Currie Brothers' Horticultural Guide. 



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ACALYPHA TRICOLOK. 



Acalypha Tricolor. 



A great acquisition in the flower garden, as hardy as a Geranium, 

 as beautiful as the handsomest Coleus. May be pinched into any 

 form, is consequently suitable for a line in a ribbon border, or as an 

 edger to any flower bed. It is also an excellent house plant, and for 

 table or parlor decoration its beautifully colored foliage renders it 

 indispensable. 

 Price, each, 20 cts; per doz $2.00 



Aspidistra. 



As a house plant, cultivated for its foliage only, we can confi- 

 dently say the Aspidistra is surpassed by none, and, in fact, has few 

 equals. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate on long stems, just slender 

 enough to give the plant a very graceful appearance. The leaf 

 proper usually grows about a foot and a half in length, and is about 



four inches in breadth at its widest part. As the plant grows 

 and increases in size it assumes a bushy form, the leaves all spring- 

 ing from a common crown or stool. The common species, Lurida, 

 has plain dark green foliage. We have also a very pretty varie- 

 gated variety, the leaves being alternately striped with white and 

 green. Both kinds, but the commofl. green particularly, are very 

 easy of cultivation, in fact nothing but positive and continued 

 neglect will kill them. This plant should be in every collection. 



Price, green variety, each 25 cts. 



Variegated variety, each 50 cts. 



ASPIDISTKA . 



Azaleas. 



For conservatory or home decoration these beautiful and highly ornamental ever- 

 green plants are unequaled. They are of very easy culture, and annually produce in 

 great profusion their wondrously beautiful blossoms, the many early and late varieties 

 coming into bloom in continuous succession from Christmas to Easter. They arealike 

 useful for the adornment of the greenhouse and the parlor, and they make a beautiful 

 dining table ornament. For supplying cut flowers they are among the most useful of 

 plants. Our stock was never finer than it is this year. The plants are in excellent 

 condition and are covered with flower buds, which at the flowering season — usually at 

 Easter—will render the plants most attractive objects. We have all the leading 

 varieties, all named. These plants we ship by express only. 

 Price, each fl-OO to $2.00 



