VERBENA STRICTA—ebnh(3)25. Pretty flowers of blue- 
purple in long spikes. Foliage softly downy. Hardy. Pkt. 
5c; 54 oz. 30c. 
VERBENA VENOSA—*uftrh(3-4) 15. Beautiful flowers of 
clustered lilac for months. Effective in rockery, or for 
bedding. Blooms first year, started early. Tubers may be 
carried over winter by packing in sand in cellar. Pkt. 10c. 
VERNON1A NOVABORACENSIS—ecbnmh(4)60. Robust, 
handsome, and hardy. The flowers are panicled tufts of 
rich aster-purple. Plant with early Goldenrod, for pleasing 
effects in purple and gold. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 35c. 
AND VERONICA FOR BLUE 
VERONICA ARMENA—erx(2-3)9. Many short spires of 
brightest blue, above feathered foliage. Pkt. 20c. 
VERONICA INCANA—erx(3-4)15. Low crowded foliage 
masses; a particularly attractive silvered gray. The flow¬ 
ers are clear blue-purple, in loose racemes a foot high. 
Pkt. 15c; fa oz. 30c. 
VERONICA OFFICINALIS — ergpsth(2)5. Close ever¬ 
green creeper for sun or light shade. It will grow under 
trees, where grass will not, in pavement joints, or step 
crevices. A good bulb cover, too. Little spires of blos¬ 
soms, blue, and sweetly aromatic, scatteringly in June and 
July. Pkt. 15c. 
VERONICA REPENS — ergph(3-4)2. The daintiest of 
trailing beauties, with minute leaves, scarce more than a 
ground-mat of imbricated emerald. Through the summer 
months, though, this is veiled by a pretty haziness of 
palest blue blossoms. For rockery, ground-cover, bulb 
cover or pavements. Shallow rooting, so needs judicious 
watering in drought. Pkt. 20c. 
VERONICA SAXATILIS—erx(2)6. Stars of azure in¬ 
tensity in loose sprays. Swiss Alps. Pkt. 20c. 
VERONICA TEUCRIUM — erbx(3)20. Informal spray 
spikes of royal indigo, varying to white and rose. Pkt. 20c. 
VERONICA BORDER BLEND—ecbh. A blend of showy 
kinds for border effects. Does not include any of the 
above. The Veronicas are especially desirable in the border 
because of their handsome habit and long period of bloom. 
Colors here are largely in the blue, purple and violet range, 
but a small proportion of white and rose has been in¬ 
cluded for contrast. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 131B7—One pkt. each of above for $1.00. 
VESICARIA UTRICULATA — erbx(l-2)18. Tufted ro¬ 
settes from which rise leafy stems, each with clustered 
crown of golden yellow blossoms, like those of Wall-flower. 
Later there are interestingly inflated seed-pods; Zeppelins 
of Lilliput. Pkt. 20c. 
VIBURNUM 
The Viburnums are hardy and amenable shrubs of con¬ 
siderable beauty of flower, fruit and form. All are relative¬ 
ly easy from seed, providing sowing is made in open ground 
in late fall, or failing this, that stratification or refrigera¬ 
tion of the seed, (see “y” culture, page 1), precedes spring 
sowing. 
VIBURNUM ACERFOLIUM — qsty 8 ft. Maple-leaved 
shrub; shade-tolerant. Open cymes of creamy flowers, then 
black fruits. Foliage autumn-purple. Pkt. 10c. 
VIBURNUM CARLESI — qy 5 ft. Splendid spreading 
shrub, with perfume-haunted pink and white flowers in 
May. Showy. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 30c. 
VIBURNUM DENTATUM—qy 12 ft. Handsome arching 
habit. Big cymes of white blossoms; then in fall, great 
shining clusters of blue-black berries, long-enduring. Pkt. 
10c; 54 oz. 20c; 1 oz. 60c. 
VIBURNUM LENTAGO—qjy 25 ft. Tall, arching screen- 
shrub, or small tree. Fragrant white flowers in June, fol¬ 
lowed by edible black fruits of concentrated sweetness. 
Thoreau remarked their quality in “Yankee in Canada.” 
Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 20c; 1 oz. 60c. 
VIBURNUM NUDUM—qmy 12 ft. Ivory-white flowers 
in fluffy clusters, followed by berries, these rosy red at 
first, then coerulean. Pkt. 15c. 
VIBURNUM TOMENTOSUM — qy 8 ft. One of the 
several shrubs that are called “Snowball,” quite fittingly in 
this case. Showy white blossoms, then handsome red 
fruits, turning blue-black. Ornamental foliage. Pkt. 10c; 
54 oz. 35c. 
VIBURNUM TRILOBUM—qy 10 ft. Bush Cranberry. 
The usual pretty white flowers, but followed by fruits of 
most unusual scarlet, these lighting up the bushes all 
winter. That is, of course, if they haven’t been picked to 
provide the delectable jam or jelly that is so often made 
from them. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 20c. 
OFFER 132B7—One pkt each of above for 65c. 
