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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



This magnificent class of summer blooming annuals 

 should be in every flower garden. We know of no class of . 

 flowers which will produce such results with so little care. 

 The flowers are borne on long stems and are representedby 

 a great variety of colors. The single ones are particularly ! 

 handsome, many of them producing tricolor flowers of ! 

 great brilliancy in coloring. The Double Perennial sorts 

 should be sown early In spring for flowering the same fall. 



SINGLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. 



Burridgeanum— Crimson, white center 3 



Lord Beaconsfleld— Crimson, maroon edged, and striped 



with golden rim surrounding a rich brown eye 5 



The Sultan— Rich, velvety crimson maroon with golden 



rim surrounding a dark brown center 5 



W.;E. Gladstone— A new and very distinct type, the whole 



of the flower being of rich crimson, exceedingly 



brilliant in appearance 5 



Segtum drandiflorum— Sulphur yellow, 2>£ in. across 5 



Hixed Colors 5 



DOUBLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. 



Coronarium— Double white 5 



Coronarium— Double yellow .*. 5 



Coronarium— Double mixed 5 



NEW DOUBLE FRINGED. 



A beautiful strain of this popular annual which for bril- 

 liancy of color, size and doubleness of flowers far 

 surpasses any collection ever offered 10 



Single Perennial Chrysanthemums. 



The white and yellow star-like flowers of these varieties, 

 so popular for decorative purposes, are freely produced 

 from seed the first season, under the most ordinary condi- 

 tions of culture. Largely grown for cut flowers. V/ 2 feet. 



Frutescens (Marguerite or White Paris Daisy) 10 



Comtesse de Chambord (Yellow Paris Daisy) 10 



Double Perennial Chrysanthemums. 



Japonicum fl. pi.— New Japanese varieties, saved from 

 choice flowers 10 



CINERARIA. 



The varieties known as C. Hybrida are 

 well-known and exceedingly brilliant 

 greenhouse plants. C. Maritlma is cul- 

 tivated for its silvery foliage, and es- 

 teemed as one of the best plants of that 

 kind for ribbon borders. H. H. P. 



Hybrida, Large Flowering (James' Prize 

 Strain)— The plants are dwarf in habit, 

 flowers very large and beautifully 

 marked, colors brilliant and of fine 

 substance 25 



Double Large Flowering Hybrida— Saved 

 from a choice strain 50 



Maritima — An ornamental foliage plant, 

 with large silvery leaves 5 



CLARKIA. 



Very desirable plants, extensively used for massing where a brilliant 

 display is wanted. \y z feet. H. A. 



Finest nixed Single Varieties 5 



Finest nixed Double Varieties 5 



CLEMATIS. 



A well-known hardy climbing plant, fine for arbors and verandas. 



Flammuia (Virgin's Bower)— White, fragrant, 15 feet 10 



Jackmanni Varieties— Mixed shades of blue, white, purple, etc. Flow- 

 ers 3 to 4 inches across .'... 25 



Paniculata — Robust grower, bearing pure white fragrant flowers in 

 great profusion 10 



CLIANTHUS. 



Dampierl— Magnificent plants, which may be found diflieult to Taise, but which can be success- 

 fully grown when sown in the open air in May, in a dry, sunny position. Flowers in clusters, 

 drooping, pea-shaped, 4 inches in length, of "a brillinnt scarlet with intense black spots in 

 center of each flower. H. H. P 10 



CLEOME PUNGENS-Giant Spider 

 Plant. 



A robust growing, half hardy annual, growing freely, 

 from seed sown in the open ground during April or 

 May, height about 4 feet. Theflowers are very showy 

 with long, slender stamens and rose-colored petals, 

 combined with the long, slender seed pods, giving it 

 the effect of a long and many-legged spider, with the 

 flowers for a head. A great honey-producing plant, 

 and should be grown by all bee-keepers 5 



COB.EA SCAN DENS. 



Chinese— Double, finest mixed colors. 



25 



COB/EA. 



Scandens — One of the finest of our sum- 

 mer climbers, with fine foliage and 

 large bell-shaped flowers. It grows 

 very rapidly, often attaining a height 

 of 20 to 30 feet, and spreading out 

 correspondingly. In sowing, place 



• the seed edgewise and cover lightly. 

 20 feet. H. H. P. 



Blue 10 



White 10 



San Salvador Cob;va (Cobsea Macros- 

 temma)— Is a very rapid grower, and 

 although a perennial, can be treated 

 as an annual and flowered early in 

 summer, in the same way as is Cobtea 

 Scandens. The foliage is of bright 

 vivid green and the flowers striking- 

 ly effective with long stamens 10 



COLLINSIA. 



Free blooming annual. The flowers 

 are in whorls, with several on each 

 stem. Usually a little over a foot 

 high. H. H. A. Mixed varieties Ti 



G1AMT 



COLEUS. 



New Hybrids— Coleus are indispensable wherever 

 colored-leaved plants are desired. The seed we 

 offer may be expected to produce many new, 

 striking varieties. H. H. P -..15 



