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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



CURRIE'S CHOICE ASTERS. 



The most popular and beautiful of all our hardy annuals. No plant produces so handsome an effect as a bed or 

 border of Asters, and no garden should be without a liberal supply of these old favorites, as they furnish immense 

 quantities of handsome and brilliant colored blooms during the greater part of our summers. The best results are 

 obtained from rich, well-prepared soil. Sow indoors in February or March for early flowering, transplanting into 

 shallow boxes or pots as soon as the seedlings have formed three leaves ; 

 plaut out doors when danger from freezing is past. For late flowering 

 they can be sown out doors in May or June. 



P£eony=FIowered Perfection — A handsome variety with incurved 

 petals. The flowers are very large and almost perfectly round; grows 

 about 20 inches high. This is a standard variety for florists' use. 



Rose with White 10 Peach Blossom 10 



Crimson 10 Purple, Violet and White 10 



Light Blue 10 Purple 10 



Carmine with White 10 Scarlet 10 



Pure White 10 



flixed Colors ! 10 



Black Blue.. 



Azure Blue with White. 



Delicate Rose 



..10 

 .10 

 .10 



Dwarf Victoria— One of the finest Asters in cultivation; flowers very 

 large, perfectly double, imbricated and globular. 12 inches in height. 



Scarlet 10 



Peach Blossom 10 



Light Blue, Edged White 10 



White Tinted Rose. 10 



Mixed Colors 10 



Pure White 10 



Rose with White 10 



Crimson 10 



Purple Violet 10 



Light Blue 10 



Carmine Rose ~10 



Comet— A beautiful new class of Asters, bearingsemi-globularflowers, 

 with twisted petals, resembling the Japanese Chrysanthemum in form. 

 Their long stems make them invaluable for cutting. 



Deep Rose , 



Light Blue ... 

 Snow White.. 

 nixed Colors. 



.10 

 .10 

 .10 

 ..10 



White, with Lilac. 



Rose and White 



Peach Blossom 



New Giant White Comet— This grand Aster has won enthusiastic admiration from 

 all who have seen them grow. The flowers are of immense size, often 6 inches across, 

 composed of long, wavy, twisted petals gracefully formed into loose, yet densely double, 

 half globes, resembling some of the finer Japanese Chrysanthemums. Per packet. 10 cents. 



Dwarf Comet Perfection— Pure White (see novelties. page2.) 15 



Dwarf Comet Perfection — Pink (see novelties, page 2.) 15 



Giant Branching Comet, nixed Colors (see novelties, page 2.) 10 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum, Flowered— A splendid varic-ty of 

 dwarf, compact habit, 9 inches in height. Flowers large, and pro- 

 duced when others are out of bloom. 



White to Azure Blue 10 



Rosy Pink 10 



Deep Carmine Edged White , ...10 



Crimson 10 



Bright Rose 10 



Flesh Color 10 



Snow White 10 



Bright Scarlet 10 



Dark Blue : 10 



Porcelain 10 



nixed Colors 10 



GEit OR BALL. 



Gem or Ball— A mag- 

 nificent class of Asters, 

 which were obtained 

 from the well-known 

 Pseony-Flowered Perfec- 

 tion Tribe, Similar, but 

 somewhat dwarfer in 

 habit. The flowers, 

 measuring from 2}4 to 3 inches 

 across, are round as a ball, 

 and borne on long stalks. 



Apple Blossom 10 



Deep Rose 10 



Rose with White 10 



Crimson 10 



Finest Mixed 10 



New Branching (Semples)— A variety 

 flowering late in the season, of strong 

 branching habit and robust growth, bear- 

 ing flowers with twisttd or wavy petals of 

 remarkable size, exceedingly "handsome 

 and graceful. The flowers are borne on 

 very long, stiff stems, which makes it ex- 

 tremely valuable for arranging in vases, or working 

 into floral pieces. 



White 10 



Lavender 10 



Pink 10 



nixed Colors 10 



Cocardeau or New Crown— Two colored flowers, 

 the central petals pure white, sometimes small 

 and quilled", surrounded by large, flat petals 



of a bright color ; V/ z feet ; mixed colors ;.10 



China— Fine Mixed 5 



Christmas Tree— (See novelties, page 2.) ■. 15 



Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet— Height from 12 to 15 

 inches; a very fine blooming variety. Mixed 



colors '. 10 



Goliath— The flowers of this class are of enormous 

 dimensions and of the most perfect form. It 

 blooms profusely; the plant is of strong, robust 



habit; 2 feet _ 10 



Giant Emperor — A very beautiful variety, with 

 very large double flowers, often measuring 

 from 4 to 6 inches in diameter; 1 foot; fine 



mixed 10 



Hedge Hog or Needle — Petals long, quilled and 



sharply pointed; 2 feet; mixed colors 10 



Imbricated Pompone— Very perfect, g'obe shape, 



and beautifully imbricated; mixed colors 10 



Large Flowering Rose — Two feet in height : 

 robust; large flowers; petals finely imbricated 



and of great substance ; one of the very best ; mixed colors 10 



nignon— A handsome, pure white variety, similar in shaje to the Victoria; flowers srch< d 



and somewhtt larger than the Pompone 10 



Miniature Bouquet— A dwarf sort, growing from 6 to 8 inches ligh, and producing an 



abundance of very small double flowers Hi 



PieonyFIowered Globe— The earliest of the Asters— two weeks earlier than Trufl'aut's 

 Pieony-flowered; flowers very large; plant branching and strong, does not require 



support ; mixed colors 10 



Reid's German Quilled— Flowers double; the petals have the appearance of quills or tubes; 



height from 13^ to 2 feet ; finest mixed colors 5 



"Snowball," or Princess White— An excellent new dwarf White Aster, producing an 

 abundance of flowen semi-spherical in form, composed of short, very thickly set im- 



biicatid petuls, a single plant often developing as many as 30 flowers 10 



Triumph— This is undoubtedly the most beautiful and perfect of all dwarf Asters. The 

 flowers measure from 2J^ to S inches across, and are of the most faultless Pa?< ny form, 

 all petals being beautifully incurved. The color is rich and brilliant. 



Deep Scarlet 10 



Deep Scarlet and White 10 



Victoria Needle— A pretty, free-blooming variety, with large double flowers, similar to 

 Victoria, with the exception that the petals of the flowers are curved round as a needle. 



Mixed colors In 



Washington— The largest Aster we have ever known, often 5 inches in diameter, and per- 

 ftct. Mixed Colors 10 



CROWN OR COCARDEAU. 



P.EONY -FLOWERED PERFECTION. 



You Hay Select any Four Packets of Asters priced at 10c, for 30 cts. 



