WM. ELLIOTT & SONS. SEEDSMEN. NEW YORK. 



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VEKBKNA. 



The Verbena is de- 

 served Ij' a uni- 

 versal favorite, 

 unrivaled in the 



splendor of its 

 dazzling bril- 

 liancy of flower. 

 A constant 

 blooiiuM-, and if 

 grown from seed 



has a sweet fra- 

 grance. Treat as 

 tender annuals. 

 Sow in a hot bed 



in March or 

 April, and txant 

 out in May. Seed 

 sown in the open 

 ground will flow, 

 er in August. 



Pure White Pkt. 10 



Scarlet. E.xtra 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 



VIN( A. 



These beautiful greenhouse p-rennials 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 



VIOl.A (VIOLET.) 



Deservedly much in demand on account of their profusion of 

 bloom, which iHsts from eai'Iy spring throughout the sum- 

 mer months, rormiug very efici-tive beds, either by them- 

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

 bonier. 



Odorata. Svvi>et-scentod Violet, blue Pkt. 10 



Cornuta. Mauve colored 10 



Alba. Snow white 10 



Lutea Spl ndens. Y'Uow 10 



Finest Mixed 10 



WAITZTA. 



Beautiful everlastings, bearing their flowers in clusters and 

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

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

 annuals. 



Mixea Varieties . Pkt. 10 



WHITLAVIA. 



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

 soms. Hardy annual. 



Grandiflora. Fine violet blue, 1 ft , 5 



Gloxinioides. 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 10 



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 10 



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 



Vigieri. Supberb, glaucous foliage, 8 ft. 



Imperialis. A superb, 

 aiir. firmer leaves . 



new variety, with much larger 



10 



XERANTHEMUM. 



Exceedingly free blooming everlastings. The flowers, when 

 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 out 

 for flowering. Hardy annuals. 



Double. Mixed colors, 2 ft. • Pkt 5 



