WM. ELLIOTT & SONS. SEEDSMEN. NEW YORK. 



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VERBENA. 



The Verbena is de- 

 servedly a uni- 

 versal favorite, 

 unrivaled in the 



splendor of its 

 dazzling b r i 1 - 

 lianey of flower. 

 A constant 

 bloomer, and if 

 grown from seed 



has a sweet fra- 

 grance. Treat as 

 tender annuals. 

 Sow in a hot bed 



in March or 

 April, and plant 

 out in May. Seed 

 sown in the open 

 ground will flow- 

 er in August. 



Pure White Pkt. 10 



Scarlet. Extra fine 10 



Citriodora. (Lemon-scented Verbena,) 10 



Fine Mixed Varieties 5 



Elliott's Mammouth Mixed. Saved from the choicest vari- 

 eties of large flowering Verbenas. Free blooming, 

 vigorous growth, and contains all the new colors and 

 shades 10 



VINCA. 



These beautiful greenhouse perennials may be treated as tender 

 annuals for the garden. If sown under glass, and strong 

 plants are set out early in a warm situation, they will flower 

 in the summer and autumn, and may be potted for the house 

 before frost. 



Rosea. Rose, 2 ft. . . 10 



Rosea Alba. White, red eye 10 



Alba Pura. Pure white 10 



VALERIAN. 



Showy plants for mixed borders or shrubberies, bearing: large- 

 corymbs of bright flowers ; bears shade and moisture well ;: 

 hardy perennial. 



Mixed, All Colors Pkt. 5-, 



VIOLA. (VIOLET.) 



Deservedly much in demand on account of their profusion op 

 bloom, which lasts from early spring throughout the sum" 

 mer months, forming very effective beds, either by them- 

 selves or mixed with other plants. Sow in cool pit or warnL. 

 border. 



Odorata. Sweet-scented Violet, blue Pkt. 10' 



Cornuta. Mauve colored 10" 



Alba. Snow white 10" 



Lutea Splendens, Yellow 10' 



Finest Mixed 10" 



WAITZIA. 



Beautiful everlastings, bearing their flowers in clusters andi 

 growing freely in any good, light soil. For winter bouquets,, 

 cut the flowers before they are fully expanded. Half-hardy- 

 annuals. 



Mixed Varieties . Pkt. 10^ 



WHITLAVIA. 



A beautiful free-flowering plant, with rich bell-shaped blos- 

 soms. Hardy annual. 



Grandiflora. Fine violet blue, 1 ft 5^ 



Gioxinioides. Pure white, with blue lip 10" 



WALLFLOWER. 



Well-known deliciously fragrant plants, with large spikes of 

 double flowers similar to the Gilliflower. Succeed in light, 

 rich soil, in a moist atmosphere. Perennials. 



Double Branching. Finest mixed lO 



Collection of six separate colors 50* 



Single. Fine mixed 5- 



Single Annual Wallflower. Seedlings from this variety 

 flower through the summer and fall, from seed sown 

 the same spring 1G-' 



WIGANDIA. 



Magnificent ornamental foliaged plants, with immense richly 

 veined leaves, the stems covered with crimson hairs. Of 

 rapid growth and splendid habit, it forms one of finest ob- 

 jects amongst ornamental foliaged plants. 



Caracasana. Blue flower, 7 ft 10' 



10 



Imperialis. A superb, new variety, with much larger 

 ar^. firmer leaves 10^ 



Vigieri. Supberb, glaucous foliage, 8 ft. 



XERANTHEMUM. 



Exceedingly free blooming everlastings. The flowers, whea 

 gathered young, are useful for winter bouquets; they are- 

 among the most easily cultivated of annuals, requiring only 

 to be sown about May, in the open border, and thinned outi 

 for flowering. Hardy annuals. 



Double. Mixed colors, 2 ft. 



Pkt. 



