CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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ROSE. 



Saved from choice varieties; the Hybrids and 

 Tea Scented will bloom the second year. 

 Hybrid Polyantha — Pretty little roses, borne 

 in large clusters, blooming throughout the 

 entire season until frost comes, from seed 

 sown in spring. The flowers are mostly dou- 

 ble, with a few semi-double and single of 



various colors 15 



French Hybrids — Finest mixed 15 



I Tea Scented — Finest mixed 15 



SALVIA. 



Handsome plants, with long spikes of flowers, 

 scarlet, bine, etc., which continue in bloom un- 

 til late in the [all. Sow seeds in April. H H P. 



Splendens — Vivid scarlet; 8 feet 10 



Patens— Flowers of a delightful blue 15 



Coccinea Lactea— Pure White 10 



SAPONARIA. 



Com par' growing plants, producing beautiful 

 star-like-flowers freely all summer. Good for 

 bedding. H A. 



Calabrica — Pink 5 



Calabrica Alba — White 5 



SCHIZANTHUS. 



Few plants are moreattractive 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 



SANVITALIA. 



Very pretty dwarf-growing and free-blooming 



plants. H A 



Procuinbens. fl. pi. — Double bright golden 

 yellow flowers, produced in great abund- 

 ance; J^foot 5 



SCABIOSA— Mourning Bride or 

 Sweet Scabious. 



Very desirable plants, producing very pretty 

 flowers of many colors in great profusion. 

 Good for cutting for vases, etc. H A. 

 Dwarf Double — Flowers very double and 



globular 5 



Stelata— Starry seed vessels ; good for winter 



bouquets 5 



cut-and-comb-again stock. 



SALPIGLOSIS. 



Very pretty autumn blooming plants, with 

 funnel-shaped flowers, beautifully veined and 

 murbled. H H A. 

 Large Flowered — Finest mixed, 1% foot.. 5 



STOCKS OR GILLIFLOWERS. 



Largest Flowering Dwarf 10- Week Stocks 



— Of dwarf habit, with large spikes of very 

 large double flowers. These are especially 

 recommended on account ot their long con- 

 tinuance in bloom and vigorous habit. 



Blood-red 10 



Dark violet 10 



Light blue 10 



Rose 10 



Canary yellow 10 



Carmine 10 



Chamois 10 



White 10 



Double mixed, large flowering 10 



Collection of 8 colors 60 



Large-flowering Dwarf Pyramidal — 



Mixed 10 



Giant Perfection — Pure white; a large dou- 

 ble variety 10 



Giant Perfection— Mixed colors 10 



Giant Perfection — Collection of 8 choice 

 varieties . : .50 



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.) 



Mixed 10 



Pure white 10 



Snowflake — A splendid dwarf-growing vari- 

 ety, with very large pure, white flowers; 

 very early 10 



Victoria, Pure White — Of robust habit, 

 producing a profusion of pure white very 

 double flowers coming into bloom very 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 con- 

 trasting grandly with its deep green foliage. 10 



Wallflower-leaved — Smooth, dark, shining 

 leaves, mixed colors 10 



Double Ordinary Dwarf German — Ten 

 weeks, mixed 6 



SCHIZOPETALON. 



Walkerii— Is an interesting little plant with fringed flowers, and valuable 

 for its fragrance. HA 5 



SEDUM— Stone Crop. 



A pretty little plant, good for rock work, etc. H P. 

 Coeruleum— Blue, x /i foot . 



SILENE OR C'ATCHFLY. 



SILENE OR CATCH FLY. 



Beautiful free-flowering plants, very attractive for rock work, etc. H A. 



Pendula Compacta, "Snow King" — Pure white 5 



Pendula Compacta — Mixed, all colors 5 



STOCKS— Intermediate. 



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

 for early spring blooming, for which purpose the seeds should be sown in July 

 or August. 

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



removed to the house, will bloom during the winter ; mixed colors. 



H H A 10 



Emperor— Finest Mixed. H HP 10 



Brompton— Finest Mixed. H H P 10 



VIRGINIAN STOCK. 



Very pretty hardy annuals, bloom freely. H A. 

 Colors: red, white, rose, etc 5 



STREPTOCARPUS— New Hybrids. 



The variation of colors in these new hybrids is very striking, scarcely two 

 plants being exactly alike, and the colors range from pure white, pale 

 lavender and all the various shadesof blue to deepviolet.brightroseand 

 red to rich rosy purple, with a 11 the intermediate tints, and in all the flow- 

 ers the throat and three lower segments are marked or splashed with long 

 blotches or spots of various shades of purple, generally shaded white.. 25 



SWEET WILLIAn— Dianthus Barbatus. 



Exceedingly beautiful and showy plants, producingan abundance of rich- 

 colored flowers throughout the season. H P. 



Auricula Flowered — The flowers of this variety are very large and beauti- 

 ful 5 



Fine Single Mixed 5 



Finest Double Mixed 10 



