CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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SAPONARIA. 



Compact-growing plants, producing beautiful star-like flowers freely all summer. Good 

 for bedding. H. A. 



Calabrica— Pink ,... 6 



Calabrica A.lba— White ; 5 



SALP1GLOSSIS. 



Very pretty aulumn-blooming plants, with funnel-shaped flowers, beautifully veined 

 and marbled. H. H. A. \% foot. 



Large Flowered, Finest nixed 5 



New Emperor— See Novelties page 8 10 



SANVITALIA. 



Procumbent , fl. pi.— Very pretty dwarf-growing and free-blooming plant?. Flowers dou. 

 ble.briglt golden yellow, produced in great abundance. J^ foot. H. A, 6 



ABICDSA. 



SUNFLOWER STELLA. 



STOCKS or GILLIFLOWERS. 



One of ths most popular of our summer— 

 and fall— flowering annuals. Sown in heat 

 in the early spring, and afterwards in the 

 open {round as soon as nice weather has set 

 In, a continuation of bloom can be had all 

 season. They are of delightful fragrance, 

 and are much used as cut flower*. Our 

 strains of stocks are all that can be desired. 

 H. H. A. 



Large-Flowering Dwarf 1 O- 

 Week Stocks. 



Of dw»rf habit, with large spikes of very 

 large, double flowers. 



Blood Red 10 



Dark Violet 10 



Light Blue 10 



Rose 10 



Collection of 8 Colors.. .60 



Canary Yellow 10 



Carmine 10 



Chamois 10 



White 10 



Double nixed 10 



PERPETUAL GIANT. 



(Cut-and-Come-Again Stock.) 



This Is a valuable Stock for cutting, 

 branching out as fast as cut, ard every shoot 

 bears a cluster of flowers, which are finely 

 shaped and very fragrant. 



Pure White 10 nixed 10 



Snowflake— A splendid dwarf growing va- 



riity with very large, pure vhite flowers, 



very early 10 



Victoria, Pure White— Of robust habit, 



producing a profusion of pure white, 



very double flowers, coming into bloom 



very early in the season and continuing until hard frost sets in 10 



Victoria, Dark Blood=Red— Of pyramidal shape. The plant forms a perfect bouquet, the 



striking deep blood-red flowers comrasting grandly with its deep green foliage 10 



Large Flowering Dwarf Pyramidal— Mixed. 10 | Double Dwarf German, Ten Weeks— Mixed. 5 

 STOCKS— Intermediate. 

 Valuable on account of their flowering late in autumn, or as pot plants for early spring 

 blooming, tor which purpose the seeds should be sown In July or August. 

 Early Autumn Flowering, Mixed — Commences flowering in the autumn, and if removed to 



the house will bloom during the winter. H. H. A 10 



Emperor, Finest Mixed— H. H. B 10 | Brompton, Finest Mixed— H. H. B 10 



SUNFLOWER-Helianthus. 



SINGLE VARIETIES. 

 Primrose Colored — A new variety with luxuriant silvery white foliage ; flowers large and 



of a sott Primrose yellow 5 



nacrophyllus Giganteus— A large-growing variety of pyramidal form 5 



nammoth Russian — Single; the largest of all Sunflowers, specimens often measuring 18 



Inches in diameter 5 



Nanus Folius Variegatus— The foliage variegated, green and white ; dwarf. 5 



Oscar W|| ie— Flowers measure from 3 to 5 inches in diameter; color orange with black cenier 5 

 niniature — Dwarf and branching, producing an abundance of very small flowers, about 2 



inches in diameter; color, orantje with black center 5 



Sulphur G*m— Branching, flowers sulphur yellow with black center 5 



"Stella" (New Cut-and-Come- Again Sunflower.)— This new Sunflower, on account of its long- 

 stemmed flo vers, which are so useful for cutting, should become a general favorite. It 

 grows to a height of 3 t« 4 feet and bears ^ery freely large, well-formed flowers of the 

 purest golden yellow with black disc. The individual flowers are from V/ 2 to 3 inches 

 across 5 



DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



Callfornicus— Extra large, double, 5 feet 5 



Globosus Fistulous— Flowers very It rge and globular, of a bright rich saffron color, 6 ft... 5 

 Oculatis Yiridls— Densely double with green center ,. , & 



Mourning Bride or Sweet Scabious. 



Very desirable planls, producing very pretly flowers of many colors in great profusion. 

 Good f >r cutting for vases, etc. II. A. 



Dwarf Double— Flowers very double and globular 5 



Leviathan nixed— Large and beautiful flowers, being double clear through to the center of 



theflower. Excellent for cutting 5 



SCH1ZANTHUS. 



Butterfly Flower— Few plants are more at- 

 tractive than these when well grown, 

 whether in pots or in the border. They 

 are of a branching, elegant habit, well 

 cot ered with peculiar-shaped flowers. 

 H. H. A. Mixed— Best varieties 5 



SEDUM. 



Cceruleum (Stone Crop)— A pretty little 

 plant, good for rock work, etc. H. P. 

 % foot 10 



SENSITIVE PLANT. 



(See Mimosa.) 5 



SILENE. 



Pendula Compacta (Catch-fly)— Beautiful 

 free-flowering plants, very attractive for 

 rock-work, etc. H.A. 



Mixed— All colors 6 



SMILAX. 



nyrsiphyllum Asparagoides— There is no 



climbing plant in cultivation that sur- 

 passes this in the graceful beauty of Its 

 foliage. It can be used either to climb 

 or to droop, as required 10 



LABGE-FLOWKRING 1>WAKF TEN-WEEK STOCK. 



