer in 

 which is set two erect 

 petals of tlie same 



color 10 



Fire Dragon — A new 

 and very showy 

 Poppy, about 24 

 inches high, with fine 

 shaped large flowers 

 4 inches in diameter, 

 of a brilliant deep 

 scarlet with black 



FIRE DRAGON POPPY. 



spots, surrounded by a white margin 10 



NEW DOUBLE PUKE WHITE POPPl'— " WHITE SWAN.' 



Double Carnation-Flowered Poppies. 



Pure White r. 



Scarlet. z. 



Rose 5 



WhiteTippedScar- 



let 5 



Ash Grey 5 



Mixed Colors 5 



Poppy, Double 

 French — Ranu- 

 culus -flowered, 

 double mixed, 2 



feet 5 



Poppy, Double 

 New Giant — 

 Paeony-flowered, 

 large double 



flowers 5 



New Do uble 

 Poppy "White 

 Swan" — The 

 plant grows only 

 from IVi to 2 feet 

 high, forming a 

 dense, richly 

 branching bush, 

 surmounted o n 

 strong, slender 

 stems by very 

 large beautifully 

 shaped flowers, 



very double, laciniated and of the purest possible white lo 



The Mikado— A new double variety of great beauty. The petals are beau- 

 tifully cut and fringed at tlje edges; color white, fringed brilliant scarlet. 10 

 Chamoise Rose— A splendid new paeony flowered poppy, large ball-shaped 

 flowers ift 



Hardy Perennial Poppies. 



Bracteatum — Scar- 

 let,8feet 5 



Croceum —Orange, 

 Ifoot 5 



Oriental— Single 

 scarlet, with 

 dark spots 10 



New Hybrid Ori- 

 ental — A mag- 

 nifice n t class 

 containing many 

 colors, pink, 

 scarlet, blood 

 red, orange red, 

 salmon blotched 

 black, etc 15 



Iceland Poppies 

 (Papaver Nud- 

 icaule)— A beau- 

 tiful and very 

 fragrant class of 

 Poppy, blooming 

 freely through- 

 out the entire 

 season , and while 

 they are peren- 

 nial will bloom 

 the first year 

 from seed. They 

 are perfectly 

 hardy. The flow- 

 ers cut are excel- 

 lent for vases, keeping a long time in water. 



Pure White lO I Orange 10 



Bright Scarlet 10 I Mixed 10 



Alpine Poppies— A very pretty class, mixed colors 10 



NEW DOUBLE SCARLET ICELAND POPPY. 



(Papaver Nudicaule Coccineum, fl. pi.) 



A new double flowering form Iceland Poppy with bright orange scarlet flow- 

 ers producing about 50 per cent, of true plants, with perfectly double 

 flowers 15 



