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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



CYCLAMEN. 



CYCLAMEN FERSICUM GIGANTEUM 



Valuable pot plants with orchid-like blos- 

 soms of great variety and beauty of color- 

 ing, varying from the purest white to the 



darkest crimson. They can be grown from 



seed and brought to flower in about 11 



months from the time of sowing. H. H. P. 



1 foot. 



Our Cyclamen seed is grown from the finest 



selected prize varieties, and plants grown from 



our seed have been awarded the first premium 



rcherever exhibited. 



Persicum — Finest mixed, }4 foot 15 



Persicuui Giganteum Album — Pure 

 white, plant dwarf and compact 25 



Persicum Giganteum Rubrurn— Deep 

 rose color, changing to bright crimson 

 at the base 25 



Persicum Giganteum Roseum — Beau- 

 tiful rose color .....25 



Persicum Giganteum Charming 

 Bride — Large white, neck delicate rose. 25 



Persicum Giganteum Cruentum— In- 

 tense crimson, large, handsome and of 

 fine form 25 



Persicum Giganteum Picturatum— Large beautiful white, with crimson eye 



Persicum Giganteum, Finest Mixed — The flowers measure from 2 to 2% inches in length 



CYPRESS VINE. 



A deservedly popular Climber, with pretty star-like flowers and fern-like foliage. Grows 

 to a height of 15 feet. H. H. A. 



Rose 5 i White 5 



Scarlet 5 | Mixed — Per oz., 25 cts 5 



Ivy-Leaved — A variety of Scarlet Cypress Vine, with ivy-shaped leaves and slender 



stems of a violet hue. Flowers scarlet 5 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS.^^j 



— One of the easiest cultivated foliage plants for par- 

 lor or win dow decoration known 10 



DELPHINIUM. (See Larkspur, page 51.) 

 niPITAI IC S' ox i?h >ve ~Handsome, stately- 

 LflUI 1 ALIO, growing plants, with beautifully 

 mottled, thimble-shaped flowers, produced in profu- 

 sion on a stem usually about 3 feet high. The ra- 

 cemes of flowers are about 2 feet long. H. P. Fine 



mixed 5 



(Hyacinth Bean) — 



A rapid- gro wi ng 



Climber of easy cultivation, bearing a profusion of 



^^ pea-shaped purple blossoms : the seed-pods are of a 



beautiful deep purple shade in fall. Sow in the open 



ground April and May, against trellis, arbors, etc. 



HYACINTH BEAN. 10 feet. H. H. A 5 



DAHLIA. 



A well-known and justly admired class of flowers. Nothing can be more effective than a bed of Dahlia 

 or a few individual plants of them placed around borders. 



By sowing early in spring and afterwards transplanting, they can be had in flower the same season 

 The single and Cactus varieties are valuable for decorative work in vases, etc. H. H. P. 



Extra Choice Double Mixed— From finest named flowers 1( 



Pompone, Finest Double Mixed— Small flowering , ( 



Single, Finest Mixed— Very showy and fine for cut flowers 1( 



CACTUS DAHLIA. 



Juarezii— Double scarlet flowers of distinct and remarkable appearance, the petals being quilled and 

 curved loosely and gracefully arranged in large double oval heads of bloom. They make excellent 

 cut flowers for decorating in vases, etc 1( > 



DATURA Ornamental, strong 

 "'growing annuals, 

 attaining a height of 2 to 3 feet. Very 

 handsome and easily grown plants for 

 beds or borders, producing a profu- 

 sion of showy, trumpet-shaped flowers 

 in various shades of white, yellow and 

 purple. Sow in open ground during 

 May and June. H. A. 3 feet. 

 Double Finest Mixed 6 



DOUBLE DAISIES. 



Bellis Perennis fl. pi. 



One of the most charming of our early 

 spring flowers. They are very easily 

 raised from seed and can be had in 

 bloom the first season. Require a slight 

 protection during the winter. H. H. P. 

 Snowball — Large, very double, pure 



white ; 10 



Double 'White V> 



Double Red 10 



Longfellow — Flowers large, dark 



rose 10 



Double Mixed 5 



DOLICHOS LABLAB. 



SINGLE DAHLIA. 



