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VERBENA [tP] You will make no mistake by choosing Verbenas for 

 a dash of color in next year's garden. These popular dwarf creep- 

 ing plants produce dark green foliage enlivened by many fine clus- 

 ters of star-shaped blossoms with rounded lobed petals. The 

 colors are refreshing in their brilliancy. Verbena wiU flower from 

 mid-summer to frost from seeds started early in spring. 



Hybrida Mammoth [8 in.] Sometimes called "Gigantea." A choice 

 selection of the large flowering strain which bears fine rounded 

 clusters of blossoms. 



Blue Deep violet-blue with white eye. 



Luminosa Flaming pink shading to coral. 



Scarlet (Lucifer) Flaming red. 



Exquisite pure white. 



A superb blend of mammoth sorts. 

 Any one of the above: J/g oz. 50c; pkt. 15c 



[8 in.] The ever-reliable bedding type, very desirable for 

 rock gardens, as weU as for low borders, on account of the plant's 

 trailing habits. Also excellent in window and porch boxes com- 

 bined with flowers of taller habits. Good sized blossoms in a wide 

 range of colors. 



Scarlet (Defiance) Fiery red with small white eye. 



Choice Mixed An assortment of all the vivid colors and interme- 

 diate shades. 



Each of the above: J^ oz. 40c; pkt. 10c 



White 

 Mixed 



Hybrida 



Violas sometimes bloom when snow is on the ground. 



VIOLA CORNUTA (Tufted Pansies) [hP-R-6 in.] Those who do not 

 know the Viola often mistake it for a small-flowered Pansy. It 

 belongs to the same great Violet family, but it is distinctly differ- 

 ent. It is very hardy, and for that reason it is one of the best edging 

 plants for the permanent border or rock garden. Over neat tufts of 

 foliage the dainty flowers are gracefully poised on slender stems. 

 Frequently the petals do not overlap as they do in many Pansies, 

 and the spur or horn of the lower petal is more pronounced. 



White Glistening white. Yellow Bright gold. 



Blue Perfection A fine light blue. 

 Any one of the above: J/g oz. 45c; pkt. 15c 



Jersey Gem The best deep violet-blue Pkt. 25c 



Mixed An assortment of many rich colors which blend admirably 

 J^ oz. 40c; pkt. 10c 



VIRGINIAN STOCK [hA-6 in.] This was a favorite in gardens in the 

 old days, and modern flower lovers should make use of it more often 

 than they do. It can be sown quite early, and as summer comes on 

 it will provide a pretty, fresh effect as an edging or in a low border. 

 The plants produce quantities of four-petaled single red and white 

 flowers with a faint perfume. The plants bloom for many weeks. 



Mixed Oz. 35c; pkt. 5c 



VISCARIA (Rose of Heaven) [hA-12 in.] Another colorful annual 

 flower which the older generation may recall in gardens when they 

 were young. The neat tufted plants with pale green leaves bear 

 terminal flowers resembling tiny single wild roses. Throughout the 

 summer there is a wealth of blossoms in shades of red, white, and 

 blue. 



Mixed Pkt. 10c 



WALLFLOWER [hhB] A great favorite throughout Europe; it 

 should be one of the garden's treasures in the milder sections of this 

 country. In our Northern States even the early varieties may not 

 flower out of doors before frost, but if taken up and potted they wiU 

 furnish beautiful blooms indoors. They come in wonderfully rich 

 tones of red, yellow, and brown and are deUciously perfumed. 



Double [20 in.] Each plant normally produces a single vigorous 

 stalk with drooping dark green leaves and a tapering spike thickly 

 set with double flowers. It makes a fine accent plant in the front of 

 the border. Shades of orange, yellow, and mulberry. 



Mixed H oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



WHITLAVIA (California Canterbury Bell) [hA-12 in.] This native 

 of California does well everywhere and should be grown more gen- 

 erally. The leaves which are heart-shaped and toothed form a 

 dense group. The blossoms are little bells of violet-blue intensified 

 by clear white interiors. Each flower soon fades, but the continued 

 succession of bloom keeps the plant in color for many weeks. 



Gloxinoides Blue 14 oz. 40c; pkt. 10c 



WILD GARDEN, Mixed An interesting blend of easily grown annuals 

 for a border of old-fashioned flowers. Of varying heights, averag- 

 ing 20 inches Pkt. 5c 



Wind Flower (See Anemone) 



WooLFLOwER (See Celosia) 



XERANTHEMUM (Everlasting) [hA-18 in.] When winter comes 

 the person who has planted this dainty strawflower may have a 

 lasting remembrance of his garden's summer beauty. The erect 

 plants are graced with silvery foliage and carry on long slender 

 stems double flower heads about IH inches across. These have one 

 or two rows of ray petals around a dense central tuft of shorter, 

 tubular florets. The exterior ray petals come in shades of white, 

 pink, and purple, while the tufts are usually ivory white. 



Double Mixed 



Yarrow (See Achillea) 



. J^ oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



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