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Edward Gilleit, Soulhvoick, Mass.--Hardy Perennials 
A field of Stokesia cyanea at Gillett’s (see page 45) 
Viola Canadensis, continued 
ish flowers tinned with purple. A moist, shady situation is desirable for its 
cultivation. May to August. 15 cts. each. $1.25 per doz. 
V. blanda (Sweet White Violet). ® <§> Flowers slightly fragrant. Damp, open places 
in s]-)ring. 10 cts. each. $1 per doz. 
V. canina, var. sylvestris (Dog Violet), s 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), s A strong growing plant, from a thickened or 
tuberous root; stemless, each leaf and flower-stalk growing on a long stem from 
the root. Flowers deep or pale violet-blue or purple; single. Like nearly all 
our native Violets, it grows in damp places, mostly in shade. 15 ct^. each, $1.25 
]K'r doz. 
V. cornuta (Horned Pansy). An old garden plant of much merit, with sweet scented, 
bright lavender flowers in spring; quite hardy in wet or verv moist, open places. 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
V. cornuta alba. A pure white variety of good form; a great bloomer from spring 
through the .season. 15 cts. each. $1 per doz. 
V. odorata, Czar (Sweet Violet). This is a variety of the English V’iolet, which is 
scattered over lAirope and Russian Asia, and grown near the European cities 
in great quantities for the city markets. 1'his variety. Czar, is a good bedding 
])lant here; its flowers are double, violet in color and very fragrant in spring. It 
likes a moist and rather heavy soil in the oi)cn 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. 25 cts. each. 
Viola ordorata. The common Sweet English Violet. vSingle, but very fragrant. 20 
cts. each. $1.50 per doz. 
V. pubescens. Six to 12 inches high. Flowers yellow, veined with purple. This 
little Violet is found throughout Xew PAigland, 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. 
See page one for explanation of signs before description of plants 
