EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK 
MASSACHUSETTS 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
TRILLIUM grandiflorum. Probably the prettiest of the genus, and most generally 
cultivated. It grows S to 15 inches high, bearing a large white flower, often 2 to 
2 l / 2 inches in length and 2 inches wide, turning to lilac color with age. 10 cts. 
each, #t per doz. 
T. erectum. Has broader, rhomboid leaves, with a dark purple flower, to cts. each, 
$1 per doz. 
T. erectum, var. album. A variety with white or greenish white flowers. 25 cts. each, 
$1 .25 per doz. 
T. nivale (Dwarf White Trillium). Small, 2 to 4 inches high. Petals white. Very 
early. 15 cts. each, $1.2; per doz. 
T. recurvatum. Leaves green with white patches, flowers brown-purple. A most 
beautiful and easily- 
grown Trillium. 15c. 
ea., #1.25 per doz., $6 
per 100. 
T. sessile. Four to 12 
inches high. Flowers 
dark purple. 20c. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
T. sessile, var. Californi- 
cum. From the Pacific 
coast. 25 cts. each, $2 
per doz. Large roots. 
UVULARIA grandiflora 
(Large Be 11 wo rt ). 
About 15 inches high, 
forking above, bearing 
numerous membra¬ 
nous leaves and yel¬ 
lowish drooping flow¬ 
ers. Frequently has 
more than one stalk 
from t h e same root. 
Blooms in early spring. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
U perfoliata. S m a 11 e r 
than the last, with leaves 
more clasping on the 
stalk. 10 cts. each, $1 
per doz. 
U. sessilifolia. Similar to 
the above, only the 
leaves are sessile instead 
of clasping. All these 
Uvularias are easily cul- 
tivated, and quite 
pretty, to cts. each, $1 
per doz. 
VALERIANA officinalis (Common Valerian, or Garden Heliotrope). Two to 4 feet 
high. A plant of old gardens, well known for the spicy fragrance of its small 
numerous flowers in spring, which are white-, pink- or lavender-colored and very 
fragrant. It delights in the open border in a rich soil, where it soon forms fine 
clumps. 20 cts. 
VERNONIA Noveboracensis (Ironweed). Three to 5 feet. Vigorous-growing peren¬ 
nials, with very showy purple flowers in small heads in autumn. Very effective 
as single specimens, or grown in clumps near water. 20 cts. 
VERONICA gentianoides. Plant 12 to iS inches high, with pale blue flowers in a 
raceme in spring. 15 cts. 
V. incana. A pretty little dwarf bedding plant with silvery leaves; flowers dark 
purple. Choice. 15 cts. 
TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM. 
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