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VALERIANA (Valerian). 
An attractive perennial well foliaged with clean, inch 
long- leaves that are slightly touched with gray. 
Dense spikes of scarlet flowers appear in profusion 
through most of the year. Grows to three feet in 
height and as broad as tall. Plant in sun. 2% inch 
pots. Gal. containers. 
VERBENA. 
If you wish a maximum of color with a minimum of 
expense and labor plant verbena. They will reward 
you from Spring until Winter with their warm, fra¬ 
grant flowers. Properly cared for, Verbenas should 
thrive for about three years. Cut back severely about 
February 1 and give them a heavy application of 
dairy fertilizer. Plant in sun.' 
We grow them in red, pink, purple, lavender, white 
and salmon. 2% inch pots. 
VINCA MAJOR 
VERONICA. 
Long lived perennials that thrive in most any soil 
or sunny location. Easy to grow and extremely hardy. 
Longifolia subsessilis. Bears compact, six to eight 
inch long spikes of deep blue flowers. Leaves wide, 
three inches in length, compact on stems and dark 
green. Hands.ome when not in bloom but flowers 
most of the year. Will create an incipient riot in any 
garden. Excellent for cutting. Height three feet. Gal. 
containers. 
*Prostrata S,atureiaefolia. A compact, prostrate va¬ 
riety growing to five inches in height. Green foliage 
-—slightly gray. Smothered with small light blue 
flowers in Spring. Valuable for rockeries, window 
boxes or borders. Gal. containers. 
*Repens. A minutely leaved trailing variety that roots 
as it spreads, forming a close mat of cool, deep green. 
Bears slender racemes of small light blue flowers in 
late Spring. Excellent in the rock garden. Sun or part 
shade. 2% inch pots. 
*Rupe.stris. Probably the hardiest of the prostrate va¬ 
rieties. The small, thickly growing leaves are quite 
substantial in texture. It, too, roots as it travels and 
spreads into a small carpet of deep green loveliness. 
Mapj medium blue flowers in early Summer. Invalu¬ 
able "in the" rock garden or border. Gal. containers. 
Splcata. An old standby. Long narrow medium green 
leaves. Three inch spikes of lavender-blue in Spring, 
Summer and Fall. Grows to two or two and one- 
half feet. 2*4 inch pots. 3 inch pots. Gal. containers. 
* Particularly useful in rock gardens. 
