CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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Palms and Other Ornamental Plants for House Culture. 



UMBRELLA PLANT. 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS. 



(UMBRELLA PLANT) 



For house culture we really cannot 

 recommend this plant too highly. It is 

 so easily managed. All it is particular 

 about is plenty of water. To have it in 

 perfection, set the pot in a saucer or 

 better still, in a jardiniere kept filled 

 with water.- Any temperature usual in 

 a house suits it. When age begins to 

 turn the leaves yellow, these should be 

 cut off close down to the pot, and very 

 soon new leaves will spring up, and the 

 plant will renew its beauty. Price, 

 each, 10 cts. ; large plants, 25 to 50 cts. 



FICUS ELASTICA. 



(INDIA RUBBER TREE.) 



A very popular plant, suitable for 

 lawn or parlor decoration. Price, each, 

 50 cts. to $1.00. 



This family of plants has a peculiar fascination for even the most unobserving. 

 It is a remarkable fact that people who will daily pass by the most beautiful and 

 sweetest scented flowers without apparently noticing them, are invariably arrested 

 by a sight of almost any of the Palm family, and they stand to admire them, tor 

 conservatorv adornment they stand prominently foremost, and for parlor decoration 

 they are without an equal. They are also extensively used for tropical bedding tor 

 which purpose they are exceedingly effective, and as a center plant in a vase tney 

 are without a peer. Our collection embraces a large assortment of the leading kinds, 

 prices and descriptions of which we cheerfully furnish on application. We Here 

 enumerate a few of the most popular, all of them in great demand. 



Areca Lntescens— Slender, plume-like leaves; a very handsome and excellent 

 house plant. Price, each, 30 cts.; specimen plants. 12 to 36 inches high, each, 50 cts. 

 to $4.00. 



Cocos Weddeliana— A charming plant, unquestionably the most graceful of all the 

 small Palms; extensively used as table ornaments. Price, each, 35 cts.; specimen 

 plants, 8 to 18 inches high, each, 50 cts. to $1.00. 



Kentia Belmoreana— Resembles Areca, but the leaves are stronger and dark 

 green; a splendid house plant and in great demand. Price, each, 35 cts.; specimen 

 plants, 12 to 36 inches high, each, 50 cts. to $5.00. 



Kentia Fosteriana— A beautiful species with bright green foliage. Price, each, 

 35 cts.; specimen plants, 12 to 36 inches high, each, 50 cts. to $5.00. 



Latania Borbonica (Chinese Fan Palm)— A great favorite, perhaps the most de- 

 sirable of all the Palms for general cultivation. Leaves broadly fan-shaped. Price, 

 each, 25 cts.; specimen plants, 12 to 36 inches high, 50 cts. to $5.00. 



Phoenix Riipicola— Eesembles Dactylifera, the well-known Date Palm, but is 

 more graceful, the arching pinnate leaves being more slender and drooping. Price, 

 each, 30 cts.; specimen plants, 20 to 30 inches high, $3.00 to $5.00. 



Phoenix Eeclinata— Similar to the above, 

 but of stronger growth and quite distinct. 

 An excellent Palm ; stands much abuse, 

 therefore very useful for decorations. 

 Price, each, 25 cts.; specimen plants, 18 to 

 24 inches high, $1.75 to $2.00. 



PANDANUS-Screw Pine. 



So named from the screw-like arrange- 

 ment of its leaves on the stem. It is one 

 of the most useful decorative plants in cul- 

 tivation. 



Utills — An old favorite, leaves ' bright 



green. Price, each, 30 cts.; specimen 



plants, 12 to 24 inches high, each, 50 cts. 



to $3.00. . 



Veitchii— A variety having beautifully 



variegated leaves; they are bright green, marked 



with broad stripes of pure or creamy white. 



Price, each, 25 cts.; specimen plants, 12 to ,24 



inches high, each, 50 cts. to $2.50. 



CHINESE FAN PALMY 



DRAC/ENA. 



PAN DAN US UTILIS. 



Very ornamental pot plants, also 

 useful for vases. 



Indirisa — Foliage dark green; 

 about 3 feet long and 1 inch wide, 

 tapering to a point ; very graceful. 



Terminalis— Beautifully variegated 

 red, pink and yellow. Each,25cts.; 

 large plants, $1.00 to $3.00. 



SANSEVERIA ZEALANICA. 



In many respects this is a most remarkable 

 plant. It is highly ornamental and very 

 easily grown. Few plants equal it for house 

 culture. Nothing but positive neglect can 

 injure it. Gas, dust, heat, cold, drought or 

 overwatering, through them all it seems to 

 flourish. It is equally at home in the full 

 light or in the shady corner. The leaves are 

 thick and fleshy, dark green in color, beau- 

 tifully marked with bars of creamy white. 

 Price, each, 20 cts. to 50 cts. 



SPECIAL OFFER OF DECORATIVE PLANTS FOR HOUSE CULTURE. 

 —We will send by Express, purchaser paying charges, young healthy 

 plants of the four handsome Window Plants as shown in cuts on 

 this page for 75 cents. 



KENTIA BELMOREANA. 



