30 Try Violas for Summer Bloom in the Rock Garden 










































































Verbena, Snow Queen 
Venidum 
7466 Fastuosum. Annual. 2 to 3 ft. Deep orange 
daisy-like flowers 4 to 5 inches across with 
upper row of petals marked with reddish brown 
zone. Pkt. 25c. 
Verbascum 
7410 Phoeniceum Hybrids. Perennials. Plants 
3 ft. high with colors ranging from white, pink, 
vose, purple and bronze to brown. Pkt. 25c. 
Verbena 
GIANT FLOWERING TYPE 
A magnificent strain of Verbenas, of robust, 
compact habit and free blooming. The trusses 
are immense, the individual florets measuring an 
inch in diameter. Seed sown in March will bloom 
from June until frost. 
7475 Grey’s Mammoth Mixed. A grana strain of 
giant Verbenas. Pkt. 15c. large pkt. 50c. 
7480 Annapolis Blue. A husky growing true mid- 
4lue with large trusses of 3-inch florets on erect 
15-inch stems, a good forcing variety. Pkt. 25.; 
large pkt. 75c. 
7490 Beauty of Oxford Hybrid. ‘Rose-pink shad- 
ing to rose-red. Pkt. 25c.; large pkt. 75c. 
7505 Flamingo. Vivid rose-pink; long stems and 
large flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
7510 Lavender Glory. Creamy eye. Pkt. 25c.; 
large pkt. 7T5c. 
7515 Mounty. Solid deep rose-red. Pkt. 
farge pkt. T5c. 
7528 Royale Hybrida. Royal blue, creamy eye. 
Pkt.. 25c.; large pkt. 75c. 
7530 Salmon Pink. Giant. Pkt. 25c.; large pkt. 
75e. 
7535 Snow Queen. Very large. Pkt. 25c.; large 
pkt. T5c, 
7540 Spectrum Red, Intense scarlet, no eye. Pkt. 
25c.; large pkt. 75c. 
VERBENA HYBRIDA, DWARF COMPAOTA 
7550 Blue Sentinel. Rich royal violet-blue; fra- 
grant. 
7555 Fireball, Erect, bright scarlet. 
7560 White Ball. New. / 
7565 Dwarf Compacta, Mixed. 
Each of above, pkt. 25c. 
VERBENA SPECIES 
7570 Bonariensis. The slender freely branched 
stems, 4 to 5 ft., bear sprays of heliotrope 
flowers during July and August. Pkt. 25c. 
T5675 Hrinoides (Moss Verbena). 7 ft. Purple. 
Pkt. 15c. 
7580 Venosa Lilacina. Delicate lilac-blue. Pkt. 
tSe,. 

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Veronica 
Spelndid hardy perennials, with showy spikes 
of bright colored flowers; fine border plant. 1% 
to 2 ft. 
7592 Longifolia Blue. Long spikes of bright 
violet-blue, blooming in midsummer in the sunny 
border. Pkt. 15c. 
Vinca 
Handsome, profuse blooming half-hardy peren- 
nials, flowering the first season from seed. 
7600 Bright Rose. 
7605 Pure White. ; 
7610 White, with Rose Eye. 
7615 Mixed. All colors. 
Each of above, pkt. 25c.; large pkt. T5c. 
Hardy Violas (Tufted Pansies) 
While the Violas lack the size of the regular 
large flowered pansies, yet they bloom more freely 
and continue to flower over a much longer season. 
Seed sown in April produces flowering plants in 
June and from then till frost they are a continu- 
ous sheet of bloom. 
7620 Arkwright Ruby. 
terra cotta. Pkt. 25c. 
7630 Blue Elf. Upper petals of deep violet-blue, 
lower petals light violet-blue. The gold eye has 
black lines radiating from the center. The 
foliage is small and dark green. It is perennial 
but best treated as an annual. When gown in 
March it blooms from June to August. Ideal 
for rock gardens, shady,. damp places, window 
boxes and for low beds and edges. Pkt. 25c. 
7635 Blue Perfection. Light blue. Pkt. 25c. 
7640 Chantreyland Hybrida. Pure apricot. Pkt. 
25c. 
7645 Jersey Gem. 
25¢e. 
7650 Lutea Splendens. Sulphur-yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
7660 Mixed Finest Varieties. Pkt. 25c. 
7680 Black Imp or Nigra. Tiny round black 
flowers like pieces of velvet with a gold point 
in the center. Pkt. 25c. 
Ruby-crimson, shading to 
A large deep violet-blue, Pkt. 
The best all-round spray for con- 
trol of insect pests in the garden or 
in the greenhouse is— 
RED ARROW. A highly effective non- 
poisonous insecticide killing both 
chewing and sucking pests. Oz. 35c; 
% pt. $1.00; pt. $2.85; qt. $5.50; 
gal. $19.00. 






Viola, Jersey Gem 








Venidium (Daisy of the Veldt) 
Viscaria 
7695 Finest Mixed. Showy, free flowering hardy 
annual for border or masses. 1 ft. Pkt. 15c. 
7715 Rose Beauty. Petals fringed. Pkt. 25c. 
7720 Loyalty Biue. True blue. 
Wallflower 
Delicately fragrant half-hardy perennials, with 
beautiful velvety flowers. 
7725 Double Branching, Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
ANNUAL 
7730 Double Early Wonder Mixed. 2 ft. Blooms 
within 3 months. Pkt. 15c.; large pkt. 50c. 
Xanthisma 
7735 Texanum (Star of Texas). A continuous 
mass of glistening golden single, daisy-like blos- 
soms with long, pointed petals. Stems are thin 
and strong, suitable for cutting. Does well in 
dry, open places. Bushy, erect plants, 114 feet 
high. Pkt. T5c. 






Veronica Longifolia 

