TLdlvard Gillett , Southlvick, Massachusetts 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
TRILLIUM grandiflorum. Probably the prettiest of the genus, and most generally 
cultivated. It grows 8 to 15 inches high, bearing a large white Mower, often 2 to 
2\/ z inches in length and 2 inches wide, turning to lilac color with age. 10 cts. 
each, $1 per do/. 
T. erectum. Has broader, rhomboid leaves, with a dark purple Mower. 10 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. recurvatum. Leaves green with white patches, Mowers brown-purple. A most 
beautiful and easily 
grown Trillium. 15c. 
each, #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. Front the Pacific 
coast. 25 cts. each, $2 
per doz. Large roots. 
UVULARIA grandiflora 
(Large B e 11 w o rt ). 
About 15 inches high, 
forking above, bearing 
numerous membranous 
leaves and yellowish 
drooping Mowers. Fre¬ 
quently has more than 
one stalk from the same 
root. Blooms in early 
spring. 10 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. 
U. perfoliata. Smaller 
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. 10 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. 
VANCOUVERIA hexandra (Barrenwort). Eight to 12 inches. A plant native to 
Oregon and Washington. Of creeping habit, with quite pretty compound leaves 
and creamy white Mowers. Plant in rich, moist, shady place. 20 cts. 
VERNONIA Noveboracensis (Ironweed). I hree to 5 feet. Vigorous-growing peren¬ 
nials, with very showy purple Mowers in small heads in autumn. Very effective 
as single specimens, or grown in clumps near water. 20 cts. 
VERONICA gentianoides. Plant 12 to 18 inches high, with pale 
raceme in spring. 15 cts. 
V. Virginica (Culver s Root). 2 feet. The Mowers are pale blue, 
Plant in rich, open places. Clumps. 20 cts. 
Trillium grandiflorum 
blue Mowers in a 
but rather showy. 
