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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



Palms and Other Ornamental Plants for House Culture, 



This family of plants has a peculiar fascination for even the most unobserving. 

 It is a remarkable fact that people who will daily pass by the most beautiful and 

 sweetest scented flowers without apparently noticing them, are invariably arrested 



by a sight of almost any of the Palm 

 family, and they stand to admire them. 

 For conservatory adornment they 

 stand prominently foremost, and for 

 parlor decoration they are without an 

 equal. They are also extensively used 

 for tropical bedding, for which purpose 

 they are exceedingly effective, and as a 

 center plant in a vase they are without 

 a peer. Our collection embraces a large 

 assortment of the Jeading kinds, prices 

 and descriptions of which we cheerfully 

 furnish on application. We here enum- 

 erate a few of the most popular, all of 

 them in great demand. 



PALMS. 



Areca Lutesceiis— Slender, plume-like 

 leaves; a very handsome and excellent 

 house plant. Each, 30 cts.; specimen 

 plants. 12 to 36 inches high, each 50 

 cts. tog§3.00. 



UMBRELLA PLANT. 



GYPEBUS ALTERNIFOLIUS. 



(umbrella plant.) 

 For house culture we really cannot recom- 

 mend this plant too highly. It is so easily man- 

 aged. All it is particular aboutis plenty of water. 

 To have it in perfection, set the pot in a saucer 

 or better still, in a jardiniere kept filled with 

 water. Any temperature usual in a house suits 

 it. When age begins to turn the leaves yellow, 

 these should be cut off close down to the pot, and 

 very soon new leaves will spring up, and the 

 plant will renew its beauty. Each, 10 cts. ; large 

 plants, 25 to 50 cts. 





ARECA LOTESCENS. 



PANDANUS UTILIS. 



SPECIAL OFFER OF DECORATIVE PLANTS FOR HOUSE CULTURE. -We 



will send by Express, purchaser paying charges, young healthy plants of the 

 five handsome Window Plants as shown in cuts on this page for $1.00. 



CHINESE FAX PALM. 



Cocos Weddeliana— A charming plant, iun- 

 questionably the most graceful of all the small 

 Palms; extensively used as table ornaments. 

 Each, 25 cts. ; specimen plants, 8 to 18 inches 

 high, each, 50 cts. to $1.00. 



Kentia Belmoreana— Resembles Areca, but 

 the leaves are stronger and dark green; a 

 splendid house plant and in great demand. 

 Each, 25 cts.; specimen plants, 12 to 36 inches 

 high, each, 50 cts. to $5.00. 



Kentia Fosteriana— A beautiful species with 

 bright green foliage. Each, 25 cts. ; specimen 

 plants, 12 to 36 inches high, each, 50 cts. to 

 $5.00.- 



Latauia Borbouica (Chinese Fan Palm)— A 

 great favorite, perhaps the most desirable of 

 all the Palms for general cultivation. Leaves 

 broadly fan-shaped. Each, 25 cts.; specimen 

 plants, 12 to 36 inches high, 50c. to §5.00. 



Phoenix Bupicola— Resembles Dactylifera, 

 the well-known Date Palm, but is more grace- 

 ful, the arching pinnate leaves being more 

 slender and drooping. Each, $1.00. 



Livistonia Rotundifolia— The foli- 

 age is similar to that of Latania Bor- 

 bonica but smaller and more grace- 

 ful. It is one of the prettiest Palms 

 and especially suited for table deco- 

 ration. Five specimen plants, each, 

 §2.00. 



PANDANUS. 



Screw Pine. 



So named from the screw-like ar- 

 rangement of its leaves on the stem. 

 It is one of the most useful decorative 

 plants in cultivation. 



TJtilis — An old favorite, leaves 

 bright green. Each, 30 cts.; speci- 

 men plants, 12 to 24 inches high, 

 each, 50 cts. to $3.00. 



Veitchii — A variety having beauti- 

 fully variegated leaves; they are 

 bright green, marked with broad 

 stripes of pure or creamy white. 

 Specimen plants, 18 to 30 inches 

 high, each, $2.00 to $4.00. 



KENTIA BELMOREANA. 



