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NO. PRICE 



TYIX3EA.. NAT. ORD., Gesneracece. 



A stove plant of great beauty. Greenhouse perennial. 



1444 Tydaea Hybrida. Very fine ........... $0.25 



NAT. ORD., Valeriancea. 



Perennial plants ; mostly natives of Europe ; will grow in almost any soLL The dwaif 

 species are very suitable for rock-work. 



1445 Valeriana Rubra. Red. 4 feet ............ 05 



1446 - Alba. White. i feet ............. 05 



NAT. ORD., Composite. 



An exceedingly showy plant, with large handsome flower, having a very gay appearance 

 in beds or mixed borders ; thrives best in turfy loam. Half-hardy annual. 



1447 Venidium Calenduiaceum. Deep orange; rich brown centre; from Cape of Good 



Hope, i foot .............. 05 



VEIVUS'S jLOOItTXG-GiLAJSe. NAT. ORD., Campanulace*. 



A free-flowering, pretty little plant, of nice habit of growth, especially adapted for beds, 

 ribbons, or edgings ; grows well in any garden soil. Hardy annual. 



1448 Venus's Looking-Glass (Campanula). Finest mixed ; from south of Europe. Half foot, .05 



NAT. ORD., Amaryllidaceee. 



A splendid bulbous-rooted plant, allied to the Amaryllis and Lily. It blooms in August, 

 throwing up its strong stems about one foot high, with from five to eight brilliant scarlet 

 lily-like flowers ; very ornamental for bedding out in summer or for culture in pots. 

 1449 Vallota Purpurea Superba. Fine ........... 25 



VEIVTJS'lS IVA-VEHiWOIfcT. NAT. ORD., Boraginacece. 



A very pretty little plant, useful for ribbons, and forms a neat edging to shrubbery bor- 

 ders, &c. ; grows freely in every soil. Hardy annual. 



1450 Venus's Navelwort (Cynoglossunt Linifolius). White ; from Portugal. 15 feet . . .05 



"VERO1VIO.A.. NAT. ORD., Scrophulariaceee. 



A genus of the most beautiful and showy evergreen shrubs, producing their handsome 

 spikes of flowers in the greatest profusion. 



1451 Veronica Glauca (New). Blue ; very fine ; from England. Hardy perennial. 2 feet . .10 



1452 - Devoniana. Red and white. Half-hardy shrub. 2^ feet ...... 10 



1453 - Syriaca. Bright blue and white ; fine for pot-culture, edgings, vases, or rock-work. 



Half-hardy annual. Half foot ........... 10 



1454 - - Alba. White variety of preceding ......... 10 



1455 - Andersonii. Lilac and white ; greenhouse shrub. 2 feet ...... 10 



1456 - Austriaca. Blue. Hardy perennial .......... 03 



1457 - Imperialis. Blue. Greenhouse shrub .......... 25 



1458 - Lindleyana. Lilac. Greenhouse shrub ......... 25 



1459 - Virginica. Rose-color. Hardy perennial ......... 05 



"VERBEIVA.. NAT. ORD., Verbenacete. 



A charming genus of universally admired and easily cultivated plants, simply requiring the 

 treatment of half-hardy annuals to have them bloom during the summer; for winter deco- 

 ration they are invaluable. Half-hardy perennial. 



1460 Verbena Aubletia. Reddish-purple ; from North America. Half foot . . . .05 



1461 - Drummondii. Lilac; from Texas .......... 10 



1462 - Pulcherrima. Violet; fine. Half foot ......... 10 



1463 - Teucroides Odorata. Fine white ; from Germany ....... 10 



1464 - Venosa. Rich purple ; free-bloomer ; trailer. From Buenos Ayres . . . .05 



1465 - Fine Mixed ............... 10 



1466 - Hybrida. From finest named sorts ; extra mixed ........ 25 



1467 -- - Snow's. From Dexter Snow's celebrated collection of several hundred va- 



rieties ; fine mixed ............. 25 



1468 - - New Italian Striped. One of last season's novelties; brilliant colors of 



carnation-like, striped with rose, lilac, purple, on various colored ground . . .25 



