. The Aiken Nurseries Putney, Vermont. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Hardy Perennials. VIOLA JERSEY GEM SEMPERVIVUM—HOUSELEEK Hens and Chickens GLOBE HOUSELEEK, 5. gtobiferum. Pale green, round shaped Sempervivum of easiest cul- ture. HENS AND CHICKENS. A quaint old-fash- ioned plant sometimes used for bordering walks or growing in tubs. The leaves form dense rosettes and underneath these smaller rosettes appear like mother hens with their broods of chickens. Always pleases children. SPI
. The Aiken Nurseries Putney, Vermont. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Hardy Perennials. VIOLA JERSEY GEM SEMPERVIVUM—HOUSELEEK Hens and Chickens GLOBE HOUSELEEK, 5. gtobiferum. Pale green, round shaped Sempervivum of easiest cul- ture. HENS AND CHICKENS. A quaint old-fash- ioned plant sometimes used for bordering walks or growing in tubs. The leaves form dense rosettes and underneath these smaller rosettes appear like mother hens with their broods of chickens. Always pleases children. SPIDER HOUSELEEK, 5. arachnoideum. A tiny green form of the Hen and Chickens. Excel- lent for edging paths or flower borders or for the rock garden. Has a webby substance on the leaves giving it its name. S. TRISTE. Brightest of the red varieties. S. RUBICUNDUM. Fuzzy, bluish rosettes about 2 inches across. TROLLIUS—GLOBEFLOWER GLOBEFLOWER, T. europeus. Large lemon flowers 1 to 1 'A inches across on tall stems. Fine for cutting. 50c each; 3 for $ TROLLIUS. Orange hybrids. Huge flowers of bright orange. TRADESCANTIA—SPIDER WORT T. VIRGINIANA. Old-fashioned not very showy, but blooming all Summer in shady places or full sun in poor soil. Long, reed-like leaves and violet-purple flowers 1 to 2 inches across. Useful for filling "empty spaces" where nothing else docs well. 2 ft. T. VIRGINIANA ROSEA. Lighter green leaves and bright pink flowers. T. VIRGINIANA ALBA. Milk white flowers with light blue filaments. Lovely. VERB ASCUM—MULLEIN PURPLE MULLEIN, V. plweniceum. A bien- nial which reseeds itself. Slender spikes of rose or purple flowers. July. 12 to 18 in. VERONICA—SPEEDWELL WOOLLY SPEEDWELL, V. incana. A strik- ing combination of silvery gray foliage and spikes of dark blue flowers in July. 1 ft. V. LONGIFOLIA. 2 to 3 ft. Blue, long deli- cate spikes of dusky blue flowers in August. Fine with Phlox. HUNGARIAN SPEEDWELL, V. teucrium. A lower growing plant c
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