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[General Collection of Hardy Plants—Concluded.] 
rose, arranged in dense masses, ana are half concealed among the 
great leaves in early spring. A bold and striking plant for rock 
work or border. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Saxifraga Crassifolia. A species of the Megesia section, with 
large, broad leaves. Its flowers are produced in dense, panicled 
cymes, rising from the terminal shoots in showy, pendent masses; 
they are of a light, rosy color, with the slightest lilac tint, and are 
produced in April and May. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Thalictrum Mediterraneum. Elegant fern-like foliage ; white 
flowers. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Thalictrum Purpurescens. Similar to the above, with pur¬ 
plish stems and stamens. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Tiarella Cordifolia. (Foam Flower.) A plant of great beauty, 
both in leaf and flower ; perfectly hardy and vigorous. The flow¬ 
ers are small, creamy white and star shaped ; the buds delicately- 
tinted pink and in great profusion, and when seen a few yards off 
have a close resemblance to a wreath of foam; a beautiful and 
effective plant. 25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Tradescantia Virginica. A showy and highly-decorative 
group of border plants, forming erect bushes eighteen inches in 
height, producing numerous terminal umbels of large flowers in 
great profusion the whole of the summer ; varies in color from light 
blue to deep violet. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Trillium Grandiflorum. (Native Wood Lily.) One of the most 
singular and beautiful of spring-flowering hardy plants; it grows 
from six inches to one foot high, each stem bearing a lovely white 
three-petalcd flower; fairer than the white Lily and almost as 
large, when the plant is strong; flourishes in the shade in leaf 
mold or light soil; fine for cut flowers. 20 cents each; $2 per 
dozen. (See cut, page 80.) 
Tritoma MacOwani. Superb spike of compact flowers, of an 
orange-red color ; superior to all other Tritomas. 50 cents each ; 
$4 per dozen. 
Tritoma Nobilis. One of the grandest of the group, with im¬ 
mense spikes of orange-red flowers, on stems six to seven feet high, 
blooming from August to November. 50 cents each ; $4 per dozen. 
Tritoma Uvaria Grandiflora. (Flame Flowers.) Splendid, 
late-blooming plants ; flower stems three to five feet in height, with 
racemes of rich, pendant orange-red and scarlet flowers, a foot or 
more in length ; needs a slight covering in winter. 25 cents each ; 
$2.25 per dozen. 
Tricyrtis Grandiflora. Flowers resemble those of an orchid ; 
are quite fragrant and very interesting and beautiful. 25 cents 
each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Teucrium Chamaaedrys. A compact perennial, six to ten 
inches high, with shining foliage ; the flowers are reddish purple 
and borne profusely in summer. A good plant for edging and 
naturalizing on stony banks. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Veronica Longifolia. (Var. Sub-sessilis.) This is not only the 
best of this family, but one of the finest hardy perennials yet intro¬ 
duced ; flowers in dense erect spikes, a foot in length and from 
four to five inches in circumference, of a deep rich blue. It grows 
about two feet high, is perfectly hardy and can be highly recom¬ 
mended. 50 cents each ; $5 per dozen. 
Veronica Spicata. Flowers violet blue, in long spikes; dwarf 
habit. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Veronica Gentianoides. White flowers and bright, glossy 
leaves. Flowers in May. 25 cents each. 
Veronica Repens. A dense, closely-growing creeper, covering 
the soil as it proceeds with a perfect soft carpet of bright green foli¬ 
age ; it flowers very profusely in early spring, almost concealing the 
foliage. A strikingly-pretty plant. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Viola Cornuta. (Blue Bells or Horned Pansy.) This Alpine and 
Pyrenean violet should be in every garden ; its pale blue or mauve- 
colored, sweet-scented flowers, abundantly produced, make it very 
valuable in borders, lines and mixtures. The flowers are nearly 
as large as Pansies and much more effective. It blooms all summer 
during hot and dry weather, when other plants of this class are 
burned up. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Viola Altaica Lutca. Forms small dense tufts of foliage and 
produces great quantities of large yellow flowers ; this is one of the 
parents of the well-known Pansy. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Viola Altaica Cerulea. Large Pansy-like flowers, of a rich 
purplish blue, with yellow eye. The three lower petals striped at 
their base with lines of dark purple. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Viola Pedata. (Bird's-foot Violet.) The most beautiful of 
our native Violets, with handsome flowers, one inch across ; pale, 
or deep lilac, purple or blue, the two upper petals sometimes deep 
violet and velvety like a Pansy ; the leaves arc deeply divided like 
the foot of a bird, and the plant is dwarf and compact in habit; 
very free flowering. May and June. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. 
Valeriana Officinalis. (Garden Heliotrope). An old-fashioned 
garden plant with dense clusters of white flowers in early summer, 
which are very fragrant. 25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
WAHLENBERGIA. 
Valeriana Coccinea. (Scarlet Valerian.) A handsome border 
plant; flowers scarlet, and fine for cutting ; eighteen inches. 
20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Valeriana Alba. Similar to the above, but white. 20 cents 
each ; $2 per dozen. 
Vinca Ccerulea Minor. (Periwinkle, or Myrtle.) Blue-flower¬ 
ing, trailing evergreen. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Vinca Aurea Variegata. (Variegated Myrtle.) A beautiful 
variegated variety of the above. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Uniola Latifolia. A handsome native grass ; it grows two 
or three feet high, and has a large loose panicle, bearing large 
flattened spikelets, and when well established is a beautiful object. 
25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Uvularia Grandiflora. Dwarf, slender plants, closely allied to 
the Solomon’s Seal; flowers are long, of greenish yellow, grace¬ 
fully drooping and very attractive in early summer ; it requires 
shade. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. 
Wahlenbergia Grandiflora. (Platycodon.) A very effective 
hardy border perennial, producing all summer erect spikes of large 
salver-shaped blue flowers; indispensable in any collection of 
hardy plants. Strong plants, 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Wahlenbergia Alba. A fine hardy perennial, producing white 
flowers ; fine for cutting ; grows two to three feet. Fine for the 
border. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Yucca Filamentosa. The hardiest of the Yuccas. 50 cents 
each ; $5 per dozen. 
