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vay venenniat PLANTS {Uff 
VALERIANA (Valerian) 
Coccinea. Showy heads of reddish flowers; June to October; 2 
feet, 
— alba. A white-flowered form. 
Officinalis (Hardy Garden Heliotrope). Produces showy heads 
of rose-tinted white flowers during June and July, with delicious, 
strong heliotrope odor; 3 to 4 feet. (See cut. ) 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
VINCA (Periwinkle, or Trailing Myrtle) 
Minor. An excellent dwarf evergreen trailing plant that is used 
extensively for carpeting the ground under shrubs and trees, or on 
graves where it is too shady for other plants to thrive. 15 cts. 
each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100; $80.00 per 1000. 
VINCETOXICUM (Mosquito Plant) 
Japonicum. An interesting plant from Japan, with small white 
flowers in summer, which attracts and kills insects. The foliage is 
dark green and almost evergreen. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
‘PLANS OF HARDY BORDERS 
We have prepared a leaflet showing several 
Trottius (Globe Flower) 
TRITOMA plans, together with list of plants suitable to 
(Red-hot Poker, Flame Flower, or fill same insun or shade. Copy free on re- 
Torch Lily) 
quest. 
Pfitzerii (The- Hverblooming 
Flame Flower). The early, 
free and continuous blooming 
qualities of this variety has made @% 
it one of the great bedding plants, ¢ 
and when we consider that there® 
are few flowering plants which } 
are Suitable for massing under our 
severe climatic conditions, it isé 
little wonder that such an elegant 
subject should become so popular. § 
Succeeds in any ordinary garden — 
soil, but responds quickly to lib- 
eral treatment; hardy if given“ 
protection, but the most satisfac- 
tory method of wintering is to 
bury the roots in sand in a cool® 
cellar. In bloom frem August to } 
October, with spikes 3 to 4 fee 
high, and heads of bloom of a 
rich orange-scarlet, producing a 
grand effect either planted singly 2 
in the border or in masses. (See py AG: > 
cut.) 35 cts. each; $3.50 per~*™ ~~ 
doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
TROLLIUS (Globe Flower) 
Desirable tree-flowering plants, producing their giant Buttercup-like blossoms 
VALERIANA OFFICINALIS 
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on stems i to 2 feet high from May until August; succeed admirably in the 
border in a half-shady position in well drained preferably light soil. 
Asiaticus Flore Croceo. Dark orange, of beautiful form. 
Europzus. Large, bright yellow, globular flowers. 
25 cts. each. $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
TUNICA 
Saxifraga. A pretty tufted plant with light pink flowers; produced all summer, 
useful either for the rockery or the border, 25 cts. each; 52.50 per doz, Tritoma Pritzeru 
