CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA 



CALIFORNIA POPPY. 



Exceedingly beautiful free-blooming plants. Sow seed in open border during 

 May and June, where it is intended to be flowered, as they do not stand trans 

 planting. 



SINGLE VARIETIES. 



The Golden West— New. (See Novelties, page 2) ;; 10 



Rose Cardinal— Rose color 5 



Mandarin— Large bright scarlet, inside rich orange 5 



Fine nixed— All colors ' r > 



DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



Double White ~ 5 Double nixed 5 



Double Yellow 5 Double and Single nixed 5 



EUPHORBIA. 



Variegata— A hardy annual, with light green white-margined leaves. H. A 5 



Everlasting Flowers. 



Cut 



ACROCLINUM. 



A beautiful everlasting flower, resembling the Rhodanthe, but larger 

 the flowers for winter bouquets before they are fully open. 1 foot. H. H. A. 

 Single Mixed 6 Double Mixed 5 



AMMOBIUM. 



Alatum Orandiflorum— Ammobium is a small but pretty little white flower. The 



plant grows about 18 inches in height; is stifF and angular in appearance. 



One of the hardiest of the Everlastings. "Very useful for making up iu winter 



bouquets 5 



GOMPHRENA. 



Globe Amaranth— Very handsome Everlasting; fine for winter bouquets. Sow 

 seed in hotbeds or boxes in the house, as it sometimes does not germinate well in 

 the open ground. H. H. A. 



Globosa Rubra— Dark purplish crimson 5 



G. Alba— Pure white 5 



Mixed 5 



HELICHRYSUM. 



Beautiful everlasting flower of a great variety of 

 colors. Cut the flowers before they have fully ex- 

 panded. Seed may be sown in open ground. H. A. 



Fireball— Very bright crimson 5 



nonstrosum, Double Red— Very bright 5 



n. Double White— Pure 5 



n. Double Yellow tf. 5 



n. Finest Double Mixed 5 



RHODANTHE. 



A well-known Everlasting, valuable for winter bou- 

 quets. H. H. A. Finest Mixed Colors 5 



HELICHRYSUM (EVERLASTINGS). 



XERANTHEMUM. 



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Easily raised from seed, and can be flowered the first 

 season by sowing early in the hot-bed or house. Our 

 collection contains many new varieties. 



Single, Zonal nixed 10 



Double, Zonal nixed 10 



Ornamental-leaved (leraniums, mixed 25 



Apple Scented— This fragrant variety can be best 



grown from seed. Sow in a light soil, keeping moist 



until germinated 10 



Lady Washington Geraninm — (Pelargonium) Choice 



mixed 25 



GLOXINIA. 



These handsomegreenhouse plants can be had in flow- 

 er, with a little care, the first season from seed; sow 

 in the house or hot-bed, taking care not to bury or 

 wash out the seeds in watering, afterwards trans- 

 plant as soon as large enough to handle. The seed 

 we offer is saved from a splendid collection of droop- 

 ing and erect varieties. Extra choice mixed 25 



DISHRAG, OR CHINESE I.OOFA GOURD. 



Showy Everlastings; the flowers, when gathered young, 

 are useful for winter bouquets. H. A. 2 feet. 

 Double finest, mixed 5 



GOURDS=0nunatil: 



Handsome climbers of rapid growth. Very useful for cov- 

 ering fences and other unsightly places, producing fruit of 

 peculiar and various forms which, if allowed to ripen on 

 the vines, can be kept for months as curiosities. Sow out 

 doors in middle of May. T. A. 



Hercules Club— Large, long, club-shaped 5 



Turk's Turban 5 



White NestEgg 5 



Bottle Shaped 5 



Calabash— The old-fashioned dipper Gourd 5 



Echinocystls Lobata— (Wild Cucumber) 10 



Flexuosus— (Snake Cucumber). Fruit 3 ft. long 5 



Dish Rag, or Chinese Loofa— An attractive variety, grows 

 rapidly, flowers yellow, developing into large green 73 

 fruits, the inside of which, when ripe, form a tough, 



fibrous mass, used as a bathing sponge by many 5 



Fine Mixed— Per oz., 40 cts 5 



GERANIUM. 



