30 PLANTS FOR GROUND-COVERS AND BORDERS 

Veronica spuria (V. amethystina), Royal Blue. 1 foot. 
© Upright, slender, pubescent, linear-acute leaves. 
Racemes mnumerous-branched. Flowers rich blue. 
June and July. Rockery, banks, masses. Endures 
some shade. 
Field=plonts 320. eee $1.50 for 10; $12.00 per 100 
VINCA minor. Periwinkle; Myrtle. The beautiful old- 
* fashioned plant found in front lawns and under neigh- 
© boring trees on old New England farms. Glossy ever- | 
green 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, terraces, bordering 
driveways, foundation plantings, woodland edgings, 
in the rockery, corners of shady gardens, and many 
like situations. 
In planting do not place the crown of the plant below 
the surface of the soil. 
For 10 Per100 Per 1000 
2-yedraeld-picnise see ee $1.20 $9.00 $67.50 
Zi,-inch pot-plants sae. eee 1.50 12.00 90.00 
V. minor alba. White form of V. minor. 
* 
< Piclceplcn is sears cee ee $2.50 for 10; $22.50 per 100 
V. Bowles Variety. Leaves are glossy-green, like the 
former, but broader and flowers are of a deeper blue 
and bloom more freely. 
For10 Per100 Per 1000 
Field-plomts Se. eee ee $1.50 $12.00 $105.00 
Ze-inch pot-planisue ee see se eee 2.00 15.00 120.00 
VIOLA cornuta. Tufted Pansy. There are numerous gar- 
den 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. 
Apricots. noe eee $2.00 for 10; $15.00 per 100 
Lutea grandiflora. Yellow. .$2.00 for 10; $15.00 per 100 
V. cornuta, Jersey Gem. Very profuse bloomer. Royal 
violet-blue. 
Field-planis sani: eee ee $1.75 for 10; $12.50 per 100 
V. cornuta, Purple Glory. Deep velvety purple. 
Field-plants «= eee $2.50 for 10; $20.00 per 100 
V. cucullata. Blue Marsh Violet. 6 to 10 inches. Blue 
flowers all summer. 
Pield-planis a —6 eee $2.00 for 10; $15.00 per 100 
V. odorata, Rosina. Sweet Violet. A hardy, rose-flow- 
© ered, fragrant ‘Florist’s Violet,” covered with flowers 
except during the hot summer months. Foliage like the 
Sweet Violet. A gem for rockeries or borders, in semi- 
shade. 
Pield-plonts sess ce ame rete $2.25 for 10; $18.00 per 100 
V. pedata. Bird’s-foot Violet. Native. So called from the 
® shape of the leaves. Deep blue flowers in early sum- 
mer. Thrives in dry soil and semi-shade. 
Ricld-pleniis ye see eee $2.00 for 10; $15.00 per 100 
YUCCA filamentosa. Adam's Needle. Native. Practi- 
cally stemless, with many sword-shaped leaves an 
inch or more broad and | 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 positions well, but flowers 
better under good garden conditions. Suited for speci- 
mens, groups and large masses. 
Field-plants— 
$1.50 for 10; $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000 
Varieties marked y% are Ground-Cover Plants. 
