VERONICA REPENS — ergph(3-4)2. The daintiest of 
trailing beauties, with minute leaves, scarce more than a 
ground-mat of imbricated emerald. Through the summer 
months, though, this is veiled by a pretty haziness of 
palest blue blossoms. For rockery, ground-cover, bulb 
cover or pavements. Shallow rooting, so needs judicious 
watering in drought. Pkt. 20c. 
-VERONICA TOURNEFORTI—eorgpk(3)5. A close an¬ 
nual creeper, with rooting branches and good foliage. At¬ 
tractive, but small, blue flowers. Recommended for quick 
ground or bulb cover. Pkt. 10c. 
VERONICA BORDER BLEND—ecbh. A blend of showy 
kinds for border effects. Does not include any of the 
above. The Veronicas are especially desirable in the border 
because of their handsome habit and long period of bloom. 
Colors here are largely in the blue, purple and violet range, 
but a small proportion of white and rose has been in¬ 
cluded for contrast. Pkt. 15c. 
VESICARIA UTRICULATA — erbx(l-2)18. Tufted ro¬ 
settes from which rise leafy stems, each with clustered 
crown of golden yellow blossoms, like those of Wall-flower. 
Later there are interestingly inflated seed-pods; Zeppelins 
of Lilliput. Pkt. 20c. 
VIBURNUM 
The Viburnums are hardy and amenable shrubs of con¬ 
siderable beauty of flower, fruit and form. AH are relative¬ 
ly easy from seed, providing sowing is made in open ground 
in late fall, or failing this, that- stratification or refrigera¬ 
tion of the seed, (see “y” culture, page 1), precedes spring 
sowing. 
VIBURNUM ACERFOLIUM — qsty 8 ft. Maple-leaved 
shrub; shade-tolerant. Open cymes of creamy flowers, then 
black fruits. Foliage autumn-purple. Pkt. 10c. 
VIBURNUM CARLESI — qy 5 ft. Splendid spreading 
shrub, with perfume-haunted pink and white flowers in 
May. Showy. Pkt. 5c; 54 oz. 40c. 
VIBURNUM DENTATUM—qy 12 ft. Handsome arching 
habit. Big cymes of white blossoms; then in fall, great 
shining clusters of blue-black berries, long-enduring. Pkt. 
10c; 54 oz. 20c; 1 oz. 60c. 
VIBURNUM LENTAGO—qjy 25 ft. Tall, arching screen- 
shrub, or small tree. Fragrant white flowers in June, fol¬ 
lowed by edible black fruits of concentrated sweetness. 
Thoreau remarked their quality in “Yankee in Canada.” 
Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 20c; 1 oz. 60c. 
VIBURNUM NUDUM—qmy 12 ft. Ivory-white flowers 
in fluffy clusters, followed by berries, these rosy red at 
first, then coerulean. Pkt. 15c. 
VIBURNUM TOMENTOSUM — qy 8 ft. One of the 
several shrubs that are called “Snowball,” quite fittingly in 
this case. Showy white blossoms, then handsome red 
fruits, turning blue-black. Ornamental foliage. Pkt. 10c; 
54 oz. 35c. 
VIBURNUM TRILOBUM—qy 10 ft. Bush Cranberry. 
The usual pretty white flowers, but followed by fruits of 
most unusual scarlet, these lighting up the bushes all 
winter. That is, of course, if they haven’t been picked to 
provide the delectable jam or jelly that is so often made 
from them. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 20c. 
OFFER 92A6—One pkt. each of the Viburnums, for 65c. 
-VINCA ROSEA MIXED—eobk(8)20. Easy annuals for 
full sun, with succulent branches, and flowers in Begonia 
reminder, these white or rose, self-colored, or with carmine 
eye. Pkt. 10c. 
THE FRIENDLY VIOLETS 
Here are happy and lovable flowers for rockery, wood¬ 
land, garden path, or meadow. They greet the spring with 
their blossoms, but in latest autumn one will still find an 
occasional bloom braving the cold winds. Even the foliage 
has charm, and some kinds make good ground covers, or 
carpeting plants. Try Viola striata in Lily beds, or under 
Roses. 
VIOLA ADUNCA—ernsth(l-2)4. Blossoms of lilac-laven¬ 
der. A pretty woodlander, with downy foliage, and rooting 
stem-runners. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA AETOLICA—edIth(2-3)4. Miniature Pansy-violet 
with blossoms glossy yellow, or sometimes blue and yellow 
in bicolor form. Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA BOSNIACA—*ergstx(2-3)6. Green mats, long- 
studded with blossoms of richest rosy mauve. Color some¬ 
times segregates to give variegations over cream. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA BRITTON I AN A—ercnh(l-2) 10. Large blossoms 
of deepest purple, long-stemmed. Make ornamental tall 
tufts of deeply lobed foliage. Sun, or light shade. A noble 
species. Pkt. 15c; rV oz. 30c. 
