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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE 



SELECT LIST OF PLANTS 



FOR THE CONSERVATORY, 



WINDOWQARDEN AND 



LAWN. 



THE PLANTS WE GROW are the very best in cultivation of the kinds 

 suitable for our climate, and such as are in demand, or those we believe 

 should be introduced. All new plants are thoroughly tested to ascertain theii 

 merits, and only those really valuable are put on our lists. 



PLANTS BY HAIL — Small plants to distant and outlying points, and in 

 small quantities, are quite frequently sent by mail, and we exercise every care 

 to have them reach their destination in good condition; but we cannot recom 

 mend this means of carrying plants, in fact we always discourage it. knowing 

 it to be most unsatisfactory, and we only resort to it when compelled by cir- 

 cumstances, or when so instructed. We pan mail charges on all orders amount- 

 ing to 25 cents or ooer. Customers will please forward with smaller sums 5 cents ex- 

 tra to cover mailing expense. This is occasioned by the fact that thecharges foi 

 packing and mailing such orders often exceed the amount received. 



PLANTS BY EXPRESS.— For the same money we will gladly send a 

 much larger plant by express than we possibly f>an by mail. The soil is all 

 left on the roots, the plaDts can be more carefully packed, and they are sure 

 to arrive in good condition and receive no check to their growth. To en- 

 courage a preference for this means of having plants sent, we not only send 

 larger and better plants, but we always add enough extra to compensate for 

 the additional expense of expressage. 



PACKING.— By our system of packing we are enabled to ship plants safely 

 to any reasonable distance at any season of (he year. 



DELIVERY FREE.— All packages are delivered free of charge to all 



depots and express offices in Milwaukee, and no charge is made for boxes, baskets 

 or packing. 



SAFE ARRIVAL OF PLANTS.— We guarantee all plants to arrive safely 

 and In good condition, if sent by express, and will cheerfully replace any not 

 received in good condition, if notice is sent us immediately on receipt of the plants, 

 but we take no risk on plants sent in any other way than by express. 



HOW TO TREAT PLANTS WHEN RECEIVED.— Plants sent by express 

 usually arrive in such perfect condition that no special treatment is required. 

 If they should be dry, soak the balls of soil in cold water before potting or 

 planting them. When sent by mail to a considerable distance they are liable 

 to get dry. If they should look wilted, place them in tepid water for a short 

 time, and they will soon revive; then put into as small pots as will conven- 

 iently hold the roots, or, if planted immediately in the garden, prf fs the soil, 

 which should be well pulverized, firmly around the roots; water and shade 

 for a few days. 



We are also very liberal with extras. 



ABLJ"TII C^INl — F - LOWERING IV!AF=L-E. 



Almost indispensable plants for parlor or conservatory decoration; exceedingly pretty, of very easy 

 culture, bloom profusely and almost continuously. 



Savltzi — A beautiful variegated leaved variety of abutilon, one of the most handsome of the class. 

 The green leaves are beautifully margined with white, many of them entirely white. It is dwarf and 

 compact in growth and succeeds well either as a house plant or ior lawn decoration outdoors. 



Golden Fleece— One of the best, and a great favorite. Plant dwarf and bushy, and produces its large, 

 bright, golden-yellow flowers most profusely. 



Ec'ipse— A very pretty, trailing variety, admirably adapted for hanging-baskets and vases. Foliage 

 variegated, green and yellow. Flowers scarlet and yellow. 



Etendard — Deep red, shaded crimson; a large flne flower. A very free bloomer. ^ 



negapotamicum Variegatum— A variegated 

 variety of trailing habit, possessing more than 

 ordinary merit; excellent for hanging-baskets. 



Purpurea — A charming variety. Plant dwarf 

 and compact. Flowers a beautiful shade of 

 purple. 



Snow Storm— Pure white; an excellent variety. 

 Price, each, 10 cts. ; per doz., 11.00. 



ACHANIA. 



A charming house-plant of very easy culture. 

 A. flalvaviscus — Flowers bright scarlet, pro- 

 duced very freely. 



Price, each. 25 cts. 



ACALYPHA. 



A. Tricolor— A handsome plant, with beau- 

 tifully colored foliage of the tints of autumn 

 leaves; excellent as a house-plant and exten- 

 sively used for bedding purposes. 



Price, each, 20 cts.; per doz.; $2.00. 



AMARYLLIS. 



AGAPANTHUS: 



Blue African Lily. 



BLDE AFRICAN LILY. 



A. Umbellatus— An old favorite, useful alike in the greenhouse and parlor, no collec- 

 tion of plants being considered complete without it. It also makes a striking object on 

 the lawn. The foliage is long, strap-shaped and dark green. The flowers are bell-sbaped 

 and arranged in large umbels on the summits of stiff, stout stems 3 to i feet long. Color a 

 handsome pale blue. 



Price, each, 25 cts. to $1.00. 



AMARYLLIS AND ALLIE5- 



A genus of interesting and very ornamental bulbous plants very highly esteemed by 

 all lovers of plants. 



A. Johnsonii— A. very popular variety, robust in habit and an earl v bloomer. Flowers 

 red, with a white stripe down each petal. 



Price, each, 50 cts. 

 Nerine Sarniensis (Red Spider Lily or Guernsey Lily)— Appropriately named after 

 Nerine, one of the fifty daughters of Nereus, all famous for their beauty. The flowers, which 

 are bright scarlet, are borne in clusters on a stem from 18 to 24 inches high, and no plant 

 blooms with more certainty and rapidity after planting. 



Price, each, 25 cts. 



Pancratium CarribbiEum (White Spider Lily)— A very beautiful, attractive and very in- 

 teresting bulbous plant, admirably adapted for house culture, and a great acquisition in 

 the conservatory. Of very easy culture, producing freely its pure white, very fragrant 

 spider-like blossoms. Large bulbs. 



Price, each, 20 cts. 

 Vallota Purpurea (Scarborough Lily)— This plant is a great favorite and is extensively 

 grown. It bus the true Amaryllis-shaped flower, bright scarlet, six to eight on a stem, 

 about 1 foot high. 



Price, each, 25 cts. and 50 cts. 



ABUTII.ON GOLDEN FLEECE. 



