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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS’ GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1894. 
VALERIAN. 
Showy plants for mixed borders or shrubberies, bearing’ 
large corymbs of bright flowers; bears shade and 
moisture well; hardy perennial. 
Per Pkt. 
Valerian. All colors, mixed. 5 
VIOLA. (VIOLET.) 
Deservedly much in demand on account of their pro¬ 
fusion of bloom, which lasts from early spring 
throughout the summer months, forming very effect¬ 
ive beds either by themselves or mixed with other 
plants. Sow in cool pit or warm border. 
Viola Odorata. Sweet-scented Violet, blue.10 
- Cornuta. Mauve colored.10 
- - Alba. Snow white .10 
- Lutea Splendens. Yellow.10 
- Finest Mixed.10 
XERANTHEMUM. 
Exceedingly free-blooming everlastings. The flowers, 
when gathered young, are useful for winter bou¬ 
quets; they are among the most easily cultivated of 
annuals, requiring only to be sown about May, in the 
open border, and thinned out for flowering. Hardy 
annuals. 
Per Pkt. 
Xeranthemum Double. Mixed colors, 2 ft. 5 
ZEA. 
Ornamental foliage plants of great beauty. 
Zea Japonica. (Variegated Japanese Maize.) Large 
tufty foliage, broadly ribboned in its length 
with alternate stripes of white and green; 4 ft. 
Per oz., 20 cts ... . 5 
- Gracillima. Miniature maize, very graceful 
habit. Per oz., 20 cts. 5 
VIRGINIAN STOCK. 
Charming dwarf free-flowering plants, extremely effect¬ 
ive in small beds, baskets or as edgings. Annuals. 
Virginian Stock. Red and white mixed. 5 
WAHLENBERGIA. 
A very 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. 
Wahlenbergia Grandiflora. Deep blue, 4 ft.10 
- Grandiflora Alba. Pure white, 4 ft.10 
- - Nana. New dwarf, dark blue, 1 ft.10 
WAITZIA. 
Beautiful everlastings, bearing their flowers in clusters, 
and growing freely in any good, light soil. For 
winter bouquets, cut the flowers before they are fully 
expanded. Half-hardy annuals. 
Waitzia. Mixed varieties .10 
WALLFLOWER. 
Well-known deliciously fragrant plants, with large 
spikes of double flowers similar to the Gilliflower. 
Succeed in light, rich soil, in a moist atmosphere. 
Perennials. 
Wallflower, Double Branching. Finest mixed.10 
-Collection of six separate colors.50 
- Single. Fine mixed. 5 
WHITLAVIA. 
A beautiful free-flowering plant, with rich bell-shaped 
blossoms. Hardy annual. 
IVhitlavia Grandiflora. Fine violet-blue, 1 ft. 5 
- Gloxinoides. Pure white, with blue lip.10 
WIGANDIA. 
Magnificent ornamental foliaged plants, with immense 
richly veined leaves, the stems covered with crimson 
hairs. Of rapid growth and splendid habit, it forms 
one of the finest objects amongst ornamental foliaged 
plants. 
Wigandia Caracasana. Blue flower, 7 ft.10 
- Vigieri. Superb, glaucous foliage, M ft .10 
- Imperialis. A superb, new variety, with much 
larger and firmer leaves. ...10 
ZINNIA ELEGANS. 
This is one of the most brilliant of annuals, and has 
long been a general favorite. The flowers are large, 
finely formed, and in great variety of color. Seed 
sown early under glass will commence flowering in 
June, and continue the whole season. They require 
little attention, and any common garden loam. Half- 
hardy annuals. 
Zinnia Elegans fl. pi. Tall double finest mixed, 2 ft. 
Per oz., 40 cts . 5 
- Tall Double Scarlet, 2 ft. 5 
-- - White, 2 ft. 5 
-Pumila fl. pi. Finest dwarf double mixed, 
1 ft.10 
- Coccinea. New dwarf double, fiery 
scarlet, splendid . . 10 
- Alba. New dwarf double, white. 10 
—— - Pompone. New varieties mixed . 10 
- -- Grandiflora Robusta. New large-flowering 
double mixed . .... 10 
- Haageana fl. pi. Beautiful flowers of a deep 
orange yellow, keeping their colors when dried. 10 
- Collection of ten tall double varieties . 50 
- Colle-tion of six new dwarf double varieties.50 
