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Tulipa — conttn ut- J. 



-ffiO. ItEM- 



LiNCOt.x), HJac-purpIe, flushed whlt« at '^ ujj 

 HKANUT, rich cmiHon, large; early. 



^oublo Early-flowering and Bedding TuUps. Agnes, 

 bHelit criuiouu :^carlet, largu ; early. Bla-nc Borde roLitFKE. 

 tioletpurple, white margin. Due de Bordeux. orange-scarlet 

 ana yellow; fine. Kpaulette d'Or, scarlet, with showy, Rold 

 ftather. MARrAGE DE MA FiLLE, white and crimson feather; 

 tine. lluiE liL-i.NcHE, pure whiU; ; very fine. Vuurbaak, rich, 

 brilliant Markt : tine. 



URGTNEA. To tho apeoiea described on pp. 124-5, 

 the following sboald now be added : 



17. erfospermoldes (Eriospermam-like). /L, perianth oblonsf, 

 4in. long, the aegrnenta wnitiah, with a broad, brown keel; 

 raceme lit. long ; peduncle slender, stiffly erect, 1ft. long. July. 

 L two, contemporary with the flower:*, only one fully developed, 

 cylindrical, iilo^jsy, ^in. iudiameter. Bulb ovoid, Jin. in diameter. 

 1887. 



U* maorocentra (large-spurredX Jt., perianth ^in. long, the 

 segments white, tipped green ; lowest bracts having a convolute, 

 •cariose spur Jin. to lin. long ; raceme dense. Sin. to 6in. long, 

 lin. in diameter ; peduncle stout, erect, 2ift. to 3ft. high. May. 

 L solitary, cylindrical, erect, IJft long. 1887. 



A synonym of Ceratostigma 



VALOKADIA. 



(wbich see), 



VANDA. To the species and varieties described on 

 pp. 133-6j the following should now be added : 



V. Amesiana (Ames*). /. creamy-white, with a rich rosy hue 

 mostly on the lip (which changes, when the flowers begin to 

 fade, into light yellow), delicioosly perfumed, thin and delicate in 

 texture ; sepals and petals cuneate-oblong, blunt-acute ; side 

 laciniae of the lip small, nearly square, the middle one reniform, 

 bilobed; spur conical, empty; inflorescence one to twelve- 

 flowered. /. lorate, complicate. India, 1S87. 



V. Clarkei (Clarke's). ^. much as in V. Cathcarti; sepals and 

 petals dark brown, barred ochre, yellow inside, cuneate-oblong, 

 obtuse ; lip whitish, marked brown, three-lobed, with a conical, 

 acute spur, the front lobe cordate, oblong-elliptic, with a rough, 

 lobulate border, and seren to nine whitish keels ; the mouth of 

 the spur covered by two retrorse crests, with another crest in 

 front. Himalayas, 1886. Syn. Esmeralda Clarkei, The correct 

 name of this species is Arachnanthe Clarkei, 



V. Dearei (Deare's). fl, yellow ; sepals and petals shortly 

 stalked, elliptic, obtuse ; lip with small, squarish side lobes, 

 and a broad, transverse, pandurate front lobe, the conical spur 

 having a short, rounded, grooved crest over the front of its 

 mouth. Sunda Isles, 1886. Allied to T. tricolor, 



V. Sanderiana albata (whitish), jl., upper sepal and petals 

 quite white, with a few purple dots at the base, the lateral sepals 

 red-nerved ; hypochil sulphur, striped brownish-purple, the 

 anterior laclnia brownish-sulphur (sometimes pur pie -striped) at 



, VANILLA. To the apeciea described on p. 137, the 

 following^ should now be added: 



V. Humblotli (Humblot's). /. very large ; sepals ligulate, acute ; 

 petals rhombic, broad, acuminate ; lip rhombic, blunt-angled, 

 undulated in front, with a dark, ribbon-like zone over the front 



?art of the disk, and numerous strong, twisted hairs scattered 

 rora base to disk; raceme many -flowered. Africa (more 

 definite information as to country not known), 1885. A 

 leafless species. 



VEHIDXIJM. To the species described on p. 141, the 

 following should now be added : 



V, fbgax (fngacious). fl.-heads IJiu. in diameter; ray bright 

 orange, a little paler beneath ; disk blackish, i., radical ones 

 petiolate, elliptic, obtuse, sinuate, lobed, or sub-Iyrate, generally 

 without auricles ; upper ones sessile, sometimes slightly auricled 

 at base, entire or smuate-toothed, the lower ones somewhat 

 pandurate. K IJft. 1887. Stem, leaves, and involucral scales 

 shortly hairy. , 



V. hirsutum (hairy), it-heads IJin. to Ijin. in diameter ; ray 

 bright orange- yellow, but not so deep as in Y, fugax; disk 

 blackish. I. lyrate-pinnatifid ; radical ones petiolate, with large, 

 broadly elliptic-oblong, deeply lobed, terminal lobes, the petioles 

 ■carcely or not at all auricled ; uppermost ones much smaller, 

 sessile, pinnatifld. h, lOin. to 12in, Stem, leaves, and outer 

 involucral scales hairy. "• 



VXiRBISNA. The very pretty garden varieties are 

 not 80 much grown as they used to be, when bedding 

 plants were more popular than at present; but they 

 should find a place in every garden where there is a 



Verbena — continued, 



greenhouse to protect the plants from frost in winter. 

