. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. Veronica—Speedwell Amethystina Royal Blue. Gentian blue; June and July; 2 feet. — True Blue. A splendid rich dark blue; June and July; 2 feet. Filiformis. Prostrate rock plant with blue flowers in May. Incana. Silvery foliage, blue flowers; July and August; 1 foot. Longif olia subsessilis (.Japanese Speedwell). The showiest and best. Bushy plants 2 to 3 feet high. Long dense spikes of blue flowers from mid-July to early September. Pectinata. A lovely prostrate rock plant with long, many flowered, deep blue racemes during May and June.
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. Veronica—Speedwell Amethystina Royal Blue. Gentian blue; June and July; 2 feet. — True Blue. A splendid rich dark blue; June and July; 2 feet. Filiformis. Prostrate rock plant with blue flowers in May. Incana. Silvery foliage, blue flowers; July and August; 1 foot. Longif olia subsessilis (.Japanese Speedwell). The showiest and best. Bushy plants 2 to 3 feet high. Long dense spikes of blue flowers from mid-July to early September. Pectinata. A lovely prostrate rock plant with long, many flowered, deep blue racemes during May and June. Repens. A lovely rock garden variety also fine for carpeting. Showy light blue flowers in May. Rupestris. Fine rock plant growing 3 to 4 inches high. Thickly matted, deep green foliage hidden under a cloud of bright blue flowers during May. — nana. Grows 1 inch high, forming a dense carpet of dark green foliage. Deep gentian-blue flowers from late April to early June. Saxatilis. A rockery plant about 6 inches high with many beautiful bright blue flowers from July to September. Spicata. Long, broad, blue flower spikes in June and July. 1J feet. — alba. A white-flowered form of the above. — rosea. Lovely spikes of delicate pink flowers. Trehani. A pretty rock plant forming a golden carpet covered with deep gentian-blue flowers in early May. Any of the above: 25c each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Set of 14 sorts, one each. $ 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. 15c each; $ per doz.; $ per 100; $ per 1000. Three Choice Vincas Minor alba. A pure white flowered form of our popular Periwinkle. Showy but scarce, and always in demand. — aurea. Grown for its golden variegated foliage. Useful as plants for carpeting the ground and valuable for use in window boxes dur
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