. Annual & hardy perennial plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Chester County; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Pernnials Seeds Catalogs. [Tunica Saxifraga.] Cranberry. 25 cts. each. Blueberry. A genus of shrubs belonging to the Heath family, with white or reddish flowers, and small, edible fruit. The cranberry section are low, trailing plants, entirely hardy, and suita- ble for the borders of ponds, &c. V. macrocarpon. (Common American Cranberry.) Stems one to three feet long, with small, oblong leaves, and pale-rose flowers. VERONIA. Iron-weed. 25 cts. each. An extensive composite g
. Annual & hardy perennial plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Chester County; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Pernnials Seeds Catalogs. [Tunica Saxifraga.] Cranberry. 25 cts. each. Blueberry. A genus of shrubs belonging to the Heath family, with white or reddish flowers, and small, edible fruit. The cranberry section are low, trailing plants, entirely hardy, and suita- ble for the borders of ponds, &c. V. macrocarpon. (Common American Cranberry.) Stems one to three feet long, with small, oblong leaves, and pale-rose flowers. VERONIA. Iron-weed. 25 cts. each. An extensive composite genus, found almost over the whole world, with flower-heads usu- ally in terminal cymes or panicles, mostly of a purplish or blue color. V. angustiiblia. (Narrow-leaved Iron-weed.) A southern species, growing two or three feet high, with a slender stem ; linear leaves, with corymbs of bright, purple flowers. VERONICA. Speedwell. 25 cts. each. A large genus, widely distributed intemperate and cold climates. Flowers in spikes or racemes, mostly shades of blue. Of easy cultivation in ordinary soil. V. amethystina. From twelve to sixteen inches in height, with deep amethyst-blue flowers in branching clusters. V. Austriaca. (Austrian Speedwell.) Grows about one foot high, with downy shoots, and loose racemes of blue flowers. V. gentianoides. Flowers in early summer, pale blue with darker stripes ; grows from one to two feet high. • V. Kocmitzerii. A German garden form, with bright blue flowers in loose racemes, growing two feet high. V. latifolia. A broad-leaved species, with long ra- cemes of blue flowers. Very showy during summer. V. polymorpha. One of the tallest of the genus, with a profusion of pale-blue flowers in loose racemes. (Creeping Speedwell.) A low grow- ing species, with small spikes of deep, blue flowers, in early summer. V. ruthenica. Grows two feet high, with compact racemes of bluish-lilac flowers. A free grower and bloomer. V. Siberica. (Siberian Speed
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