EDWARD GIlLETT, SQUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
VIOLA, rhe Violets are for the most part among our first spring flowers. They 
turn isn an abundance of bloom, a variety of colors, and are so easily grown as to 
be worthy of a place in every wild garden. 
V. Californica (Californian \ iolet). A large, single 
blue-flowered Violet, forming large clumps, very 
flagrant; needs a little protection in winter. It 
also makes a fine plant for window culture. 15 
cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
V. Canadensis. Is 1 to 2 feet high, with heart-shaped 
leaves and whitish flowers tinged with purple. A 
moist, shady situation is desirable for its cultiva¬ 
tion. May to August. 15 cts. each, £1.25 per doz. 
V. blanda (Sweet White Violet) . Flowers slightly fra¬ 
grant. Damp open places in spring. 10 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. 
V. canina, var. sylvestris (Dog Violet). A pretty many- 
flowered Violet, 6 inches high, blue in color, 
branching and forming little clumps. Moist shady 
places. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
V. cucullata (Common Blue Violet). A strong-growing plant from a thickened or 
tuberous root; stemless, each leaf and flower-stalk growing on a long stem from 
the root. Mowers deep or pale violet-blue or purple; single. Like nearly 
all our native Violets, it grows in damp places, mostly in shade. 10c. each, £r 
per doz. 
V. Cornuta (Horned Pansy) An old garden plant of much merit, with sweet-scented 
bright flowers in spring ; quite hardy in wet or quite moist, open places. White 
and lavender. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
V. odorata Czar (Sweet \ iolet). I bis is a variety of the English Violet which is scat¬ 
tered over Europe and Russian-Asia, and grown near the European cities in 
great quantities for the city markets. This variety Czar is a good bedding plant 
here , its flowers are double, violet in color and very fragrant in spring. It likes 
a moist and rather heavy soil in the open border, or where it can get the noonday 
sun. Hardy, yet it is greatly benefited by a covering of boughs or leaves through 
the winter. 15 cts. each, #1.50 per doz. 
V. pubescens. Six to 12 inches high. Flowers yellow, veined with purple. This 
little \ iolet is found throughout New England in rather dry soils in shade • in 
early summer. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
V. rotundifolia. Low ; 2 to 3 inches high. A yellow Violet with large round leaves 
flat on the ground; growing on moist, mossy banks near mountain brooks. 
Early spring. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
V. pedata ( Bird’s-Foot \ iolet). Leaves all divided. Large, handsome, pale or deep 
purple or blue flowers in summer. Delights in a dry, sandy soil in open sun 
Spring and early summer. One of the very best of our wild Violets and satis¬ 
factory to grow by reason of its great flower-bearing quality. Fine large 
dumps. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
V. pedata, var. bicolor. A beautiful variety of the above, with two leaves of the flower 
violet-colored. Does nicely in a sandy loam soil in partial shade. Spring, is 
cts. each, #1.25 per doz. 
VINCA minor (Common Periwinkle). A most beautiful evergreen trailing plant, w’th 
blue flowers. Also known by the name of Blue Myrtle, is cts. each $1 2s per 
doz., $6 per 100. ' 1 
V. minor alba. A very fine variety with pure white flowers, which are borne in pro¬ 
lusion. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
YUCCA filamentosa (Adam’s Needle). The dark green leaves, 1 to 2 feet long, are 
clustered at the base, about an inch wide in the center, running to a sharp point 
the edges splitting off into little hairs 1 to 4 inches long. The flowers are large’ 
creamy white, borne along the stalk near the top ; 3 to 6 feet high. Very orna¬ 
mental on the lawn producing a unique effect not equaled by any other plant. 
It is an evergreen, and looks well through the winter. Too heavy for the mail 
Not prepaid, 25 cts. 
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