DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGTJE. 



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Virginia Stock 



VINCA. 



A genus of ornamental, free-flowering, green-house 

 perennials, with glossy-green foliage and beautiful cir- 

 cular flowers. If so-.vn early, under glass, and trans- 

 planted in a warm situation, thej' will bloom in the 

 summer and autumn, and may be potted for the house 

 before frost. Two feet high. 



Vinca, alba, white, with red eye lo 



pura, pure white lo 



rosea lo 



VIOLA TRICOLOR-^See Pansy.) 



VIOLET— Vioia Odorata;. 



'1 he Violet should not be wanting in any garden, on 

 account of its fragrance and early appearance. A single 

 flower will perfume a whole room. They are well 

 adapted for border or rock work, and commence putting 

 forth their beautiful double and single blossoms in April 

 and continue through Maj'. Succeeds best in a shady, 

 sheltered place, and can be easily increased by dividing 

 the roots. The violet is an emblem of faithfulness. 

 Hardy perennial ; four inches high, 

 Violet, sweet-scented English 'Viola Odorata;, 



flowers double and single ; white ; fragrant. . . lo 



" white (Viola cornuta alba), large, white blos- 

 soms lO 



" yellow (^ Viola cornuta lutea grandifiora). . .10 



Mauve Queen, mauve-colored 10 



•• Purple Queen, deep, fine purple 10 



VIRGINTA CREEPER Hedera TAmpelop- 

 sis duinquefoliaj. 



The Virginia Creeper, or American Woodbine, is 

 hardy, very ornamental, of rapid growth, and the foliage 

 is luxuriant and beautiful. It is often made to cover the 

 walls of houses forty or fifty feet high, clinging by its 

 tendrils. The flower is reddish-green, not showy, but 

 is succeeded by clusters of nearly black berries, at 

 which time the tendrils and stalk turn to a rich crim- 

 son color. It is exceedingly ornamental and conspicuous 

 in October, after the first frost. Is easily propagated 

 from layers. 

 Virginia Creeper 15 



VIRGINIA STOCK-CMalcomia). 



Hardy annuals, verj- useful for border or edging. A 

 continual succession of blossoms may be kept up the 

 whole season by sowing at intervals through the spring 

 and summer. The flower and plant are quite as desira- 

 ble as the candytuft ; grows about nine inches high. 



Waitzia. Vv = r c.'.er. 



Virginia Stock, red 5 



" " v/hite 5 



"• " New^ Pigmy, a new, dwarf variety, 

 a single tuft of which forms a close, erect mass 

 of white flowers ; about six inches high 10 



^Vx^ITZIA. 



A new class of everlastings, \vh\i clusters of most 

 beautiful flowers. Very useful in the formation of win- 

 ter bouquets, for which purpose thej^ ;hould be picked 

 as soon as open, and dried in the shade. They are very 

 tender annuals, and should be started under glass, and 

 transplanted as soon as danger of frost is over. They 

 like a soil of sandy peat, or leaf mould. One foot high. 

 Waitzia, aurea, yellow 20 



" grandifiora, large, golden flowers 20 



"WALL FLOWER— (Chieranthus Cheiri). 



The large, massive spikes of t'le Wall Flower are very 

 conspicuous in beds or borders, and are verj' useful in 

 making bouquets. Thej' are .deliciously fragrant, per- 

 fectly double, and combine many sh.ides of color, the 

 orange, purple and chocolate predominating. Sow the 

 seed early, in hot-bed, and when the plants are small, 

 prick them out into pots, and sink the pots in the earth. 

 On approach of cold weather, remove the pots to th.. 

 house, and they will bloom all winter. Tender peren- 

 nial ; one and a half feet high. 



"Wall Flower, mixed double 10 



" Early Brow^, brownish-red, fragrant flowers; 



large thick spikes ; early. Tender biennial. . . 10 

 ■' Tom Thumb, New^ Golden, a new variety, 

 free-flowering, dwarf and compact habit; high- 

 ly recommended for spring bedding, for which 

 it is invaluable 15 



TVAHLENBERGIA. 



A ver3' interesting family of hardy, perennial plants, 

 with campanula-like flowers of white and blue, which 

 are exceedingly beautiful. Sow under glass, or in the 

 house, early in April, and transplant to open ground in 

 May. Four feet high. 

 W^ahlenbergia, grandifiora alba, pure white 15 



" grandifiora caerulea plena, deep blue 15 



WHITLAVIA. 



A pretty plant, with delicate, handsome foliage, pro- 

 ducing a constant succession of bright blue, and pure 

 white, bell-shaped flowers, in drooping clusters, half an 

 inch in length. In heavy, wet soils it does not succeed 

 well, but in light, sandy loam, few flowers give more 



