CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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ACHYRANTHES. 



Bright-leaved plants resembling Coleus, but less tender. 

 They are extensively used for bedding, and are very effective. 



A. Elegantissimus— Dwarf and compact, very useful for 

 edging; leaves, crimson. 



A. Emersoni— Leaves lanceolate, carmine: very desirable. 

 Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz. , $1.00. 



AGERATUM. 



A very popular bedding plant, extensively used for edging 

 beds and f it massing. It blooms very profusely without in- 

 terruption all summer. Also very useful for supplying cut 

 flowers. In variety, white and blue, dwarf sorts. 

 Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



ALOYSIA CITRADORA. 



LEMON VERBENA. 



Each, 10 cts.; perxloz.. 81.00. 



ALYSSUM. 



Double white. Each, 10 cts.; per doz., 81.00. 



ALTERNANTHERA. 



Exceedingly ornamental little plants, exten- 

 sively used in carpet bedding. 



Amoena— Foliage red and pink. 



Aurea Nana— Foliage light green and golden 

 yellow, the yellow predominating to that extent 

 that the effect is a rich golden hue. 



Paronychioides Major— A grand and most effect- 

 ive variety. Color of foliage bright rose, shading 

 to deepest pink. 



Versicolor— Rosy pink and crimson, shaded 

 with bronzy green. 

 Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., 75 cts.; per 100, Jo. 00. 



ANTHERICUM. 



A very useful and exceedingly effective class of 

 decorative plants for edging beds and borders, also 

 valuable for vases and hanging baskets. 



A. Vittatum Variegatum— Leaves narrow and 

 graceful, handsomely striped with creamy white 

 and green. 



A. Picturatum — Similar to the foregoing, but 

 haying more white in the foliage. Very useful as a 

 house plant. 



Price, each, 25 cts., per doz., 5 2.50. 



AZALEAS. 



(We ship these by express only.) 

 Our collection of these most popular plantB is 

 fully equal to any we have ever offered. The plants 

 are large and bushy, thickly clothed with healthy 

 foliage and covered with buds, which, as the season 

 advances, will burst into flower and will fairly 

 hide the plant in a mass of gorgeous bloom. 

 Price, each, $1.00 to $2.00. 



ALLAMANDA. 



A very popular and beautiful climbing plant, 

 ,p. suitable alike for the greenhouse and parlor. 



A.Schottli- 



canary yellow. 



Flowers large, funnel-shaped ; rich 

 Price, each, 25 cts. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



NORFOLK ISLAND PINE. 



An admirable house plant, bearing a striking 

 resemblance to a small and perfectly formed spruce 

 tree, only far neater, more delicate and much more 

 graceful in appearance. Very unique indeed, and 

 a great acquisition. 



Fine healthy plants, $1.00, $2.00 and $8.00. 



ARATJCARIA EXCELS^. 



ASIPAIRAGi-TTS. 



Very pretty and gracefnl Fern-like plants, rivaling in beauty even the delicate Maiden Hair 

 Fern. When cut for bouquets, (he sprays have much greater persistency than any Fern, retaining 

 their freshness in water from three to four weeks. Few plants are more ornamental, and none more 

 useful. 



Plumosus Nanus-An excellent pot plant. Foliage bright green, very graceful and so delicate 

 it has all the appearance of finely woven silk lace. 



Tenulssimus— A strikingly beautiful climbing variety of rare merit. 



Sprengerii— A new species, possessing more than ordinary merit, and quite distinct from the 

 old sorts. It is remarkable for the beauty and delicacy of its rich green drooping fronds, which 

 frequently attain a length of 4 feet, making it a most useful plant for decorative purposes, espe- 

 cially when grown in a hanging basket. It succeeds admirably in the house in almost any posi- 

 tion, withstanding well a dry atmosphere. The fronds, when cut, keep fresh a lorg time. 

 Price, each, 25 cts.; per doz., $2.50. 



ASPIDISTBA. 



As a house plant, cultivated for its foliage only, we can confidently say the Aspidistra is sur- 

 passed by none, and, in fact, has few equals. The leaves are oblong lanceolate on long stems, just 

 slender enough to give the plant a very graceful appearance, about a foot and a half in length, and 

 about four inches in breadth at their widest part. The common species, Lurida, has plain, dark 

 green foliage. We have also a very pretty variegated variety, the leaves being alternately striped 

 with white and green. Both kinds are very easy of cultivation, in fact, nothing but positive and 

 continued neglect will kill them. This plant should be in every collection. 



Prjee, green varieties, each, 25 to 50 cts,; variegated variety, each, 50 cts, 



