. Dreer's garden book 1923. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. (flEHKXA-DREE^ HARDy PERENNIAL PIANTS i 197. VINCA (Periwinkle, or Trailing Myrtle) Minor. An excellent dwarf evergreen trailing plant that is used extensively for carpeting the ground under shrubs and trees, or on graves where it is too shady for other plants to thrive. 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100; $ per 1000. Minor Aurea. A golden variegated variety in which the dark green foliage is disti
. Dreer's garden book 1923. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. (flEHKXA-DREE^ HARDy PERENNIAL PIANTS i 197. VINCA (Periwinkle, or Trailing Myrtle) Minor. An excellent dwarf evergreen trailing plant that is used extensively for carpeting the ground under shrubs and trees, or on graves where it is too shady for other plants to thrive. 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100; $ per 1000. Minor Aurea. A golden variegated variety in which the dark green foliage is distinctly edged and mottled with golden yellow; very pretty 25 cts. each; per doz. VIOLAS, or TUFTED PANSIES (Viola Cornuta) The improved forms of Viola Cornuta arc rapidly growing in favor. They flower continuously for nearly eight months in the year; and while their (lowers are not so large as those of the Pansy, their bright colors and oriferousness make them welcome additions to any garden. Blue Perfection. Deep purplish blue. Lutea Splendens. Rich golden yellow. Papilio. Violet, with dark eye; the most effective for massing. White Perfection. A fine white. 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $10 00 per 100. Veronica Longifoli.^ Subsessilis VERONICA (Speedwell) Amethystina. Amethyst-blue flowers in June and July; 2 ft. Incana. Bright silvery foliage, with spikes of amethyst-blue flowers; July and Aug- ust; 1 foot. Longifolia Subsessilis (Japanese Spcedwdl). The showiest and best of the Speedwells; forms a bushy plant 2 to 3 feet high, with long dense spikes of deep blue flowers from the middle of July to early in September. (See cut.) Maritima. Long spikes of blue flowers from July to Septem Pectinata. Trailing habit, fine for the rockery, masse blue flowers in May. Wallflower Repens. A useful rock or carpeting plant, with light-blue flowers. Rupestris. A fine rock plant growing 3 to 4 inches high; thickly matted deep green foliage, hidden in spring under a cloud of bright blue
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