CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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ALLAMANDA SCHOTTII. 



A very popular arid beautiful climbing plant suitable alike 

 for tbe greenhouse and parlor. Leaves evergreen. Flowers 

 large; funnel-shaped; rich canary yellow. Price, each, 25 cts. 



ALTERNANTHERA. 



Exceedingly ornamental little plants, extensively used in 

 carpet bedding. 



Amoena — Foliage yellow, red and pink. 



A urea Sana— Foliage light green and golden yellow, the 

 yellow predominating to that extent that the effect is a rich and 

 clear yellow. 



Paronychoides Major— A grand and most effective variety, 

 quite indispensable. Color of foliage rose, shading to deepest 

 pink. 



Versicolor— Eosy pink and crimson shaded with bronzy 

 green; very desirable. 



Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., 75 cts.; per 100, $5.00. 



ANTHERICUM. 



A very useful class of decorative plants, highly ornamental 

 and easy to cultivate, never failing to do well in any ordinary 

 soil. In the flower garden they are especially valuable for rib- 

 bon borders and the edges of beds. They form a very pleas- 

 ing contrast with almost all bedding plants and are very attract- 

 ive. In vases and hanging baskets they are also very effective. 

 Foliage narrow and graceful, dark green and striped with 

 creamy white bands. Flowers star-shaped and pure white. 



Vittatuin Variegatum— A very popular variety, the varie- 

 gated foliage very distinct. 



Picturatum — Also very pretty, similar to the foregoing, but 

 having more white in the foliage. Very useful as a house plant. 

 Price, each, 25 cts.; per doz., $2.50. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



As a house plant, cultivated for its foliage only, we can con- 

 fidently say the Aspidistra is surpassed by none, and, in fact, 

 has few equals. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate on long stems, 

 just slender enough to give the planta very graceful appearance, 

 about a foot and a half in length, and about four inches in 

 breadth at their widest part. The common species, Lurida, has 

 plain dark green foliage. We have also a very pretty varie- 

 gated variety, the leaves being alternately striped with white 

 and green. Both kinds are very easy of cultivation, in fact 

 nothing but positive and continued neglect will kill them. This 

 plant should be in every collection. Price, green variety, each, 

 25 cts.; variegated variety, each, 50 cts. 



ACHYRANTHES. 



Bright-leaved plants resembling Coleus, but less tender; 

 they are extensively used in bedding and are very effective. 



ElegranHssiinus — Dwarf and compact, very useful for edging 

 beds; leaves crimson. 



(Tribsonii — Leaves lanceolate; carmine, very beautiful. 



Liudenii — Leaves lanceolate; blood red; very desirable. 

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



AGERATUM. 



A very popular bedding plant, blooms most profusely with- 

 out interruption all summer; also verv useful for cut flowers in 

 winter. In variety, white and blue, dwarf habit. Price, each, 

 10 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



AZALEA. 



AZALEAS. 



For conservatory or 

 home decoration 

 these beautiful and 

 highly ornamental 

 evergreen plants are 

 unequaled. They are 

 of very easy culture 

 and annually produce 

 in great profusion 

 their wondrously 

 beautiful blossoms, 

 the many early and 

 late varieties coming 

 into bloom in con- 

 tinuous succession 

 f r o m Christmas to 

 Easter. They are 

 alike useful for the 

 adornment of the 

 greenhouse and the 

 parlor, and they make 

 a beautiful dining 

 table ornament. For supplying cut flowers they are among 

 the most useful of plants. Our stock was never finer than it is 

 this year. The plants are in excellent condition and are cov- 

 ered with flower buds, which at the flowering season — usually 

 at Easter — will render the plants most attractive objects. We 

 have all the leading varieties, all named. Ihese plants we ship 

 by express only. Price, each, $1.00 to $2.00. 



ALOYSIA CITRADORA— (Lemon Verbena.) 



This deliriously scented and very popular plant is too well 

 known to need description. Our stock is in excellent condition, 

 healthy and well grown. Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



ASPARAGUS. 



A Very pretty and graceful fern-like climbing plant, rivaling 

 in beauty even the delicate Maiden Hair Fern. Few plants are 

 more ornamental and none more useful. 



PIninosus Nanus— Foliage bright green, very graceful, apd 

 so delicate it has all the appearance of finely woven silk lace, 

 yet when cut the fronds retain their form, substance and color 

 for weeks. An indispensable plant for all decorative purposes. 

 Price, each, 50 cts. 



Tenuissimus — Similar to the above, although not quite so 

 attractive, but is an excellent pot plant; may be kept dwarf and 

 bushy and is easily grown. Price, each, 25 cts. 



AMARYLLIS AND ALLIES. 



A genus of interesting and very ornamental bulbous planta 

 very highly esteemed by all lovers of plants- 

 Hybrids of Vittata— Price, $1.00. 

 Nerine Sarniensis— Red Spider Lily or Guernsey Lily — Ap- 



Sropriately named after Nerine, one of the fifty daughters of 

 ereus, all famous for their beauty. The flowers, which are 

 bright scarlet, are borne in clusters on a stem from 18 to 24 

 inches high, and no plant blooms with more certainty and ra- 

 pidity after planting. Price, each, 25 cts. 



Pancratium Oarribbasum 

 (White Spider Lily) — A very 

 beautiful, attractive and very in- 

 teresting bulbous plant, admir- 

 ably adapted for house culture, 

 and a great acquisition in the 

 conservatory. Of very easy cul- 

 ture, producing freely its pure 

 white, very fragrant spider-like 

 blossoms. Large bulbs. Price, 

 each, 20 cts. 



Yallota Purpurea (Scarbor- 

 ough Lily) — This plant is a great 

 favorite and is extensively grown. 

 It has the true Amaryllis shaped 

 flower, bright scarlet, six to eight 

 on a stem, about 1 foot high. 

 Price, each, 50 cts. 



ALYSSUn. 



Very desirable sweet-scented little plants for vases, baskets 

 and beds. 



Sweet-scented — Double; a splendid bedder and very useful 

 for cut flowers. 



Tom Thumb — A pretty little, very dwarf variety, useful for 

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