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THE FRIENDLY VIOLETS 
Here are happy and lovable flowers for rockery, wood¬ 
land, garden path, or meadow. They greet the spring with 
their blossoms, but in latest autumn one will still find an 
occasional bloom braving the cold winds. Even the foliage 
has charm, and some kinds make good ground covers, or 
carpeting plants. Try Viola striata in Lily beds, or under 
Roses. 
VIOLA ADUNCA : —ernsth(l-2)4. Blossoms of lilac-laven¬ 
der. A pretty woodlander, with downy foliage, and rooting 
stem-runners. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA AETOLICA—edlth(2-3)4. Miniature Pansy-violet 
from Greece, with blossoms of glossy yellow. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA BIFLORA—ersth(2)5. It will light up cool shaded 
places with glints of golden sunshine. The blossoms come 
usually in pairs. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA BOSNIACA—*ergstx(2-3)6. Green mats, long- 
studded with blossoms of richest rosy mauve. Color some¬ 
times segregates to give variegations over cream. Pkt. 15c. 
VIOLA BRITTONIANA—ercnh(l-2) 10. Large blossoms 
of deepest purple, long-stemmed. Make ornamental tall 
tufts of deeply lobed foliage. Sun, or light shade. A noble 
species. Pkt. 15c; fa oz. 30c; 54 oz. 50c; 54 oz. 85c. 
VIOLA CALCARATA—^erxfSjS. From the Swiss Alps 
comes this long-stemmed, long-blooming, gracefully informal 
Viola. It has been said of its blossoms that they seem like 
butterflies that are being transformed into Pansies. A royal 
indigo, with radiating pencilings, predominates, but there 
will be also purple, and cream, with old ivory that is just 
tinging with blue, or, if one is very fortunate, the rare 
pink form may appear. There is little pause to the bloom¬ 
ing, from April to December, save possibly in drought, but 
a garden hose can largely remedy that. Rather permanent. 
Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA CANADENSIS—ernsth(l)15. A woodland Violet, 
long, lank and leafy, but with abundance of cream-colored 
blossoms, purple in reverse. Mass under trees. Pkt. 15c. 
VIOLA CONFEDERATA — ercnh(l-2)8. Strain A. A 
vigorous and very beautiful Violet, big and showy in blos¬ 
som, and of full hardiness. The flowers are silvery white,, 
but with a purple-shaded richness radiating from a dark 
and velvety center. Considered a memorial of the south¬ 
ern Confederacy; botanically it is Viola papilionacea var. 
Priceana. Highly recommended. Pkt. 15c; 54 oz. 40c; 
54 oz. 75c. 
VIOLA EIZANENSE ALBA—Of greatest rarity, blossoms 
of pearly whiteness. Fragrant. Pkt. 50c. 
VIOLA ELATIOR—erbh(l-2)12. A tall branching Violet, 
almost high enough for the hardy border. It is long in 
bloom, and the blossoms, of softest azure blue with white 
eye, are far larger than those of most Violets. Particularly 
good. Pkt. 15c; 54 oz. 40c; 54 oz. 75c. 
VIOLA FLO RAI REN SIS — *erch(8)8. Big Pansy-like 
blossoms from April to December. Richest shaded lilac- 
lavender. Very satisfactory. This is Viola cornuta x V. 
rothomagensis. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA GRACILIS—*erx(2-4)7. Armies of shimmering 
blossoms, like purple Butterflies, but sometimes cream 
white or soft yellow. True species. Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA HASTATA—ersth(l)10. A splendid woodlander, 
with lance-head leaves, and blossoms of deep citron yellow. 
Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA HEDERACEA—*erfx(htw) (8)5. Australian Violet. 
Dense three-inch moundlets of pale green, with multitudes 
of pretty blossoms on slender stems some two inches higher. 
The flowers are of exquisite daintiness, but of most un¬ 
violet-like form. Color is pure blue-purple, but the lower 
petal is margined with azure-suffused white, and the wing 
petals are about half and half, purple and white. Blooms 
freely from spring seeding by August, so may be treated 
as an annual in areas of great winter cold. Pkt. 35c. 
VIOLA HIRTA—Lilac to purple flowers of good size, 
carried well above foliage. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA HYBRIDA APRICOT—*erx(3-5)7. Oval, lus¬ 
trous blossoms of deepest apricot, shading to velvety orange 
at the center. Free-blooming. Pkt. 20c. 
VIOLA LABRADORICA—ernh(l-2)4. Floriferous species, 
with alluring blossoms of soft blue-lavender. Half-trailing; 
attractive in foliage and form. Pkt. 15c; fa oz. 35c. 
VIOLA LANCEOLATA—ernmgh(l-2)6. Lance-leaf Violet. 
Makes runners to form a close turf, that will be in late 
spring, great drifts of solid white. Recommended for 
naturalizing. Pkt. 15c; fa oz. 35c. 
VIOLA LUTEA—*erx(8)6. A dainty little wild Pansy" 
from the hills of England. Elfin blossoms, from palest 
creamy primrose, through straw-yellow and lemon, to shin¬ 
ing gold. Tends to be mat-forming. Pkt. 15c. 
