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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



ARNEBIA CORNUTA— Arabian Primrose. 



An exceedingly pretty annual, producing a profusion of rich primrose yellow 

 flowers about % inch in diameter, marked, upon first opening, with five 

 black spots, which change the second day to a rich maroon color, van- 

 ishing altogether on the third day, leaving the flower a clear yellow. 

 The cut flower is very effective and keeps fresh a long time in water. 

 The plant grows bushy and about two feet high .* 10 



AUBRETIA. 



Dwarf, but ornamental trailing plants 

 suitable for rock work or edging. H. P. 

 Deltoidea— Pink 10 



BACHELOR'S BUTTON. 

 Centaurea — Cyanus. 



A perfectly hardy border plant, suc- 

 ceeding finely in any common garden 

 soil, but the flowers are more brilliant if 

 grown in gravelly ground. Under culti- 

 vation it is really a handsomer flower, 

 sporting into varieties of white, purple, 

 pink, particolored, etc.; 2 to 8 feet high. 

 H. A. 

 Centaurea Cyanus, fl. pi.— Double 



flowered Corn Bottle, mixed colors.. 10 

 Cyanus— Single, mixed. Per oz., 25c. 5 



BACHELOR'S button - . 



BALSAM— Lady's Slipper. 



Our customers will be much pleased with the strains of Balsam that we 

 offer. They cannot be surpassed either in doubleness or in the great variety 

 of colors which they represent. T. A. 



balsam. * 



Camelia Flowered— Finest double, mixed colors, 2 feet 10 



Camelia Flowered. Spotted — German, double, spotted with white; 



mixed colors 10 



Camelia Flowered, White— Extra choice, double 10 



Camelia Flowered— Collection 6 colors, each in separate package 50 



Rose Flowered — Fine rosy pink.... 



Bright Scarlet 10 



Deep blood- red 10 



White tinted rose 10 



10 



Pure white 10! 



Collection of 12 varieties 80 



Mixed colors 10 



Double Red 5 



Double White 5 



Double Lilac 5 



Double Peach Blossom 5 



Double Solferina — Beatifully striped scarlet and lilac on white ground.. 5! 

 Double Mixed — Per ounce, 40 cents....- 5 



BALLOON VINE— Cardiospermum. 



A curious climbing plant, worthy of attention. H. H. A. 

 Cardiospermum Halicacabum — White, 5 feet 5 



BARTONIA. 



Showy plants, with large golden flowers, which expand in the hot sun and 

 are exceedingly brilliant. The foliage is gray and thistle-like in appearance. 

 They require considerable water. Sow seed in open ground where it is 

 intended to flower. H A. 



Aurea — Golden yellow, 2 feet 5 



Aurea Nana — Dwarf, golden yellow 5 



BRACHYCOflE. 



A very pretty dwarf-growing plant, covered all summer with a profusion 

 of Cineraria-like blossom. H H A. 

 Iberidifolia (Swan River Daisy)— Blue and white,%foot 5 



BEGONIA. 



Plants well worthy of the admiration they receive. For decorative pur- 

 poses they are unexcelled. They are alike at home in the parlor or conserva- 

 tory, bearing with great patience almost any treatment. The tuberous rooted 

 varieties have beautiful flowers, many of the single flowers measuring from 6 

 to 9 inches in circumference. T P. 



TUBEROUS BFGONIA. 



Choice iVlixed Single — Tuberous rooted; from prize varieties 25 



Choice Mixed Double — Tuberous rooted; from prize varieties 35 



Choice Rex Varieties — Large leaved sorts, mixed 25 



Semperflorens Atropurpureus— A beautiful Begonia with brilliant 

 orange carmine Ilowers and glossy, brownish red foliage 25 



