CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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SAMBUCUS-EIder. 



S. Nigra Aurea (Golden Elder)— A most attractive and very ornamental shrub, which 

 well merits all the praise we everywhere hear bestowed upon it. It succeeds well in any 

 sunDy situation and in any soil. Its growth is free and rapid, and it bears pinching well. 

 The foliage is large and of the richest golden yellow, making this a most effective shrub 

 and invaluable for grouping to produce striking contrasts. 



S. Nigra Variegata — This is also a beautiful shrub, having handsome foliage variega- 

 ted with silver and green. 



SPIR/EA-Meadow Sweet. 



One of the prettiest shrubs In cultivation, and exceedingly desirable, in fact we may 

 say indispensable for the lawn or shrubbery border. It is of the easiest culture, succeeding 

 well in any situation. The varieties we name are the best for general purposes. All are 

 thrifty growers and most profuse bloomers, each in its turn furnishing a succession of Solv- 

 ere all through the summer. 



S. Anthony Waterer — A beautiful dwarf variety. Grows bushy and compact anil 

 blooms very profusely; flowers pink. 



S. Billardii — Bears spikes of pink flowers; very desirable. 



S. Opulifolia — A robust grower: flowers white. 



S. Opulifolia Aurea — Golden foliage; flowers white ; very ornamental. 



S. Prunifolia — White; very desirable; early. 



S. Thunbergii — Leaves narrow ; stems light and graceful; flowers white ; blooms very 

 profusely; early. 



S. Van Houttei — A very handsome variety ; produces in wondrous profusion its pure 

 white flowers. 



SYMPHORICARPUS. 



Exceedingly interesting and very ornamental dwarf shrubs, of the earliest culture 

 admirably adapted for grouping on the lawn or in masses of shrubbery in almost any 

 situation, even succeeding very well in the shade of overhanging trees, where but few 

 shrubs will grow at all. They are especially valuable for their ornamental berries, which 

 show to advantage in the fall and winter months. 



S. Racemosus (Snowberry) — A very pretty and interesting shrub; 

 pinkish white flowers, followed by white berries. 



S. Vulgaris — This variety bears red berries ; an excellent shrub. 



SYRINGA-Lilac. 



These old favorites are so well known that any description would 

 seem superfluous. Suffice it to say they are indispensable. 



S. Persica (Persian Lilac) — A very popular plant; flowers purp'e. 

 S. Vulgaris (Common Lilac) — Larger foliage than the former; flow- 

 ers purple. 



S. Alba— Flowers pure white. 



NEW SPIR.EA ANTHONY WATERER. 



VIBURNUM. 



A class of highly ornamental and very 

 useful strong-growing shrubs of easy cul- 

 ture, well adapted to all good soils. The 

 varieties we offer are quite distinct in habit 

 of growth, foliage and flowers, and are all 

 very desirable. 



V. Lantana — Handsome ioliage, whitish 

 underneath; flowers white, borne very 

 freely in dense cymes, succeeded by an 

 abundance of berries, which are at first 

 red, gradually turning to black. 



V. Opulis Sterllis (Common Snowball) 

 — A well-known, favorite shrub, of large 

 size, with globular clusters of white flow- 

 ers in June. 



V. Plicatum (Japanese Snowball)— One 

 of the best shrubs in cultivation ; grows 

 upright and bushy ; foliage attractive ; 

 flowers white, produced very abundantly 

 in large heads. 



SPIR/BA VAN HOUTTEI. 



WE1GELA. 



This deservedly very popular class of plants embraces beyond disputetlie 

 most useful shrubs in cultivation to-day. Were we asked to select but one 

 shrub for almost any location on the lawn, we would without hesitation name 

 the Weigela. It is robust, but graceful in habit of growth, and blooms with a 

 degree of profusion that is truly wonderful. Either as a single specimen or in 

 groups it is certainly one of the most effective and most satisfactory shrubs 

 we know of. 



W. Candida— A very valuable shrub of upright growth ; flowers trumpet- 

 shaped, white. 



W. Rosea— Perhaps the most valuable shrub yet introduced, certainly the 

 most popular; bears rose-colored, trumpet-shaped flowers in great profusion. 



W. Rosea Variegata— A beautiful variety of the above; contrasts very 

 pleasingly with other shrubs; foliage green, margined with creamy white; 

 flowers pink. 



VIBURNUM PLICATUM. 



Strong plants of any of the above hardy shrubs, each, 25 cents; per dozen, $2.50, 



bushy plants, each, 50 cents; per dozen, $5.00, 



Extra large 



