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MENTOR , Ohio WAYSIDE GARDE NS 
VIOLA 
Popular garden flowers originally obtained by crossing Viola cornuta 
(the Horned Viola) with the ordinary Pansy. They differ from the 
ordinary Pansy by being more compact in habit and more continuous 
and free in flowering. 
Culture. To grow Violas well, good soil is a great advantage, although 
fine results may be obtained from plants planted in any soil that has 
been well dug, and a heavy dressing of partially rotted manure in¬ 
corporated at the time of digging. Plant 8 inches apart in fall or early 
spring and plant firmly. Be sure and see that no excess moisture will 
kill the plants in winter. 
VIOLA CORNUTA - Tufted Pansies 
Admiration Three $0.65, Doz. $2.00, 1 00 $1 2.00 
Deep violet flowers in great profusion all summer. 
* Flora ire Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A gem, producing profusely all summer through, small blossoms of pale 
blue. Famous in and around Geneva, Switzerland, a product of Monsieur 
Correvon. Fine for rockery. 
*G. Wermig Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A variety of Tufted Pansy, forming clumps which are covered with rich 
violet-blue flowers the entire season; fine for rock garden. 
Golden Yellow Three $0.65, Doz. $2.00, 100 $1 2.00 
A very free-flowering sort producing its golden yellow flowers all 
summer. 
’^Gracilis Three $1 .00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A tufted species producing a mass of rich purple, small, starry flowers 
in bloom all summer. An ideal variety for the rock garden. 
Jersey Gem Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 1 00 $1 8.00 
Possesses the dwarf habit and continuity of blooming of the true 
horned Viola (V. cornuta), and vigorous, bushy growth and roundish 
foliage of the finest English bedding varieties. Pure, rich violet, slightly 
perfumed. 
Perfection Three $0.65, Doz. $2.00, 100 $ I 2.00 
Light blue flowers in abundance all summer; a very lovely variety planted 
with the yellow sort. 
Sutton's Apricot Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 1 00 $20.00 
Beautiful rich apricot shade, tinted orange toward the center. 
White Perfection Three $0.65, Doz. $2.00, 100 $1 2.00 
Pure white blooms in great profusion all summer. 
Mixed Three $0.65, Doz. $2.00, 100 $12.00 
Many shades and markings. 
VIOLA ODORATA - Sweet Violet 
*Prince of Wales Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Rich, deep purple. Gloriously sweet scented. The best of the single 
hardy sweet scented Violets. Does excellently in shade. 
*Rosina Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Producing not only in spring but again in late autumn, quantities of 
dainty, deliciously fragrant, pink or old rose flowers. Extremely useful 
for bordering or as a ground cover in half shade or full sun. 
-'Double Russian Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Perfectly hardy anywhere, producing double, sweet scented flowers in 
abundance. A splendid variety for that troublesome shady place. 
VINCA - Periwinkle or Trailing Myrtle 
The Periwinkles are suitable to grow as edgings to shrubbery borders, 
carpet the ground under the shade of trees, or in shady borders with 
ferns, lilies and other bulbs. 
Culture. Ordinary soil in positions named above. Plant in autumn or 
early spring, 4 to 6 inches apart. Additional beauty is obtained by the 
interplanting of daffodils, mertensia or plumbago larpentae. All these 
bulbs and plants do well planted under Vinca minor. 
*Minor 
A trailing evergreen plant, used extensively for carpeting the ground 
under shrubs or trees or on graves, where it is too shady for grass or 
other plants. Doz. 100 1000 
Field grown plants, 1 year old.$1.25 $7.00 $60.00 
Field grown plants, 2 years old. 1.75 9.00 80.00 
Heavy plants from 3-inch pots. 2.00 11.00 95.00 
*Minor aurea variegata Three $ 1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
The hardy golden variegated Vinca is a very attractive plant for the 
rockery or any shady place where a touch of color for the winter is 
required. 
YUCCA - Adam's Needle 
Stately perennials with stiff, evergreen, swordlike, sharply pointed 
leaves, produced in a cluster. 
Culture. They require a sunny position. They will not thrive in peaty 
soils. Plant in early spring or fall, 3 feet apart. 
*Filamentosa 
Among the hardy plants there is nothing more effective and striking 
for isolated positions on the lawn. It is also indispensable for the large 
rockery. Its broad, swordlike, evergreen foliage and immense branching 
spikes of drooping, creamy white flowers, rising to a height of 5 feet, 
render it a bold and handsome subject wherever placed. 
Three Doz. 100 
3- year-old flowering plants.$1.20 $3.50 $25.00 
4- year-old flowering plants. 1.40 4.00 30.00 
Sweet Scented 
Double 
Russian 
Violet 
This rare Violet has practically been 
out of commerce, for the past ten years. 
It is very mucjrsought after by those who 
know it and want it for the exquisite 
fragrance of its double flowers. It is 
slow of growth, does not spread much 
and it has taken us a goodly number of 
years to produce a quantity of this fine 
Violet. Nothing sweeter could be grown 
by you in your garden. Excellent for that 
difficult shady place. 
Three, $1.20 
Doz., $3.50 
IOO, $25.00 
