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S. Af. tender bulb; handle like Amaryllis; 
good indoor pot plant: GH. 
VENIDIUM. 
VERBESINA., (ver-bes-SYE-nuh) 
Compositae. Amer. plants and shrubs 
with yellow, orange or white flowers; solitary 
or in panicled heads. 
—decurrens. VENI-2. 25¢ i 
ye . . . etiret —enceliodes. VEBE-3. 25¢ 
Bone my. toes yellow’ fs’ with ; dark Golden yellow rays, 2” across; TA: 
VERATRUM VERNONIA, ; (ver-NOH-nee-uh) 
False Hellebore.. Liliaceae. Perennials lronweed. Compositae. Herbaceous _per- 
with thick roots; easy; border or wild garden. | ennials in the N and trees and shrubs in the 
—nigrum. f VERA-S. 40¢ | South; flowers are showy and in purple, pink 
Blackish purple fis in panicles; lvs 1 ft 
long, 8 wide; 4 ft; HP. 
VERBASCUM. (ver-BASK-um) 
or white heads of disk flowers, in terminal 
clusters. They bloom late in the summer 
and auiumn; border or wild garden. 
. fnew : — ien- | —altissima. VERN-1,. 25¢ 
_Scrophulariaceae. Mostly tall pay aie Purpie heads 1” across; 10 ft: (IV); Hp. 
nials; makes fine specimens in the back 0 —gerberae-foryis. VERN-5. 30¢ 
the border. Large purple-blue Cornflowers: S. Rhod. 
— iculata alba. VERS-18. 25¢ | —giaxza. VERN-6. 25¢ 
Sa OsAtcuitn hybrids. VERS1I19. 25¢ Deep blue; 1-2 ft; good for cutting; So. 
Purple and red fis in racemes; 4 ft; HP. Rhodesia; TP. 
—virgatum. VERS-32. 25¢ | —melleri. VERN-12. 25¢ 
—Mixed. VEHS-X. 20¢ Sky-blue fis; large Plant; TP; S. Rhod. 
VERBENA VERONICA. 
(ver-RON-ik-uh) Speedwell. Scrophularac- 
eae. Annuals and perennials popular in the 
rockery or border; hardy, free flowering and 
thriving in a sunny or light shady spot; easy. 
(ver-BEE-nuh) Verbenaceae. Mainly per- 
ennials and highly prized for their profuse 
blooming; in the North they are grown as 
HA but in the far South as perennials; start 
art. | ~Chamaedrys. VERO-25. 25 
indoors for early bloom; space 1 ft. apart; Gkrmande: Speedwell. Blue fis: 18” 25¢ 
sunny piaces. —Guthrieana. VERO-44. 30¢ 
: t evergreen with blue fis; 9”; Hp 
TEUCRIODES: Most of the popular garden Ve €a : ; . 
varieties belong to this species. There are hier inkraceiaee ae Bf 30¢ 
many new improved form developed in Leman onttts tose ; oS VERO-T9. ah 
Paycth2 ere nels Neat pink carpet; ans) EL Pee ; 
—Florist Dwarf Compact. VERB-1DC. 25¢ —spicata, Mixed. VERO-85. 20¢ 
NEW. Extremely uniform plants, dwarf Blue, reds, pinks and white: 18”? HP. 
and compact in pei, eet Serene cake -.--Blue Shedéa: VERO-80B. o5¢ 
earlier than regular strains. plan cm aad e . 
produce blooms with eyes of bright ete Dwarf Varieties. VERO-80DX. 25¢ 
trasting shades, giving a harmonizing color Vv T 
combination of eyed kinds; many colors VERTICORDIA, VERT-12. 40 
not found in other ee It has special : -12. 40¢ 
value for Florist use and flat growers, ag 
it kill produce flowers in the flat: good also pESCARES, ie 
for pots and bedding. Oz. $4.00. ° VESI-2. 30¢ 
Bladder-pod. Yellow fis; inflated pods; 
—SPARKLE. VERB-1S. 25¢ | (VI); HP. 
NEW. An entirely new class of Verbena; —utriculata. VESI-6. 40¢ 
habit is dwarf and compact and completely 172 ft; HP. 
eliminates the open or bare spots that de- 
velope in the centers of plants of the regul- VETHEIMIA., 
ar strains. SPARKLE is the sharpest color —Viridifolia. VETH-4, 25¢ 
yet offered in Verbenas—a bright scarlet- 
red, greatly intensified by a large gleam- 
ing white eye. Oz. $5.00. 
_—Spreadiny Type. VERB-1SX. 20¢ 
Mammoth fis on spreading type plants. 
Mixed colors. 
—Hybrida_ grandiflora.. VERB-1B. 20¢ 
New bush type. New brilliant blend of 
colors; dense flat heads, closely massed 
across the flat-topped plants; 8-10’, 
OTHER SPECIES: 
—bipinnatifida. VERB-2, 25¢ 
Lilac-purple fis in loose clusters; showy; 
P, 
African bulbous plant: fis yellow tinged 
red; 114 ft; TBb. 
VIRBURNUM 
(vy-BURN-um) Snowball. Caprifoliaceae. 
One of the most popular ornamental shrubs. 
They also make excellent refuge for birds 
as well as food during the winter, all kinds 
of wild-life relish their berries. Seed can 
be planted in the fall in border lands of 
edges of woods or stratify them for spring 
planting; they germinate readily. 
—acerifolium. VIB-1. 25¢ 
Maple-leaf Vv. White fis in cymes in the 
—bonariensis. VERB-3. 25¢ | spring, followed b urplish black fruits; 
Lilae fis in dense spikes; 4 ft; HA. foliage turns reddish ate Fall: HSh. 
canadensis v. compacta. VERB-5SC. 25¢ —dentatum. VIB-20. 25¢ 
Large fis; grow as annual; mixed colars. Arrow-wood White fis on long stemmed 
—hastata. VERB-10. 25¢ 
Blue Vervain. Many 6” spikes of small 
blue fis, late in Summer; 5 ft; HP. . - 
—lacinata. VERB-21. 25¢ 
Violet fis in short clover-like heads; grow 
as an annual. 
Cymes; (III); 15 ft 
—dilatatum. VIB-21. 30¢ 
White fils; heads 5” across; fruits scarlet; 
10.ft; Japan. Oz. 65¢; lb. $4.00, 
—fragrans. VIB-25. 25¢ 
White or pink fragrant fis in panicles, 
