CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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CARNATIONS. 



k To such an extent has this very popular plant been hybridized by its 

 admirers in their anxiety to obtain something superior to anything hitherto 

 produced, that the varieties have become almost innumerable, yet every 

 year a number of new varieties are introduced as claimants for first place in 

 the already very long list of excellent kinds now in cultivation. The con- 

 sequence is we have to trv a great many, and exercise the utmost care and 

 judgment so as to honestly discriminate in favor of only the very best, as it 

 would be quite impossible and even useless to list all of even those which 

 might be deemed quite worthy. The following varieties are unquestion- 

 ably the leading ones, being so acknowledged by all the best Carnation 

 growers. Our stock is in excellent condition. 



American Flag — A very distinct and novel variety. The flowers are 

 large, of fine form and striped with alternate bands of red and white. Each, 

 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



Brilliant — One of the best scarlet Carnations in cultivation. For early 

 winter blooming it is invaluable. 



Daybreak — A more appropriate name could not have been selected for 

 this beautiful novelty. It cannot be too highly praised. The color is a 

 beautiful flesh pink, suggesting the first faint tints of sunrise. The form of 

 the flower is perfect, and the habit of the plant is all that can be desired. 

 Each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. 



Grace "Wilder — An excellent variety and now very popular. Its flowers 

 are always in great demand. They are a delicate pink and are profusely 

 produced. 



James A. Garfield — An excellent Carnation. A strong dwarf grower; 

 flowers large and perfect in form, bright scarlet and very fragrant. 



Mrs. Garfield — Very like the preceding in habit, size and form of flower, 

 but the color is a rich, very pleasing shade of pink. 



Lizzie McGowan— Flowers pure white on long stems; a continuous 

 bloomer. 



May Queen — Rose pink; a free bloomer. 



Silver Spray— Best white variety ever produced. Flowers borne on 

 long stems, large and perfect in form, and never burst. A most profuse 

 bloomer and very fragrant. 



Tidal Wave — An excellent variety. The color is a beautiful clear pink. 

 In habit the plant is shrubby and robust, and it is a very profuse bloomer, 

 the flowers being perfect in form: 



White Dove — Flowers pure glistening white, very large, borne on long, 

 stiff stems; very fragrant. 



Price, except where noted, each, ]0 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



CARNATIONS. 



CASTOR OIL BEAN— (Ricinus.) 



A sub-tropical plant, especially valuable for the adornment 

 of the lawn, either planted singly or in groups in combination 

 with Cannas, Caladiums and such like ornamental plants. We 

 have all the varieties which when fully developed range in 

 height from 3 to 15 feet. Plants will be ready to ship in May. 

 Price, each, 15 cts. 



CENTAUREA— Dusty Hiller. 



Were it not that this plant 

 is so well known, we should 

 devote considerable space 

 to a description of its form 

 and merits, as we deem it 

 indispensable in the flower 

 garden. 



Gymnocarpa — Silvery 

 grey, drooping, fern-like 

 foliage. 



Candidissima — Downy 

 white, compact. 



EachTlO cts., per "doz., $1.00. 



CESTRUM PARQUI— Night Scented Jessamine. 



Avery pretty and interesting plant. Flowers in panicles; 

 ivhitish yellow. Price, each, 15 cts. 



CALLAS. 



Ethiopica, Lily of the Nile— We have a very fine stock of 

 .his popular plant in all sizes, which, considering their size and 

 itrength, are very cheap. Price, each, 25 cts. to $1.00A 



Variegated Calla (Richardia Albo Maculata)— A summer 

 )looming variety of rare beauty. The flowers are smaller than 

 hose of the common Calla, and are creamy white, but the most 

 {ittractive feature of this plant is its remarkably pretty, varie- 

 ;ated foliage, which is green and strikingly marked with irregu- 



NEW DWARF CALLA, "LITTLE GEM. 



lar blotches of white. Like Ethiopica, the root is perennial, 

 and is usually dormant during winter, starting into growth again 

 early in spring, when it should be repotted into fresh soil. 

 Price, each, 25 cts. 



New Dwarf Calla, "Little Gem."— The greatest novelty 

 among plants introduced within recent years. A perfect Calla 

 in miniature, it never exceeds twelve inches in height, bearing 

 foliage similar in shape to the ordinary variety, but much 

 smaller and more graceful and delicate. Likewise the flowers, 

 which are perfect in form but not more than two and a half 

 inches in diameter, are pure white. It produces these beauti- 

 ful flowers in great profusion and almost continuously. Price, 

 each, 25 cts. 



