CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



TLNIA (GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA.) 



PETUNIA. 



A highly ornamental and profuse-flowering, easily cultivated garden 

 favorite. The brilliancy and variety of its colors, combined with the dura- 

 tion of its blooming period, render it invaluable for planting out in beds or 

 mixed borders. The seeds of the double Petunia do not possess i-smuch 

 vitality eb those of the single, and a good deal of caie must be used to get 

 tbem to germintte; nor will they all come double. H. H. P, 



Fine nixed — Splendid varieties 5 



Hybrlda— Finest striped and blotched varieties, mixed 10 



Hybrida Alba— Laige pure white 5 



Hybrida— Rose 5 



Intus Aurea— Beautiful flowers with yellow throat 15 



Urandiflora, Finest Mixed (Large-flowering)— From a collection of superbly 



bordered striped and spotted flowers 10 



Urandiflora fringed, Finest nixed (Large-flowering)— A new strain with 



fringed and frilled edges, very distinct and beautiful, coming true 



from seed 15 



GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. 



These wonderful Petunias have been specially selected and improved in 

 Callfon ia by a specialist, and are now famous lor their great size, beauty of 

 marking* and combinations of color. Many have dainty fringededges, others 

 are ruffled and frilled, and all are exceptionally lovely. 



Ruffled Oiants, Mixed 15 (Hants of California, nixed 15 



Fringed Hybrida, nixed. 15 



DOUBLE PETUNIAS. 



Lady of the Lake— A large double pure white variety, very chaste and 

 beautiful „ .26 



Fringed, Choice Mixed— Saved from a magnificent collection; will produce 

 flowers of unrivaled brilliancy 25 



Inimitable— Saved from carefully fertilized flowers, and will produce a 

 large percentage of doubles, while such plants as are single are mar- 

 vels of" beauty in colors and markings 25 



Flexuosa— A beautiful annual, growing to a height of 18 inches and 

 flowering abundantly. Equally valuable for greenhouse or garden. 

 Flowers bright pink ; base of petals almost black. H. H. A 5 



Phlox Drummondii. 



No garden should be without a bed of these, the most showy of all the 

 dv art grov inghnnuals. Sown in the open ground during April and May, they 

 produce a perfect bio ze of brilliant colored flowers until cut dew n by frost. 

 The richness of color and the profusion wiih which the flowers are produced 

 make them indispensable for massing in beds and borders. H. A. 



Fine Mixed— Per ounce, 60c 5 



LARGE FLOWERING PHLOXES. 



Alba— Pure white 5 Black Warrior— Dark Purple 5 



Black Brown— The darkest color in Phloxes 5 



Chamois Rose— Salmon-pink, dark scarlet eye 5 



General Grant— Rich bright purple.. 5 lsabellina— Yellow 5 



Leopoldii— Splem id d*ep pink, with white eye 5 



Oculata Alba— Pure white, crimson eye jj 



Princess Royal— Viol°t, striped white 5 



Rose D' Amour— Silvery pit k, shading to dnrk rose 5 



Grandiflnra Splendens— Bright scarlet with white eye 10 



Grandiflora Atropurpurea Alba Oculata— Dark purple with white eye 10 



nixed— Saved from the finest flowers and colors; a very choice mixture. Pet 



ounce, 75c ; X oz., 25c -- 10 



DWARF COMPACT PHLOXES. 



Small, compact plants, growing a) out 6 inches high, covered with a pro- 

 fusion of large flowers. Very fine for beds, bor' era and pot cul .ure. 



White ." 10 Scarlet 



Rose 10 Finest nixed 



White Star— Lovely clear blue, with white center.... - 



PHLOX CUSPIDATA— Star of Quedlinburg. 



A distinct form of Phlox, with shapely toothed and fringed flowers, ai d 

 the tborn-like middle dents are four or five times longer than in the ordn ary 

 varieties; each flower is bordered white, and represents \l e perfect foim of a 

 star. ir , 



nixed Colora w 



DOUBLE PHLOXES. 



The flowers of the double varieties last longer in bloom than the single, 

 and are invaluable as cut flow ers. They make a grand display in beds, bor- 

 ders and masses. .. 



Double Mixed.. lu 



HARDY PERENNIAL PHLOX. 



Favorite hardy border plants, bearing large trufses of brilliaut-cilored 

 flowers. 

 Fine nixed Varieties 



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These handsome harbaceous plants are deservedly growing in favor for 

 bedding purposes. 1 he flowers are bell-slmped, in racemes or spikes, and are 

 constantly produced during the whole season. H. P. 

 Choice nixed 



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Folius Variegatis (New Zealand Flax)— Handsome grass-like loliage, sulta- 

 "blefor lawn decoration, vases, etc. Varifgated foliage 25 



R I l_ L. A. 



This ornamental plant makes a fine contrast with any of the light or silver 

 leaved plants used for lawn groups or ribbon borders. H. H. A. 



Laciniatus— Cut leaved variety 5 



Nanklnensis— 1% foot 5 



SPECIAL OFFER. 



One packet each of Petunia Giants of California, Double Phloxes and 

 Large=Flowering Phloxes for 25 cts. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII (LARGE FLOWERING.) 





