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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS’ GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1896 
TORENIA. 
Sown February to April in pots, and kept under glass, it 
will thrive equally well if planted out in the summer 
months in the open ground ; half-hardy annual. 
Per Pkt. 
Toreiiia Fournieri. Sky-blue flowers, with three spots of 
a dark indigo-blue, and a bright yellow stain in the 
center.. . 25 
- Hail Ion ii. A very pretty and distinct species, bear¬ 
ing bright yellow flowers, with purplish brown 
tube.25 
- “White Wings.” Unusually attractive, being pure 
white with flush of rose at the throat .25 
TRITOMA. 
Interesting and showy plants, with flower stalk 3 feet high, 
covered for about a foot with bright orange-scarlet- 
flowers. Very effective if planted in clumps or among 
shrubbery; rich soil. Half-hardy perennial, 
Tritoma Uvaria (Brandiflora. (Red-Hot Poker.). 
- Saunders!. New magnificent species. 
10 
25 
VERBENA. 
The Verbena is deservedly a universal favorite, unrivaled in 
the splendor of its dazzling brilliancy of flower. A 
constant bloomer, and if grown from seed has a sweet 
fragrance. Treat as tender annuals. Sow in a hot¬ 
bed in March or April, and plant out in May. Seed 
sown in the open ground will flower in August. 
Verbena, Pure White.10 
- Scarlet. Extra fine.10 
- Cltriodora. (Lemon-scented Verbena).10 
-Pine Mixed varieties . 5 
- Elliott’s Mammontli Mixed. Saved from the choicest 
varieties of large flowering Verbenas. Free bloom¬ 
ing, vigorous growth, and contains all the new colors 
and shades .10 
VALERIAN. 
Showy plants for mixed borders or shrubberies, bearing 
large corymbs of bright flowers; bears shade and moist¬ 
ure well; hardy perennial. 
Valerian. All colors, mixed.5 
VINCA. 
These beautiful greenhouse perennials may be treated as 
tender annuals for the garden. If sown under glass, 
and strong plants are set out early in a warm situation, 
they will flower in the summer and autumn, and may 
be potted for the house before frost. 
Vinca Rosea. Rose, 2 ft.10 
- Rosea Alba. White, red eye.10 
- Alba Pura. Pure white.10 
VIOLA. (VIOLET.) 
Deservedly much in demand on account of their profusion 
of bloom, which lasts from early spring throughout the 
summer months, forming very effective beds either by 
themselves or mixed with other plants. Sow in cool 
pit or warm border. 
Per Pkt. 
Viola Odorata. Sweet-scented Violet, blue.10 
- Cornuta. Mauve colored.10 
-Alba. Snow white ... .10 
-Lutea Splendens. Yellow.10 
- Finest Mixed.10 
VIRGINIAN STOCK. 
Charming dwarf free-flowering plants, extremely effective 
in small beds, baskets or as edgings. Annuals 
> irginia Stock. Red and white mixed. 5 
WAHLENBERGIA. 
(PLATYCODON.) 
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, in April, and transplant to open ground in May. 
W ahlenbergia 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 bou¬ 
quets, cut the flowers before they are fully expanded. 
Half-hardy annuals. 
Waitzia. Mixed varieties.. 10 
WHITLAVI A. 
A beautiful free-flowering plant, with rich bell-shaped blos¬ 
soms. Hardy annual. 
Whitlayia Grandiflora. Fine violet blue, 1 ft.5 
- Gloxinoides. Pure white, with blue lip. 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 
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, 8 ft.10 
- Imperialis. A superb, new variety, with much larger 
and firmer leaves .. 
XERANTHEMUM. 
Exceedingly free-blooming everlastings. The flowers, when 
gathered young, are useful for winter bouquets; they 
are among the most easily cultivated of annuals, re¬ 
quiring only to be sown about May, in the open border, 
and thinned out for flowering. Hardy annuals. 
Xeranthemum Double. Mixed colors, 2 ft 
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