CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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Annual Varieties. 



A beautiful genus, the prevailing color of the flowers blue ; the perennial varieties make a splendid 

 ippearance, and can be flowered the first season from seed. For planting in permanent places and 

 nassing in clumps in mixed borders they are particularly desirable. 



Candelabrum— Double, mixed, 1% foot 5 



Emperor— A profuse bloomer, very double, mixed colors, 1 foot 5 



Stock-flowered— Tall, mixed, 2 l / 2 feet 5 



Double Tall Rocket— Fine mixed 5 



Double Dwarf Rocket— Mixed colors 5 



Perennial Varieties— Delphiniums. 



>randittoruin, Finest Mixed— Flowers produced on long spikes, very double, and of exception- 

 ally rich colors, ranging through all shades of blue and violet to pure white, many having 



effective white eyes. Height 4 to 6 feet. (See cut.) 10 



Forinosnm— Large blue and white flowers, 3 feet 5 



tfurticaule— Scarlet, fine It) 



Salil— A handsome yellow variety of branching habit 10 



Le Mastodonte (Giant Bee Larkspur)— Large blue flowers 15 



I A MX AM A Very desirable plants 

 1— r^lN I nlilrAi for home culture, the 

 varieties of which are almost numberless. 

 All the colors are very pretty. T. P. 

 Hybrida— Mixed 10 



LAVENDULA. ^;ed en for er ils 



fragrant violet flowers; succeeds best in dry, 



gravelly soil." H. P. 



Spica— Lilac, 2 feet 5 



LEPTOSIPHON.^aViy 



annuals, suitable for borders. H. A. 

 French Hybrids— Mixed colors 5 



Very pretty and effective 

 plants. L. Cymbalaria 



is the well-known Kenilworth Ivy. H. A. 



Bipartita— White, J^foot 5 



A genus of handsome 

 and highly ornamental 

 plants of easy culture, strikingly effective in 

 mixed flower and shrubbery borders. H. P. 



Chalcedonica — Scarlet, 2 feet 5 



Haageana— Bright scarlet, splendid 5 



LINARIA. 



LYCHNIS. 



LINUM GRANDIFLORUM. 



I M I I IWI Free flowering plants with 

 1— 1 itl \J 1 VI. brilliant colored flowers. 

 Flavum— Yellow, 1 foot, hardy. H. P.... 10 

 Grandiflorum Coccineum— Scarlet, 1 

 foot. H.A 5 



LOPHOSPERMUM. — 



Rapid-growing ornamental climbing plants, 

 with large leaves and handsome flowers. 



Henderso nii— Rosy carmine 10 



Scandens — Pure violet 10 



I PI Ml IQ Very desirable plants 

 UVIrlllUwi bearing long spikes of 

 brilliant colored flowers. 



Mixed Annual Varieties 5 



Mixed Perennial Varieties 5 



LOBELIA ERINUS CO.MPACTA 



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GOLDELSE. 



DELPHINIUM GRANDIFLORUM. 



|U|A| OPF Very pretty plants, of a branching habit, pro- 

 "■™l-w 1 C. dueing large, showy flowers in great profusion, 

 of the easiest culture. H. A. 



Grandiflora Alba— Pure white 5 



Grandiflora— Purple flowers 5 



MARTYMI A Handsome free-flowering plants, producing 

 J! ' I INI/\. a fine effect when planted in the open border; 



flowers large and handsome, succeeded by curious double-horned 

 fruit. H. H. A. 



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Mixed Colors— 1^ feet. 



Dwarf-growing plant from 4 to 6 inches high, with blue, white, crimson and . 

 rose flowers, adapted for ribbon borders. The trailing varieties are invaluable for 

 hanging baskets, vases, etc. Should be started in heat and afterwards transplanted. 



Dwarf Compact Varieties. 



Carter's Cobalt Blue — Very fine, dwarf, blue 5 



Crystal Palace Compacta— A beautiful new variety, % foot 5 



Gracilis Erecta— Blue, dwarf habit 5 



Pumila Magnifica — The finest of all dwarfs, very dark blue, k foot 10 



Speciosa White Gem— A new pure white variety, fine for bedding, % foot 10 



Erin us Compacta " Goldelse," — Yellow foliage, flowers blue 10 



Trailing Varieties. 



Gracilis— Light blue 5 



Gracilis Rosea — Rose colored 5 



Paxtoniana— White, edged blue 5 



Speciosa— Bright blue 5 



Duplex— A double flowering blue variety 10 



Hardy Lobelias. 



Cardinalis, "Cardinal Flower" — 



Flower spikes 8 inches long, of intense 

 scarlet 10 



Littoralis Repens — A pretty trailing 

 plant with an abundance of pure white 

 flowers, succeeded by large green seed 

 pods, which in turn change to bright 

 scarlet. The flowers, green and red 

 fruits, are produced at one time, making 

 a very attractive plant for hanging 

 baskets, etc 15 



