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PLANTS FOR GROUND-COVERS AND BORDERS 
VERONICA pectinata. Prostrate mats of velvety 
Cleaves, and in May and June short spikes of pale 
blue flowers. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Field-plants.$2.00 $15.00 $125.00 
V. repens. Creeping Speedwell. A beautiful herba- 
★ ceous creeping ground-cover forming solid, mossy 
<$> mats of evergreen foliage, covered in early spring 
with light blue flowers, fading to white. Excellent 
for rockeries, between stepping-stones and wood¬ 
land paths in masses. Sun or semi-shade. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Field-plants.$1.50 $12.00 $100.00 
2 1 / 4 -in. pot-plants. 1.50 12.00 100.00 
V. rupestris. 2 in. A prostrate, creeping plant with 
<$> almost evergreen foliage and myriads of gentian- 
blue flowers in spring. A hardy and rapid grower, 
but does not become a weed. Sun or semi-shade. 
Excellent for borders, terraces, carpeting stepping- 
stones, rockeries. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Field-plants.$1.50 $12.00 $100.00 
V. rupestris, Heavenly Blue. An improved form of 
★ the preceding. Matlike habit and deep heavenly 
blue flowers. As a carpeter between stepping- 
stone walks and old stone walls, etc., it is 
invaluable. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Field-plants.$1.50 $12.00 $100.00 
V. spicata. Spike Speedwell. IV 2 ft. Europe, Asia. 
Slender stems. Leaves mostly lanceolate, downy, 
rather thick. Flowers clear blue, on long, upright 
spikes. June, August. Sun. Groups and masses. 
Field-plants.$1.25 for 10; $10 per 100 
V. spicata rosea. A form with rose-colored flowers. 
Field-plants.$1.25 for 10; $10 per 100 
V. spuria (V. amethystina) , Royal Blue. 1 ft. Up- 
<$> right, slender, pubescent, linear-acute leaves. 
Racemes numerous-branched. Flowers rich blue. 
June, July. Rockery, banks, masses. Endures 
some shade. 
Field-plants.$1.25 for 10; $10 per 100 
VINCA minor. Periwinkle; Myrtle. The beautiful 
★ old-fashioned plant found in front lawns and 
<§> under neighboring trees on old New England 
farms and in old cemeteries. Glossy evergreen 
foliage, and periwinkle-blue flowers in spring. We 
place it next in importance to Pachysandra as a 
ground-cover. 
The singular deep green color of the leaves 
presents a contrast when planted on banks, ter¬ 
races, bordering driveways, foundation plantings, 
woodland edgings, in the rockery, corners of shady 
gardens, and many like situations. 
After years of experience we find it best to ship 
only 2-year-old, field-grown plants, grown by us 
for 2 years from divisions, or 2 1 / 4 'hnch pot-plants 
which have been clipped to thicken them up and 
become well pot-bound. In planting do not place 
the crown of the plant below the surface of the soil. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
2-yr. field plants.$1.25 $6.00 $50.00 
2V4-in. pot-plants. 1.50 8.75 75.00 
Vinca Bowles Variety. Leaves are glossy-green, like 
the former, but broader and flowers are of a 
deeper blue and bloom more freely. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $15 per 100 
VIOLA cornuta. Tufted Pansy. Natives of Spain. 
There are numerous garden forms and colors. 
Hardy, large-flowered, and continuous in bloom 
if forming seed-pods are picked off or the plant 
sheared. Foliage much like the pansy. 
For 10 Per 100 
Alba. White.$1.25 $10.00 
Apricot . 1.50 12.00 
Lutea grandiflora. Yellow. 1.50 12.00 
V. cornuta, Jersey Gem. Very profuse bloomer. 
Royal violet-blue. Plants from cuttings. 
Field-plants.$1.75 for 10; $12.50 per 100 
V. cornuta, Purple Glory. Deep velvety purple. 
Field-plants.$2.50 for 10; $18 per 100 
V. cucullata. Blue Marsh Violet. 6 to 10 in. Blue 
flowers all summer. 
Field-plants.$1.25 for 10; $10 per 100 
V. odorata, Rosina. Sweet Violet. A hardy, rose- 
flowered, fragrant “Florist’s Violet,” covered with 
flowers except during the hot summer months. 
Foliage like the Sweet Violet. A gem for rockeries 
or borders. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $15 per 100 
V. pedata. Bird’s-foot Violet. Native. So called 
from the shape of the leaves. Deep blue flowers in 
early summer. Thrives in dry soil in full sun. 
Rockery, between flagstone walks, borders. 
Field-plants.$1.25 for 10; $10 per 100 
YUCCA filamentosa. Adam’s Needle. Native. Prac¬ 
tically stemless, with many sword-shaped leaves 
an inch or more broad and 1 to 2 feet long, 
crowded at the base of the plant. Evergreen. 
Flowers almost white, showy, in a large panicle, 
4 feet or more high in August. Endures dry posi¬ 
tions well, but flowers better under good garden 
conditions. Suited for specimens, groups and large 
masses. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Field-plants.$1.50 $12.00 $100.00 
ZANTHORHIZA apiifolia. Yellowroot. Generally 
^ low, growing about 1 foot from underground 
stolons which send up a new supply of stems each 
spring. Foliage pinnate and cut, in clusters from 
terminal buds. Autumn color, golden yellow. 
Native to moist, shaded locations, but does well 
in full sunlight and drier positions in loose soil. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
9 to 12 in.$2.00 $15.00 $125.00 
15 to 18 in., heavy clumps. 3.00 25.00 200.00 
Pachysandra terminalis (see pages 4 to 5) is the great 
all-round ground-cover plant. At the noted Breeze Hill 
Gardens in Harrisburg, Pa., it thrives mightily on a ter¬ 
race under ancient Horse Chestnut trees. Other plants 
have never been satisfactory in that situation. 
