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HOVEY’S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE 
BASKET of verbenas. Bee page 76. 
NO. 
FER PKT. 
VERONICA. Nat. Ord., Scrophulanacece. 
A genus of fine, showy plants, producing their handsome spikes of flowers in profusion 
during summer and autumn. 
1265 
1266 
1267 
1268 
1269 
1270 
1271 
1272 
Veronica syriaca, dwarf annual; bright blue; pretty for pots, edgings, or rock 
work. $ ft. 
“ alba, variety of preceding with white flowers • . , , 
asnirea, hardy perennial; bright-blue. 1ft. 
elegans rosea, rose-color; hardy perennial. 1$ ft. 
latifolia, blue; dwarf; hardy perennial. ^ ft. ...... 
Virginica, rose-coior; hardy perennial. 4 ft. 
spicata, light blue; hardy perennial. 2 ft. 
" dentata, deep blue; hardy perennial. 1 ft. . , . , 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
VINCA. Nat. Ord., Apocynacece. 
A genus of the most beautiful greenhouse plants; succeeding out of doors in warm, shel¬ 
tered situations. Seed sown early in spring will bloom the same season. 
1273 Vinca rosea, rose-color; from East Indies.. , .10 
1274 ** alba, white, with crimson eye.10 
1275 ** “ nova, a new variety; pure white.10 
VIOLETS. Nat. Ord., Violacece. 
1276 Violet. The Czar. A new, very large, and beautiful variety of the Violet. The flow¬ 
ers are of the deepest blue violet, are borne on very Iona foot-stalks, and are nearly 
twice as large, and much sweeter than the old Russian Violet. It commences bloom¬ 
ing in September, and continues flowering until May. Mr. Graham, the originator of 
the variety, writes that “ it is in great demand among the flower-dealers in Covent- 
Garden Market.” Our plants have been in flower since lust September. Seed 
should be sown early; it often remains long in the ground before vegetating, and is 
most successful when sown as soon as gathered.26 
1277 Viola Cornuta. One of the finest of Vioiets for summer and autumn decorations. A 
compact, perennial, herbaceous plant. Six to nine inches high; yielding a 
succession of delicate, light-mauve-blue flowers in succession, from April to 
October. A beautiful plant for clumps or edgings, forming a rich, compact 
mass of green foilage, set off by the profusion of purple, mauve-color, and 
violet blossoms. The seed vegetates best if sown early in a cold frame, and 
the young plants removed to the border where they are to bloom . . . .10 
1278 “ lutea. Highly recommended in England as a beautiful variety, and promising 
to become very popular as a bedding-plant; it is of a neat dwarf habit, and 
has bright yellow flowers, blooming as freely as Viola Cornuta . . . .10 
VIRGINIA STOCK (Malcoma Maritima). Nat. Ord., Cruciferce. 
A pretty, hardy annual, well adapted for growing in small beds, or for edgings. 
1279 Virginia Stock, white. * ft.. 
1280 “ “ red. Aft. 6 
1281 ** mixed colors. \ ft..g 
WALLFLOWER. Nat. Ord., Crucifera. 
A popular and favorite half-hardy perennial plant, with bright and showy yellow and 
blood-colored flowers, blooming in spikes like the Stock Gilliflower, and very fragrant. 
In mild climates the plants stand the winter, producing their flowers early in spring; but 
with us they are mostly grown in pots, for which purpose they are finely adapted, and 
flower in perfection in the winter and spring months. 
