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Viola pedata. Bird’s-foot Violet. Handsome pur 
pie-blue flowers. N., 10 cts. each, $1 per doz.; 
P., 11 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. 
V. —, var. bicolor. In this charming variety the 
two upper petals are deep violet or purple, and 
have a velvety surface like pansy petals; the 
lower ones are plain blue, like the petals of the 
type. May. N., 10 cts. each, $1 per doz.: P., 
11 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. 
V. pedatifida (= V. delpli ini folia ?) . Prairie Vio¬ 
let. Palmately divided leaves, 5-to 7-parted; 
flowers violet or purple. N., 12 cts. each, $1.10 
per doz.; P., 13 cts. each, $1.20 per doz. 
V. primulifolia. Primrose-leaved Violet. Light 
blue flowers. N., 15 cts. each; P., 16 cts. each. 
V. Selkirkii. Rare. N., 25c. each; P., 27c. each. 
V. tricolor. Pansy. This is one of the most gen¬ 
erally popular of cultivated flowers. Easy of 
culture in most any garden soil, it prefers a 
cool, moist bottom, and in such a place will give 
Viola tricolor, continued. 
larger flowers. It has a longer season for bloom¬ 
ing than most plants, beginning in early spring 
and continuing until frost. N., 5 cts. each, 35 
cts. per doz.; P., 6 cts. each, 45 cts. per doz. 
Mixed seeds, 10 cts. per pkt. 
VICIA tenuifolia. Vetch. Pretty trailing vine, with 
dark green foliage and white flowers. N., 20 
cts. each; P. f 25 cts. each. Seeds, 10c. per pkt. 
WALDSTEINIA fragaroides. Yellow Strawberry. 
N., 15 cts. each; P., 17 cts. each. 
YUCCA glauca. Bear-grass. A handsome and hardy 
species, having shorter and narrower leaves 
than the following. N., 15 cts. each, $1.50 per 
doz.; P., 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
Y. filamentosa. Adam’s Needle. Four to 8 feet 
high; large roots. N., 30 cts. each. 
Y., var. recurvifolia. A form of the common Yucca. 
N., 30 cts. each; P., 40 cts. each. 
Hardy Terrestrial Orchids 
This charming group contains some of the most showy hardy plants in cultivation. Cypripediums, for 
example, are among them. They are very easy to manage, and exceedingly attractive when in flower. ’ No 
class of plants has more admirers, and all who have had the pleasure of seeing them growing will have 
been struck with the lovely and varied coloring of some of this family. To see them growing in their 
habitat, where nature has placed them, is a treat which comparatively few can enjoy, but with a little 
trouble we may have the pleasure of their flowers at home in our gardens —a treat well worth its cost. The 
Cypripediums and some others are suited to pot culture, and, with now and then an exception, force well, 
w Means plenty of moisture, in peat and loam and in the shade; answer very well for bog plants, 
x Means always moist loam, peat and leaf-mold; well-drained, shady situations, 
z Means good yellow, sandy loam, leaf-mold, partly shaded and moderately moist. 
APLECTRUM hyemale. Adam and Eve, Putty-root-z. One of our native Orchids, which is not so showy 
as some, but quite interesting on account of its manner of growth. The root is composed of two or 
more connected bulbs, from which comes, late in autumn, a single dark green leaf. This lasts until 
the next spring, and dies down about the time of flowering, or soon after; very hardy. The flowers 
are borne on stems about a foot high. They are greenish brown, flecked with white and purple* more 
curious than showy. N., 15 cts. each, $1.10 per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.30 per doz. 
Cypripedium spectabile. (See opposite page.) 
N. preceding the prices indicates not 
CYPRIPEDIUM acaule. Common Lady Slipper—x. 
This is another handsome native, producing 
beautiful rose flowers 2 inches in length. 
Stems 6 to 8 inches high. Suited to well- 
drained fissures of rockwork. N., 15c. each; 
l 3 ., 18 cts. each. 
C. candidum. Small White Lady - slipper. 
Five to 8 inches high, handsome white flow¬ 
ers. A hardy and interesting little Orchid, 
rather rare. Of easy culture in ordinary 
moist soil. N., 20 cts. each, $1.75 per doz.; 
P., 23 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
C. monlanum ( C. occidentale) — z. This is one 
of the most delicate and charming Orchids, 
and though not hardy here without covering, 
it may be easily protected by a covering of 
leaves. Any good garden soil which suits 
the common C. pubescens will suit this spe¬ 
cies. Flowers purple and white; fragrant. 
June. N., 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; P., 
18 cts. each, $1.45 per doz. 
prepaid; P. indicates prepaid. 
