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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



MANETTIA BICJLOR. 



PRIMULA. 



A very popular genus of plants, unsurpassed for par- 

 lor and conservatory decoration, and for supplying cut 

 flowers in winter. 



Chinese Double White— Each 25 



Chinese Single — All colors, very beautiful, each 25 



Obconica Grandiflora— One of the most popular 

 plants ever introduced. An excellent house plant, 

 blooms continually, supplying great, quantities of 

 pretty, delicate-looking flowers, admirable for cutting. 

 Color white, with a slight tinge of lilac. Each 15 



Swainsonia Galegifolia Alba. 



A very handsome and most desirable plant for conserv- 

 atory or house culture. The pure white flowers, resem- 

 bling Sweet Peas, are produced in great abundance almost 

 continuously. At no time, ia fact, during the year is the 

 plant ever seen without more or less blossom on it. The 

 foliage is very delicate in appearance and exceedingly 

 graceful. Trained on a trellis, this plant is a very striking 

 object, and never fails to attract attention. It is uni- 

 versally admired. Price, each, 25 cts. 



MANETTIA BICOLOR. 



Little wonder th it this singularly beautiful 

 climbing plant continues to attract so much 

 attention, for it is indeed a handsome object 

 when trai led on a trellis, rafter or pillar, 

 whether in the house or conservatory. Its 

 bright scarlet, yellow tipped, little tubular 

 flowers are borne in such profusion as to al- 

 most hide the foliage Usually it grows rap- 

 idly in any moderately warm place and 

 blooms continually. Price, each, 15 cts. 



MOON FLOWER-lpomsea. 



A plant too well known now to need any 

 description. Trained on a trellis if grown in 

 a pot, or up a pillar, or on the back wall of 

 the greenhouse, it is a most attractive object. 



Blue (I. tearii)— Very attractive; blooms continually. 



White (I. Grandiflora)— A very popular variety. Price, each, 10 cts. 



OTAHfilTE ORAM. 



A very beautiful and most inter- 

 esting owarf Orange, very unique 

 in appearance and an excellent 

 pot plant. For house culture it 

 has much to recommend it. It is 

 easily managed and never fails to 

 do well if properly cared for. It 

 flowers freely, in tact profusely, 

 and produces fruit in abundance. 

 Plants, when even less than a 

 year old and not over 12 to 15 

 inches in height, are generally 

 covered with their beautiful pure 

 white and deliciously scented 

 blossoms, to be immediately suc- 

 ceeded by golden fruit about half 

 the size of the ordinary commer- 

 cial orange and very sweet. The 

 plant is compact and vigorous in 

 growth ; leaves deep green and 

 glossy. Price, each. 2") cts. 



STR03ILANTHES DrERIANUS. 



This is indeed a great acquisi- 

 tion and sure to become very 

 popular, both as a pot plant and 

 forbeddingpurposes. Theleaves, 

 which are about five inches long 

 and two inches widp, are beauti- 

 fully variegated with a deep me- 

 tallic purple shaded with a bright 

 rose, and margined with light 

 green. The flowers are violet 

 blue, and are very pretty, but it 

 is the exquisitely beautiful foli- 

 age which is theattractive feature 

 of this remarkable and unique 

 plant. Price, each, 15 cts. ; per 

 doz.. $1.50. 



SWA1 SONIA GALEGIFOLIA ALBA. 



ing vine is now considered quite indispensable 

 in all floral decorations. It is very easily grown. Price, 

 each, 10 cts.; per doz., SI. 00. 



VIOLETS (DOUBLE ENGLISH.) olSeTn^rd^S 

 This is the variety so extensively grown and so very popular^ 

 Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



STROBILANTHES DYERIANfS. 



