This section is from the book "The Flower-Garden; Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers", by Joseph Breck. Also available from Amazon: The Flower-Garden: Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers.
Some of the genus are hardy evergreen trailing plants, valuable for their early and long-continued flowering, flourishing under the shade and drip of trees. The most common hardy species are Vinca major and V. minor, with a number of varieties; flowers generally blue. It is best to give a little protection in winter.
 
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