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D, M, Ferry & Go's Descriptive Catalogue. 



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

 require a space of four feet. Tender perennial trailer ; 

 one foot high. 



Verbena, 



Verbena. Aubletia grandiflora, reddish purple... 5 



'■ Niveni, white , sweet scented 10 



' Venosa, rich purple 5 



scarlet, scarlet blossoms 15 



" Montana, hardy; from Rocky Mountains; will 

 stand our winters out of doois; rose, changing 



into lilac 15 



*■ Defiance, seed may be relied upon to produce 



the true, deep scarlet color 20 



*' hybrida, blue, all shade of blue 20 



Italian striped, beautiful 20 



" Auriculaflora, various shades, all 



with distinct eye of white or rose 20 



*' hybrida, maxima perfecta alba, produces 

 large, pure white flowers of standard perfec- 

 tion ; fine for florists 25 



■" extra choice mixed, seed saved from all named 



flowers , very choice 20 



' fine mixed, embraces all colors 10 



* mixed i 



A genus of orna- 

 mental, free flower- 



ing, green-house 

 pere n n 1 als, with 

 glossy green foliage 

 and beautiful circu- 

 lar flowers. If sown 

 early under glass 

 and transplanted in 

 a warm situation, 

 they will bloom in 

 the summer and 

 autumn, and may 

 be potted for the 

 house before frost. 

 Two feet high. 



Vinca 



Vinca, alba, white, with red eye 



" " pura, pure white 



" rosea ■ ■ 



VIOI^A XR-ICOI^OIl— (See Pansy). 

 VIOI^EX— (Viola Odorata). 



The Violet should not be 

 wanting in any garden, on 

 account of its fragrance and 

 early appearance. A single 

 flower will perfume a whole 

 room. Succeeds best in a 

 shady, sheltered place, and 

 can be easily increased by 

 dividing the roots. The 

 Violet is an emblem of faith- 

 fulness. Hardy perennial ; 

 six inches high. 

 Violet, sweet scented 



English (Viola 



Odorata), flowers 



double and single ; 



white ; fragrant . 10 

 " white (Viola cor- 



nuta alba), large, 



white blossoms. . . 10 

 ■' yellow (Viola cor- 



nutaluteagrand- 



ifiora) . 10 



" Mauve Queen, mauve colored 10 



'' Purple Queen, deep, fine purple 10 



VIRGII«UIA CR.HEI"E«. - (Hedera)— 

 lAmpelopsis Quinquefolia). 



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 crimson color. 

 It is exeedingly ornamental and conspicuous in Octo- 

 ber, after the first frost. 

 Virginia Creeper 10 



VIRGINIA STOCK— tmalcomia). 



Hardy annuals, very useful for border or edging. A 

 continual succession of blossoms may be kept up the 

 whole season by sowing at intervals through the spring 



Violet. 



inia Stock. 



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

 ble as the candytuft; grows about nine inches high. 

 Virginia Stock, red and white mixed 5 



