44 PETEK HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



TROP/EOLUM. perpkt. 



Very elegant and beautiful climbers, flowering most profusely; admirably adap- 

 te 1 for green-house or conservatory decorations, epecially during the winter 

 months; very useful for covering verandas, trellis and rustic work out of doors. 

 Half-hardy annuals. 



Tropeeolum Lobbianum. Brilliant scarlet crimson, 6 ft iO 



Geant des Batt .-Hies. Brilliant carmine 10 



Triomphe de Gand. Orange scarlet. 4 ft 10 



Mixed Varieties 10 



Perigrinuin. {See Canary Bird Vine) 10 



TUNICA. 



Tunica Saxifraga. A very pretty hardy perennial, with rosy-lilac flowers, useful 



for edgings, dwarf beds, or rock-work. 4- ft 10 



VALERIAN. 



Very showy border plants: will grow in almost any soil. Hardy })erennials. 



Valerian. " Red and White. Mixed, 1^- ft .' 5 



VENUS'S LOOKING-GLASS. 



A free-flowering, pretty, dwarf hardy annual, especially adapted for beds, edging, 



etc. : grows well in any garden soil. 

 Venus's Looking' Glass. Blue and White, Mixed. -J- f t 5 



VERONICA. 



Yery ornamental herbaceous plants. V. Syriaea, if sown early, forms an extremely 



pretty edging for small beds. 

 Veronica Glauca Blue. Hardy })erennial. 2 ft 10 



Syriaea. Bright blue and white. HulJ '-hardy annual 10 



A.ba. White. Half -hardy annual 10 



ViNCA. 



A genus of beautiful green-house evergreen shrubs: if sown early iu heat, and 

 transplanted to a warm situation in the garden about May or June, they will 

 flower beautifully in the autumn, and may be putted for the house before frost. 



Vine a Rosea. Bose, with dark eye, 2 ft 10 



Alba. White, with crimson eye, 2 ft 10 



VIOLA. 



Well-known favorites, deservedly much in demand on account of their profusion of 

 bloom. Hardy perennials. 



Viola Cornuta. Light blue, valuable for edgings, 4- ft JO 



Alba. Pure white variety of the above 10 



Lutea. Flowers bright yellow, produced in great abundance, of dwarf and 



compact habit, with dark, glossy green foliage, invaluable for small beds 



or marginal lines 10 



Odorata. (Sweet Violet,) £ ft 10 



VERBENA. 



Well-known, charming and universally admired plants: invaluable for summer 



decoration. Half-hardy perennials. 

 Verbena Hybrida. Finest mixed varieties. Saved from our own unrivaled col- 

 lection = 25 



VIRGINIAN STOCK. 



Extremely beautiful free-flowering little plants for beds, baskets, or edgings, 



grows freely in any soil. Hardy annuals. 

 Virginian Stock. Bed and White, Mixed, i ft .• . . . 5 



VISCARIA. 



Remarkably pretty free-flowering plants, with rich and brilliant colors. Hardy 



annuals. 

 Viscaria Burridgii. Whi re, 1 ft 5 



Cardinalis. An exceedingly showy variety, producing a profusion of bril- 



liant magenta blossoms 10 



Oculita, Pink, with rich crimson eye, 1 ft 5 



