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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



NOVELTIES AND 

 SPECIALTIES IN 



FLOWER SEEDS 



ROR 1S©S. 



DWARF EARLY COSMOS "DAWN." 



CALIFORNIA 



SUNBEAMS 



(Coreopsis lanceolala grandiflora. 



These lovely improved 

 varieties, seedlings of 

 "Golden Glory," are 

 much larger and more 

 beautiful than any before 

 offered. The flowers are 

 exquisitely formed, some 

 saucer-shaped, others 

 cupped, delicately in- 

 curved, while some are 

 quite flat. The petals are 

 broad, with plain round 

 edges in some flowers; in 

 others they are toothed or 

 irregularly fringed; many 

 are semi-double. They 

 vary in color from pale, 

 light yellow to orange 

 yellow, some of them be- 

 ing darker around the 

 eye. The stems are long, 

 and the flowers keep fresh 

 in water for a week or ten 

 days. Per packet, 10 cts. 



NEW MAMMOTH FRINGED 



ALLEGHENY HOLLYHOCKS. 



An entirely new departure in this grand old favorite, producing flowers so dif- 

 ferent from the old conventional ones that but for the habit of the plant it would 

 not be taken for a Hollyhock. The mammoth flowers are wonderfully formed of 

 loosely arranged petals, which look as if made from the finest china silk. The colors 

 are shell pink, rose and ruby red, shading off deeper at the center, and exquisitely 

 tinted towards the edges. The plants are of majestic growth, and send up spikes of 

 bloom from 6 to 7 feet high. It is free and persistent in flowering, coming into 

 bloom in July and lasting until frost. A very attractive plant, and totally distinct 

 from the old type. Per packet, 20 cts. 



CENTAUREA MARGARET. 



SPECIAL OFFERS.— One packet of each of the 5 choice 

 novelties offered on this page and Cut and Come Again Sun- 

 flower for 50 cts. 



DWARF EARLY LARGE FLOWERING 



COSMOS " DAWN." 



The Cosmos is now one of our most popular flowers, but has 

 not had the extended cultivation which it deserves, owing to the 

 lateness with which it flowers. This new variety comes into 

 flower iu August, and continues a mass of bloom until cut down 

 by frost. This feature alone is sufficient to stamp it as a novelty 

 of more than ordinary merit, and makes the cultivation of Cosmos 

 possible in our Northern States. Added to this it is of dwarf 

 compact habit, growing only 4J4 feet in height, and making a 

 more handsome plant than the tall-growing variety. The flowers 

 are as large as the best selections of the old type, color a beautiful 

 white, with a delicate tint of rose at the base of the petals. Per 

 packet,15 cts. 



ASTERS. 



NEW GIANT 



WHITE COMET. 



This grand Aster has won enthusiastic admiration from all who 

 have seen them grow. The flowers are of immense size, often 6 inches 

 across, composed of long. wavy, twisted petals gracefully formed into 

 loose, yet densely double, half globes, resembling some of the finer 

 Japanese Chrysanthemums. Per packet, 10 cents. 



CENTAUREA MARGARET. 



A very handsome plant, which grows about 18 inches in height, be- 

 longing to the Bachelor's Button family of plants. It is of the easiest 

 culture and produces in great profusion large, pure white flowers of the 

 sweetest fragrance, borne on long, stiff stems, which makes them most 

 admirably suited for bouquets, vases and general cut-flower decora- 

 tion. The flowers, when cut, can be kept in good condition for over a 

 week. Sow in theopen ground during May. Per packet, 10 cts. 



Buyers' selection of any 3 packets taken from our novel 

 ties for 30 cts. 



ALLEGHENY HOLLYHOCK (iBOUT HALF SIZE/ 



