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CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



Select List of Plants for the Conservatory, Window-Garden and Lawn. 



THE PLANTS WE GROW. 



Our Plant Department contains a large and carefully selected 

 assortment of growing- plants suitable for culture in the dwell- 

 ing house, green house . and conservatory, and for the adorn- 

 ment of the flower garden and lawn. 



In the selection of the several plants we are governed by 

 climatic conditions, the value and general usefulness of the 

 plants, and the demands of our customers, our object being to 

 limit the number to only the very best and most useful kinds, 

 being very careful to first prove the worth of each, so that we 

 can, with the utmost confidence, recommend every one of them 

 for the purpose for which it is intended. 



PLANTS BY MAIL. 

 Alien so instructed in the order, and except where otherwise 

 noted, "we mail small plants at catalogue prices, postage paid; 

 hut no orders for plants by mail amounting to less than 25 

 cents will be accepted unless accompanied by 5 cents extra to 

 cover mail charges. 



PLANTS BY EXPRESS. ' 



"We advise our customers to have plants sent by express 

 where possible, as not only do we send larger and finer plants 

 than is practicable by mail, but they invariably arrive in better 

 condition; and we always add enough extra plants gratis to 

 compensate for the additional expense of expressage. As this 

 plan, we find, meets with general approval, and believing it to 

 be for the best interests of our customers, we always send 

 plants by express (purchasers to pay charges) unless otherwise 

 instructed in the order. 



DELIVERY FREE. 



All packages are delivered free of charge to all depots and 

 express offices in Milwaukee, and no charge is made for boxes, 

 baskets or packing. 



PACKING OF PLANTS. 



To insure the safe arrival of plants and without check to 

 their growth, it is highly important that they be properly 

 packed. By our system of packing our plants invariably reach 

 their destination in perfect safety and as fresh as when they 

 left our greenhouses. 



SAFE ARRIVAL OF PLANTS — We guarantee all plants to 

 arrive safely and in good condition, if sent by express, and will 

 cheerfully replace any not received in good condition, if notice 

 is sent us immediately on receipt of the plants, but we take no 

 risk on plants sent in any other way than by express. 



HOW TO TREAT PLANTS WHEN RECEIVED — Plants sent 

 by express usually arrive in such perfect condition that no spe- 

 cial treatment is required. If they should be dry, soak the balls 

 of soil in cold water before plotting or planting them. When 

 sent by mail to a considerable distance, they are liable to get 

 dry. If they should look wilted, place them in tepid water for 

 a short time, and they will soon revive; then put them into as 

 small pots as will conveniently hold the roots, or, if planted im- 

 mediately in the garden, press the soil, which should be well 

 pulverized, firmly around the roots; water and shade for a 

 few days. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



This handsome plant, al- 

 ways a favorite, is at pres- 

 ent one of the most popular 

 greenhouse and parlor or- 

 namental plants in cultiva- 

 tion, and well deserves the 

 distinction it enjoys, few 

 being equal to it in beauty 

 of foliage, gracefulness of 

 habit. thriftiness, hardi- 

 ness and general adapta- 

 bility. 



Lurida — Foliage dark 

 green. 



Plants with 6 to 8 leaves, 

 each 50c. 



Plants with 8 to 10 

 leaves, each 75c. 



Lurida Variegata — Foli- 

 age striped white and 

 green. Plants with 6 to 10 

 leaves, each $1.50 to $2.00. 



ASPIDISTRA 



ASl'AKAGUS r-LUJIOSUS NANOS. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Very pretty and graceful 

 Fern-like plants, rivaling 

 in beauty even the delicate 

 Maiden Hair Fern. When 

 cut for bouquets the sprays 

 have much greater per- 

 sistency than any Fern, re- 

 taining their freshness' in 

 water from three to four 

 weeks. They are excellent 

 house plants, and succeed 

 well with ordinary care. 



Plumosus Nanus, better 

 known perhaps as Aspar- 

 agus Fern — An excellent 

 pot plant. Foliage bright, 

 green, very graceful. 

 Plants in 2V> inch pots, 

 each 20c; in 3' inch pots, 

 25c; in 3% inch pots, 35c; 

 in 4 inch pots, 50c. 



Sprengerii — A species' re- 

 markable for the beauty 

 and delicacy of its rich 

 green drooping fronds, 

 which frequently attain 

 a length of 4 feet, mak- 

 ing it a most useful plant 

 for decorative purposes. 

 Plants in 2% inch pots, 

 each 15c; in 3y 2 inch 

 pots, each 25c; in 4 inch 

 pots, 35c. 



ARAUCARIA. 



Norfolk Island Pine or Xmas Tree Palm. 



An admirable house plant of very easy 

 culture; it is so hardy that the dry air, 

 dust and other conditions of the ordinary 

 living room usually so unfavorable to plant 

 culture have apparently no deleterious 

 effect upon it. 



Excelsa — A very popular variety. Foliage 

 deep green, compact. 



In 4-inch pot. 8 inches high .$ .75 



Tn 4-inch pot, 10 inches high 1.00 



In 4-inch pot. 12 inches' high 1.23 



In 5-inch pot, 14 inches high 1.50 



In 5-inch pot, 16 inches high 1.75 



In 5 -inch pot, 18 inches high 2.00 



In 5-inch pot, 20 inches high 2.25 



In 6-inch pot. 22 inches high 2.50 



In 6-inch pot, 24 inches high 2.75 



In 6-inch pot, 26 inches high 3.00 



In 6-inch pot, 23 inches high 3.50 



We ship these by Express only. 



