VERONICA. Speedwell. Beautiful hardy plants for either the border or 

 the rockery, thriving in any soil and giving a constant succession of flowers 

 from spring until frost. The dwarfer sorts make excellent cover-plants. 



V. longifolia, var. subsessilis. 2 feet ; August to October; deep bright 

 blue. The best of the large-growing varieties. 



V. longifolia, var. rosea. !/ feet; June to August; rose. 



V. rupestris. Rock Speedwell. 8 inches; May and June; bright blue. 

 This variety forms a thick, dense bush, with deep green foliage, and when in 

 bloom is literally covered with its bright flowers. 



V. spicata. 1% feet; June to September; bright blue. Flowers are 

 borne in long spikes and continue for several weeks. 



V. spicata, var. alba. i% feet; June to September; pure white. 



V. Virginica. 4 feet; August and September; pure white. The flowers 

 are borne in long spikes, often 18 inches in length. 



VINCA. Periwinkle. For covering bare spaces under trees, and as a 

 cover-plant in the rockery this is not surpassed by any perennial. It is a dense, 

 close, but rapid grower, the long, trailing shoots rooting at intervals and form- 

 ing a dense, dark green carpet, which is lighted up by the showy flowers borne 

 in profusion in the spring and occasionally throughout the summer. 



V. minor. 6 inches; May; bright blue. 



V. minor, var. alba. 6 inches; May; pure white. 



Ferns 



Every place has some nook or corner where these beautiful plants can be 

 used to good advantage. They are most at home in moist, shady spots, but these 

 conditions are not absolutely necessary, and we give below varieties that will 

 thrive in the open border. A prime necessity is rich, loose and fine soil, full 

 of "humus" or leaf-mold, such as ferns thrive in when they grow naturally. 

 Hard, clay ground is not fit for ferns. 



(*) For shady places, (t) For the open border. 



*Adiantum pedatum. Maidenhair tNephrodium Filix-mas. Male 

 Fern. Fern. 



*Aspidium acrostichoides. Wood tOnoclea struthiopteris. Ostrich 



Fern. Fern. 



*A. Goldianum. Shield Fern. tOsmunda gracilis. Flowering 

 tAsplenium Filix-foemina. Lady Fern. 



Fern. tO. Claytoniana. Flowering Fern. 



*Botrychium Virginianum. tPolypodium f alcatum , 



Moonwort. *Woodwardia angustifolia. Chain 

 tDicksonia punctilobula. Gossa- Fern. 



mer Fern. 



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