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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



Q Al nip! O^QI^ Large Flowered— Very pretty autumn-blooming 

 O M L_ I I \Jt l_ WOO I O. plants, with funnel-shaped flowers, beautifully 

 veined and marbled. H. H. A. 1}^ foot. (See cut.) Finest Mixed 5 



QAKH/ITAI I A Procumbens, fl. pi.— Very pretty dwarf-growing and 

 OrtIN VI I MLIM. free-blooming plants. Flowers double, bright golden yel- 

 low, produced in great abundance. % foot. H. A 5 



CPUII7AW T LJ I I C Butterfly Flower— Few plants are more attractive 



S V fl I Z. M IN I nVJO- than these when well grown, whether in pots or in 

 the border. They are of a branching, elegant habit, well covered with peculiar-shaped 

 flowers. H. H. A. Mixed— Best varieties 5 



C: C Pv I I ftfl Coerulenm (Stone Crop)— A pretty little plant, good for rock 

 StUUIVI. work, etc. H. P. ]4 foot 10 



SENSITIVE PLANT. (SeeMimosa) 5 



Si ■ riir Fendula Compacta (Catcli - Fly) — Beautiful free-floweriDg 

 li_^INC. plants, very attractive for rock work, etc. H.A. Mixed— All colors. 5 



C IWI 1 1 AY Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides — There is no climbing plant in 

 O IVI I LnA, cultivation that surpasses this in the graceful beauty of its foliage. 

 It can be used either to climb or to droop, as required 10 



SCABIOSA. 



Mourning Bride or Sweet Scabious. 



Very desirable plants, producing very pretty flowers of many colors in great profu- 

 sion. Good for cutting for vases, etc. fl. A. 



Dwarf Double— Flowers very double and globular.... 5 



Leviathan Mixed— Large and beautiful flowers, being double clear through to the 

 center of the flower. Excellent for cutting 10 



StocKs or Gillif lowers. 



Oue of the most popular of our summer and fall flowering annuals. Sown in heat in the 

 early spring, and afterwards in the open ground as soon as nice weather has set in, a continua- 

 tion of bloom can be had all season. They are of delightful fragrance, and are much used as 

 cut flowers. Our strains of Stocks are all that can be desired. H. H. A. 

 Large Flowering Dwarf 10- Week Stocks. 



Of dwarf habit, with large spikes of very large double flowers. 

 Blood Red 10 Canary Yellow ™ 



Dark Violet 



Light Blue 



Rose 



Collection of 8 colors 



.10 

 .10 

 .10 

 .60 



Carmine. 



Chamois 



"White 



Double Mixed. 



Perpetual Giant (Cut-and-Come-Again Stock.) 



This is a valuable Stock for cutting, branching out as fast as cut, and every shoot bears a 

 cluster of flowers, which are finely shaped and very fragrant. (See cut.) 



Pure White 10 | Mixed lj> 



Giant Perfection, Pure White— A large double variety ^ 



Giant Perfection — Mixed " ii 



Snowflake— A splendid dwarf-growing variety, with verv large pure white flowers; very early. 10 

 Victoria, Pure White— Of robust habit; producing a"p r °fu sion of pure white very double 



flowers, coming into bloom verv early in the season and continuing until hard frost sets in. 10 

 Victoria, Dark Blood-Red— Of Pyramidal shape. The plant forms a perfect bouquet, the 



striking deep blood-red flowers contrasting grandly with its deep green foliage -. 10 



Wallflower-leaved — Smooth, dark, shining leaves, mixed colors ^ 



Large Flowering Dwarf Pyramidal — Mixed '? 



Double Dwarf German — Ten Weeks, Mixed 5 



STOCKS— Intermediate. 



Valuable on account of their flowering late in autumn, or as pot plants for early spring 

 blooming, tor which purpose the seeds should be sown in July or August. 

 Early Autumn Flowering, Mixed— Commences flowering in the autumn, and if removed 



to the house will blo'om during the winter. H. H. A 10 



Emperor, Finest Mixed. H. H. B 10 



Brompton, Finest Mixed. H. H. B lu 



SUNFLOWER==Helianthus. 



Single Varieties. 

 Primrose Colored— A new variety with luxuriant silvery-white foliage; flowers large and 

 of a soft Primrose vellow 5 



Macrophyllus Giganteus— A large growing varie- 

 tv of pyramidal form •■■• • 5 



Mammoth Russian— Single; the largest of all Sun- 

 flowers, specimens often measuring 18 inches in 

 diameter .- •• 5 



Nanus Folius Variegatus— The foliage variegated, 

 green and white. ; dwarf ° 



Oscar Wilde— Flowers measure from 3to5mchesin 

 diameter; color, orange with black center 5 



Miniature— Dwarf and branching, producing an 

 abundance of verv small flowers, about 2 inches in 

 diameter; color, orange with black center 6 



Sulphur Gem— Branching, flowers sulphur yellow 

 with black center 5 



"Stella" — (New cut-and-come-again Sunflower). 

 See Novelties, page 37 ]0 



Double Varieties. 



Californicus— Extra large, double, 5 feet 5 



Globosus Fistulosis— Flowers very large and glob- 

 ular formed, of a bright rich saffron color: 6 feet.. 5 

 Oculatis Viridis— Densely double with green center 5 

 Peruvianue— Double; orange, striped black 5 



CUT-AND-CO.ME-AGAIN STOCK. 



