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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



Larkspur-Annuai 



I.INUM GRAND1FLORUM. 



A beautiful genus, the prevailing color of the flowers blue; the 

 perennial varieties make a splendid appearance, and can be 

 flowered the first season from seed. For planting in permanent 

 places and massing in clumps in mixed borders they are particu- 

 laily desirable. 



Candelabrum— Double mixed, 1J^ foot 5 



Emperor— A profuse bloomer, very double, mixed colors, 1 foot.. 5 



Stock=f lowered — Tall, mixed, 2U feet 5 



Double Tall Rocket— Fine mixed 5 



Double Dwarf Rocket— Mixed colors 5 



Perennial Varieties— Delphiniums. 



Grandiflorum, Finest Mixed— Flowers produced on long 6pikes, 

 very double, and of exceptionally rich colors, ranging through 

 all shades of blue and violet to pure white, many having effect- 

 ive white eyes. Height 4 to 6 feet 



Formosum— Large blue and white flowers, 3 feet.. 5 Nudicaule— Scarlet, fine 



Zalil— A handsome yellow variety of branching habit '. 



Le Mastodonte— (Giant Bee Larkspur)— Large blue flowers 



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LANTANA. 



Very desirable plants for home culture, the varieties of which are almost 

 numberless. All the colors are verv pretty. T. P. 

 Hybrlda-Mixed ." 10 



LEPTOSIPHON. 



Pretty little hardy annuals, suitable for borders. H. A. 

 French Hybrids— Mixed colors 5 



L1NARIA. 



Very pretty and effective plants. L. Cymbalaria is the well-known 

 Kenilworth Ivy. H. A. 

 Bipartita— White, 1J^ foot 5 



LINUM, 



Frf e flowering plants with brilliant colored flowers. 



Flavum— Yellow, 1 foot, hardy. H. P 10 



Qrandifloriim Coccineum— Scarlet, 1 foot. H. A 5 



LOPHOSPERMUM. 



Rapid-growing, ornamental climbing plants, with large leaves and hand- 

 some flowers. 



Hen dersonil— Rosy Carmine 10 



Scandens— Pure violet 10 



LUP1NUS. 



Very desirable plants bearing long spikes of brilliant colored flowers. 



Mixed Annual Varieties 5 



Mixed Perennial Varieties 5 



LYCHNIS. 



A genus of handsome and highly ornamental plants of easy culture, 

 strikingly effective in mixed flower and shrubbery borders. H. P. 



Chalcedonlca— Scarlet, 2 feet 5 



Haageana— Bright scarlet, splendid 5 



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Dwarf-growing plant from 4 to 6 inches high, with blue, white, crimson 

 and rose flowers, adapted for ribbon borders. The trailing varieties are 

 invaluable for hanging baskets, vases, etc. Should be started in heat and 

 afterwards transplanted. 



DWARF COMPACT VARIETIES. 



Crystal Palace Compacta— A beautiful variety, % foot 10 



Pumila Magniflca— The finest of all dwarfs, very dark blue, % foot 10 



Speclosa White Gem— A new pure white variety, fine for bedding. y 2 foot.. 10 

 Erinus Compacta " Goldelse' '—Yellow foliage, flowers blue 10 



TRAILING VARIETIES. 



Gracilis— Light blue 5 



Gracilis Rosea— Rose colored 5 



Paxtoniana— White, edge blue 5 



HARDY LOBELIAS. 



Cardlnalis, "Cardinal Flower"— Flower spikes 8 inches long, of intense 

 scarlet 10 



Littoralis Repens— A pretty trailing plant, with an abundance of pure white 

 flowers, succeeded by large green seed pods, which in turn change to 

 bright scarlet. The flowers, green and red fruits, are produced at one 

 time, making a very attractive plant for hanging baskets, etc 15 



MAFRI 



Very effective plants for beds or borders, free-flowering, of easy 

 culture. The African sorts are best for center of beds or backs of 

 borders, the French for edges or as a foreground for larger plants. 

 For other varieties see Calendula and Tagetes. H. H. A. 

 Legion of Honor (Little Brownie)— The prettiest of all the dwarf 

 Marigolds, dwarf and compact in habit, growing to a height 

 of about 15 inches, with dark-green fern- 

 like leaves, furnUhing a striking back- 

 ground for the bright golden star-like 

 flowers distributed over the surface. The 

 blooms are of medium size, rich golden- 

 yellow, with the center of each petal 

 marked with velvety brown. Blooms 

 continuously from July till cut down by 

 frost 6 



French Finest Double Mixed— A strain oi 

 this fine an nual hitherto unequaled, each 

 plant forming a handsome bouquet in 

 itself 5 





marigold— legion of honor. 



African— Mixed, selected from the finest 

 double flowers ; very beautiful 



El Dorado— A large flowering variety, pro- 

 ducing abundantly flowers varying in 

 color from pale yellow to deep orange. . . 



AFRICAN MARIGOLD. 



