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Virginia Stock 
Waitzia. 
Wall Flower. 
VINCA. 
A genus of ornamental, free-flowering, green-house 
perennials, with glossy-green foliage and beautiful cir¬ 
cular flowers. If sown early, under glass, and trans¬ 
planted 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, alba, white, with red eye.io 
“ pura, pure white...io 
“ u rosea .io 
VIOLA TRICOLOR — (Sec Pansy.) 
VIOLET (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. They arc well 
adapted for border or rock work, and commence putting 
forth their beautiful double and single blossoms in April 
and continue through May. 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 ; w.dte ; fragrant. .. io 
“ white (Viola cornuta alba), large, white blos¬ 
soms .io 
44 yellow (Viola cornuta lutea grandiflora)...io 
** Mauve Queen, mauve-colored.io 
Purple Queen, deep, fine purple.io 
VIRGINIA CREEPER Kedera (Ampelop- 
sis Q,uinquefolia). 
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. I he 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. .ir 
Virginia Stock, red. 5 
14 white. 5 
New Pigmy, a new, dwarf variety, 
a single tuft of which forms a close, erect mass 
of white flowers ; about six inches high. 
WAITZIA. 
A new class of everlastings, with clusters of most 
beautiful flowers. Very useful in the formation of win¬ 
ter bouquets, for which purpose they «hould be picked 
as soon as open, and dried in the shade. They arc 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. . . 
grandiflora, large, golden flowers.20 
WALL FLOWER—(Chieranthus Cheiri). 
The large, massive spikes of the Wall Flower are very 
conspicuous in bods or borders, and are very useful in 
making bouquets. They are del ciotisly fragrant, per¬ 
fectly double, and combine many slides 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 Brown, brownish-red, fragrant flowers; 
large thick spikes ; early. Tender biennial... 10 
*‘ Tom Thumb, New Golden, a new variety, 
frcc-flowcring, dwarf and compact habit; high¬ 
ly recommended for spring bedding, for which 
it is invaluable . 15 
Y7 AIILENBERGIA. 
A very interesting family of hardy, perennial plants, 
with campanula-like flowers of white and blue, which 
arc exceedingly beautiful. Sow under glass, or in the 
house, early in April, and transplant to open ground in 
May. Four feet high. 
Wahlenbergia, grandiflora alba, pure white . 15 
41 grandiflora casrulea plena, deep blue . 15 
VIRGINIA STOCK (Malcomia), 
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 
and summer. The flower and plant are quite as desira¬ 
ble as the candytuft ; grows about nine inches high. 
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 
