Archive image from page 80 of Currie Bros' horticultural guide . Currie Bros.' horticultural guide : spring 1888 curriebroshortic1888curr Year: 1888 ( PANDANUS UTILIS. (Screw Pine.) So called from the arrangement of the leaves on the stem. Well suited for house culture. Each, 75 cts. to Veitchii—Same as above, but variegated; a beau- tiful variety. Each, $ to ARECA LUTECENS PALMS. Areca Lutecens .Each, .50 to Areca Sapida ' to 5 .00 Areca Rubra ' to Brahea Filimentosa — Habit of plant, robnst, erect, fan-shaped leaves, on the margins of which are numerous thr
Archive image from page 80 of Currie Bros' horticultural guide . Currie Bros.' horticultural guide : spring 1888 curriebroshortic1888curr Year: 1888 ( PANDANUS UTILIS. (Screw Pine.) So called from the arrangement of the leaves on the stem. Well suited for house culture. Each, 75 cts. to Veitchii—Same as above, but variegated; a beau- tiful variety. Each, $ to ARECA LUTECENS PALMS. Areca Lutecens .Each, .50 to Areca Sapida ' to 5 .00 Areca Rubra ' to Brahea Filimentosa — Habit of plant, robnst, erect, fan-shaped leaves, on the margins of which are numerous thread-like filaments; each $ . Corypha Australia—Each, 50 cts. to Chamaerops Humllis — An extremely hand- some plant, and very hardy; each,.50 cts. to Chamaerops Excelsa—Each, $ to Cocos Weddelliana-Each, $ to Cocos Plumosa—Each Curcullgo Recurvata—Each 25 Latania Borbonlca—This is, perhaps, the best species in cultivation, and is certainly the most extensively used for decorative pnrpoees: its broad fan leaves and ha'dy nature admirably fit it for that purpose; each, $ to Oreodoxia Regis.—Each, $ to PETUNIA. A very showy plant for the parlor or conservatory; single and double varieties. Double—Each 15 Single Varieties—Each, 10 cte.; per doz PHLOX. (Perennial.) We offer a list of very fine varieties of this class, and cannot too highly recommend their more general cultivation; for borders they are unsur- passed, and all are perfectly hardy. Each, 10 cts.; per doz 1 00 PILEA. Muscosa Artllley Plant)—Graceful frond-like foliage. Repens—Much used for carjjet bedding. Both varieties well adapted for baskets. Each, 10 cts. PRIMULA. No wlnter-bloomlng plant is more generally ad- mired than the Primula, and none that we know of is more deserving of admiration. Although a greenhouse plant, it always succeeds well in the parlor, giving general satisfaction. It prefers a cool to a hot atmosphere, t
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