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VIOLA CALCARATA —*erx(8)8. From the Swiss Alps 
comes this long-stemmed, long-blooming, gracefully informal 
Viola. It has been said of its blossoms that they seem like 
butterflies that are being transformed into Pansies. A royal 
indigo, with radiating pencilings, predominates, but there 
will be also purple, and cream, with old ivory that is just 
tinging with blue, or, if one is very fortunate, the rare 
pink form may appear. There is little pause to the bloom¬ 
ing, from April to December, save possibly in drought, but 
a garden hose can largely remedy that. Rather permanent. 
Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA CANADENSIS—ernsth(l)15. A woodland Violet, 
long, lank and leafy, but with abundance of cream-colored 
blossoms, purple in reverse. Mass under trees. Pkt. 15c. 
VIOLA CONFEDERATA — ercnh(l-2)8. Strain A. A 
vigorous and very beautiful Violet, big and showy in blos¬ 
som, and of full hardiness. The flowers are silvery white, 
but with a purple-shaded richness radiating from a dark 
and velvety center. Considered a memorial of the south¬ 
ern Confederacy; botanically it is Viola papilionacea var. 
Priceana. Highly recommended. Pkt. 15c; 54 oz. 40c; 
54 oz. 75c. 
VIOLA CONFEDERATA—erch(l)(6)8. Strain B. Flower 
form and color just like above, but seed capsule is smaller, 
foliage stays green longer, and there is usually a small 
second crop of bloom in late autumn, in addition to that 
in spring. Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA EIZANSE ALBA—Of greatest rarity, blossoms of 
pearly whiteness. Fragrant. Pkt. 50c. 
VIOLA ELATIOR—erbh(l-2)12. A tall branching Violet, 
almost high enough for the hardy border. It is long in 
bloom, and the blossoms, of softest azure blue with white 
eye, are far larger than those of most Violets. Particularly 
good. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA EMARGINATA—ernh(2)5. Dwarf, with many 
pretty flowers of light blue. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA FLORAIRENSIS — *erch(8)8. Big Pansy-like 
blossoms from April to December. Richest shaded lilac- 
lavender. Very satisfactory. This is Viola cornuta x V. 
rothomagensis. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA GLABELLA—ernsh(l-2)6. Little bright yellow 
flowers, purple-veined. Makes green mats in rich shade. 
Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA GRACILIS—*erx(2-4)7. Armies of shimmering 
blossoms, like purple Butterflies, but sometimes cream 
white or soft yellow. True species. Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA HALLI—erh(l-2)6. Upper petals velvety black- 
purple; lower petals soft yellow with darker lines. Hand¬ 
some species, but rare and local. Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA HASTATA—ersth(l)10. A splendid woodlander, 
with lance-head leaves, and blossoms of deep citron yellow. 
Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA HEDERACEA—*erfx(htw) (8)5. Australian Violet. 
Dense three-inch moundlets of pale green, with multitudes 
of pretty blossoms on slender stems some two inches higher. 
The flowers are of exquisite daintiness, but of most un¬ 
violet-like form. Color is pure blue-purple, but the lower 
petal is margined with azure-suffused white, and the wing 
petals are about half and half, purple and white. Blooms 
freely from spring seeding by August, so may be treated 
as an annual in areas of great winter cold. Pkt. 35c. 
VIOLA HYBRIDA APRICOT—*erx(3-5)7. Oval, lus¬ 
trous blossoms of deepest apricot, shading to velvety orange 
at the center. Free-blooming. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA LABRADORICA—ernh(l-2)4. Floriferous species, 
with alluring blossoms of soft blue-lavender. Half-trailing; 
attractive in foliage and form. Pkt. 15c. 
VIOLA LANCEOLATA—ernmgh(l-2)6. Lance-leaf Violet. 
Makes runners to form a close turf, that will be in late 
spring, great drifts of solid white. Recommended for 
naturalizing. Pkt. 15c; fa oz. 35c. 
VIOLA LUTEA—*erx(8)6. A dainty little wild Pansy 
from the hills of England. Elfin blossoms, from palest 
creamy primrose, through straw-yellow and lemon, to shin¬ 
ing gold. Tends to be mat-forming. Pkt. 15c. 
VIOLA MACROCERAS—erh(2)5. Jewel-like flowers of 
amethystine lavender, peep from close mounds of smooth 
emerald foliage. Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA MISSOURIENSIS—*erh(2)5. Blossoms of rosy 
lilac, deepening to purple at margin, but with white throat. 
Smooth foliage. Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA NIGRA—*ernx(l-4)6. Black Imp. Quaint, but 
mighty attractive, little flowers, that look as though they 
had been cut from black velvet. It is about the closest 
to black of any flower; just the merest hint of violet re¬ 
flection; and it comes true from seed. Of exceeding flori- 
ferousness. May be naturalized effectively. Of unknown 
hybrid origin. Blooms quickly first year from seed. Pkt. 
10c; t5j oz. 25c; 54 oz. 40c. 
