. Ellwanger & Barry : Mount Hope nurseries. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 119 VINCA. Myrtle, or Periwinkle. V. caerulea minor. A blue flowering, trailing evergreen. 25c. V. elegantissima alba. White flowers and glossy green oval foliage. 25c. V. herbacea. Blue flowers ; early; narrow foliage ; very pretty. 25c. V. major variegata. Trailing habit; leaves broadly margined with yellow. V. minor aurea variegata. Golden variegation. 25c. V. purpurea pleno. Double purple flowers. 25c. A fine basket plant. 25c. VIOLA ODORATA. Sweet Violet. V. California. Single purple. 25c. V. cornuta. Large pale single blu
. Ellwanger & Barry : Mount Hope nurseries. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 119 VINCA. Myrtle, or Periwinkle. V. caerulea minor. A blue flowering, trailing evergreen. 25c. V. elegantissima alba. White flowers and glossy green oval foliage. 25c. V. herbacea. Blue flowers ; early; narrow foliage ; very pretty. 25c. V. major variegata. Trailing habit; leaves broadly margined with yellow. V. minor aurea variegata. Golden variegation. 25c. V. purpurea pleno. Double purple flowers. 25c. A fine basket plant. 25c. VIOLA ODORATA. Sweet Violet. V. California. Single purple. 25c. V. cornuta. Large pale single blue flowers. 25c. var. alba. White flowers. 25c. V. La France. A fine new variety; flowers large, single blue. 25c. V. Marie Louise. Very large, double fragrant flowers, lavender blue and white; forces well. 25c. V. Neapolitan. Lavender blue; large, double, fragrant flowers; a fine winter bloomer. 25c. V. Princess of Wales. Single blue. 25c. V. obliqua striata. Flowers single, dark blue, striped with white ; scentless; plant bushy and free bloom- ing. 25c. V. Queen Victoria. Large, violet-blue flowers, single; very fragrant; one of the hardiest of all. 25c. V. Swanley White. Large, double white flowers; very fragrant. 25c. VINCETOXICUM. V. acuminatum. Mosquito Plant. Clusters of pretty white flowers all summer; i to 2 feet. 25c. YUCCA. Spanish Bayonet. Has a fine appearance; the stem is 2 feet above the ground, covered with large, bell-shaped flowers on laterals, forming a perfect pyramid; valuable for rockwork. Y. filamentosa, Adam's Needle. Thread-leaved, creamy-white; 3 to 4 feet. July. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mount Hope Nurseries; Ellwanger & Barry; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Rochester, N. Y. : Ellwanger & Barry
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