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GO'S 



Thunbergia 



ground during winter; may be taken up in the fall, 

 potted and kept from frost. Seeds should be sown in 

 hot-bed or green-house, early in spring ; the bulb which 

 will be produced should not be watered too freely, nor 

 forced till the succeeding spring, when it should be trans- 

 planted into rich, loamy soil. 

 Tritoma, uvaria grandiflora 25 



TIlOP.ffiOL.nM LOBBIANUM - (Se 



tium, Tall.) 



Nastur- 



TROP^ffiOLUM MINOR— (See Nasturtium, 

 Dwarf.) 



TROP^OLUM PEREGRINUM-(See 



Canary Bird Flower.) 



VALERIAN-(Polemonmir K 



An old, standard, border plant, often called Jacob's 

 Ladder, from ito beautiful, pinnately cleft leaves. The 

 flowers are lively blue, nodding at the ends of upright 

 stalks. It blooms in June, is of easy cultivation, per- 

 fectly hardy, and may be increased by dividing the 

 roots. Sow early in spring, in open border, and thin to 

 one foot apart. Hardy perennial ; one and a half to two 

 feet high. 

 Valerian, Greek (Polemonium coernleum) 5 



VERBENA. 



No plant is more generally cultivated, or mere eagerly 

 sought after than the Verbena, and no plant excels it 



ree Cypress Valerian. 



for masses in beds on the lawn. In the varieties maf 

 be found every color except yellow. The white is pure, 

 the crimson and scarlet so vivid, and the purple so deep 

 while the striped are so conspicuous, that they are verf 

 desirable. They flower perfectly well from seed sowiJ 

 in spring. If started in the house, in pots, in winter, 

 they will be in bloom sooner, but if sown in open ground, 

 in May, they will bloom in August. Each plant witf 

 require a space of four feet. Tender perennial trailer} 

 one foot high. 



Verbena, Aubletia grandiflora, reddish-purple ^ 



" Niveni, white , sweet-scented 10 



'' Venosa, rich purple j 



'' scarlet, scarlet blossoms i j 



" Montana, hardy ; from Rocky Mountains ; will 

 stand our winters out of doors ; rose, changing 



into lilac 15 



'■ Defiance, seed may be relied upon to produce 



tlie irne^ deep scarlet color 20 



" hybrida, blue, all shades of blue 20 



" " Italian striped, beautiful 20 



Auriculaflora, various shades, all 

 with distinct eye of white or rose. ..20 

 " " maxima perfecta alba, /z/r^ 7t»/zzV^,- 



desirable new variety ; said to pro- 

 duce large, pure white flowers of 

 standard perfection ; fine for florists. 25 

 " extra choice mixed, seed .saved from all named 



flowers ; verjr choice 20 



" fine mixed, embraces all colors 10 



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Verbena flower 



Verbena plant. 



Violet, double. 



