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Vkronica Longifolia Subsfssilis. 



VEROXICA (Speedwell). 



Amethystina. Amethyst-blue flowers in June and July; 2 feet. 



Incana. Bright silvery foliage, with spikes of amethyst-blue flowers; July and 

 August; 1 foot. 



Longifolia Subsessilis. Mr. Ely says of this fine variety: " Should be set out in 

 tlie spring, so that it may become well established before winter. This plant 

 grows about three feet high, and three-year-old plants produce eight or ten stalks, 

 bearing a long spike of deep blue flowers. Begins to bloom in mid- July and con- 

 tinues flowering for a month. It requires only good garden soil and watering in 

 dry weather; but if a little bonemeal is dug about the plants early in May, the 

 spikes of bloom will be much finer, and if covered in late autumn with stable litter 

 is quite hardy." 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Maritima. Long spikes of blue flowers from July to September; 2 feet. 



Pectinata. Fine for the rockery; masses of blue flowers in May. 



Repens. A useful rock or carpeting plant, with light-blue flowers. 



Rupestris. A fine rock plant, growing three or four inches high, thickly-matted 

 deep green foliage, hidden in spring under a cloud of bright blue flowers. 



— Alba. A white-flowered variety of the above. 



Spicata. An elegant border plant, growing about li feet high, producing long 

 spikes of bright blue flowers in June and July. 



— Alba. A white-flowered form of the above. 



— Rosea. A pretty pink-flowered form. 



Virginica. Long spikes of white flowers in July and August; 3 to 4 feet. 



Price (except where noted), 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per 

 doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 Set of 12 varieties, 

 $1.50. 



TRIt,L,H;T>I (Wood Uly. or Wake Robin). 



Excellent plants for shady positions in the hardy border, or in a sub- 

 aquatic position, flowering in eaily spring; 12 to 18 inches. 

 Erectutn. This is the purple wood lily; the earliest to flower 

 Orandiflorum. The large white; probably the handsomest. 

 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; f6.00 per 100. 



XROtr-LIITS (Globe Flower). 



Desirable free-flowering plants, producing their giant Buttercup-like blos- 

 soms on stems 1 to 2 feet high from May until August; succeed admirably 

 in the border in a half-shady position in well-drained, preferably light soil. 

 Caucasicus " Orange Qlobe." Large, deep-orange colored flowers. 

 EuropaeuS. Large, bright yellow, globular flowers. 

 Japonicus "Excelsior." Very deep orange flowers. 

 Lichtball. Large orange-yellow. 



Ledebouri. A very distinct rare species, growing 2 to 2.^ feet high, pro- 

 ducing its rich orange large flowers, which open up like a buttercup, in 

 great profusion from May to July, with some flowers the entire summer. 

 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 

 Price, except where noted, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. Set of 5 sorts 

 for $1.25. 



TITIVICA. 



Saxifraga. A pretty tufted plant with light pink flowers, produced all 

 summer; useful either for the rockery or the border. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



VAI.ERIA1VA (Valerian). 



Coccinea. Showy heads of reddish flowers; June to October; 2 feet. 



— alba. A white-flowered form. 



Officinalis (Hardy Onrdcn Heliotrope). Produces showy heads of 



rose-tinted white flowers during June and July, with strong heliotrope 



odor; 3 to 4 feet. (See cut.) 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Valeriana Officinalis. 



The Hardy Larkspurs illustrated and described on page 200 should be grown in generous quantity. 