 Several distinct varieties have quite recently been intro- 

 duced to cultivation. The following is a select list : 



August Renz. reddish-pink, yellow eye ; Ball op Fire, finest 

 scarlet for bedding-out; Butterfly, rosy-crimson, white eye; 

 Caradoc, rich crimson-violet; Carmjnata Rubra, red, striped 

 deep crimson ; Croix de IIo.\a.eur, white, striped violet ; 

 Delicata, pale rose, lilac flush, cream eye ; Dr. Feyerlin, 

 plum-purple and maYoon, light centre ; Fairy Queen, blush- 

 white, with ring of deep pink, inclosing yellow eye; Faust, 

 reddish-scarlet, of good form ; F. Delaux, scarlet and crim- 

 son, white eye ; Flower of Dorset, maroon-crimson, large 

 truss ; La Grande Boule de Neige, fine, pure white ; Lord 

 Leigh, rich scarlet, large and fine ; Master R. Ca.well, lilac- 

 purple, large pips and truss; MesaNGE, bright red, with lighter 

 shade, very large pips ; M. Millet, white, with stripes and spots 

 of deep red ; Ophelia, rosy-pink, yellow eyo ; Othello, crimson- 

 maroon, lilac centre ; Star, rosy-pink, large white eye, large 

 truss ; Stars and Stripes, white, rosy-lilac stripes ; Swanlev 

 Gem, white, with a pretty blue margin ; Uranie, reddish- 

 crimson, white eye, fine ; ViOLACEA, silvery- violet. 



V£ROXICA. To the species described on pp. 148-50, 

 the following should now be added: 



V- Armstrongi (Armstrong's). Jl. whitish, m terminal, three 

 to eight-flowered heads. L minute, dimorphic, some long and 

 acute, others broadly ovate and aub-acute, closely adpressed and 

 coriaceous, adnate with the branches for half their length; 

 margins faintly ciliate. A. 1ft. to 3ft. South Island, New Zea- 

 land, 1888, A much-branched shrub. 



V. decnmbens (decumbent). Jl, white ; corolla tube iin. long, 

 much flattened on the inner side ; racemes twelve to sixteen- 

 flowered, shortly stalked, in pairs near the tips of the branches. 

 L entire, quite glabrous, very shortly stalked, ovate or lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, flat or slightly concave, not keeled, obscurely 

 three-nerved, dull green, with bright red edges. Branches black 

 and polished ; branchlets pubescent. New Zealand, 1888. A 

 small, very beautiful, decumbent shrub, 



V. Hectorl (Dr. Hector's), fl. pink and white, collected into an 

 ovate, terminal head, with a villous rachis. I, closely, but not 

 densely, imbricated, extremely thick and coriaceous, broader 

 than long, broadly ovate or orbicular, very obtuse, nearly ^in. 

 across, opposite pairs connate to the middle, puberulous along 

 the edges, shining, not keeled* Branches, with the leaves on, 

 obscurely tetragonous or terete, h. 6in. to 2ft. Southern Alps 

 of Middle Island, New Zealand, 1888. A robust, small, much- 

 branched shrub, 



V- loganioides (Logania-Iike). /. white, with pink stripes, very 

 fugacious ; calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, keeled, ciliated ; corolla 

 lobes broadly ovate ; anthers brown. I. densely imbricated, 

 adpressed to the branches, ovate, acuminate, with spreading 

 tips, usually entire, sometimes with one to three teeth on each 

 side, Jin. long, sessile, very sharply keeled below, glabrous 

 except the ciliated margins. K 6in. Rangetala Valley, New 

 Zealand (5000ft. to 6000ft.), 1888. A small, evergreen shrub, 

 decumbent and rooting at the joints. 



VIBTTRNUIkl, To the species and varieties described 



on pp. 155-7, the following should now be added: 



V* Sieboldii (Siebold's). I, opposite, dark green, flat, thick, 

 coriaceous, oblong-oval, obscurely and bluntly serrated towards 

 the apex. Japan. 



VICIA. To the species described on p. 157, the 

 following should now be added: 



V. Denessiana (Dennes*). fl. varying in colour from pale 

 brownish to violet-purple, lin. long ; standard shorter than the 

 wings, which are somewhat reflexed above the middle ; racemes 

 as long as the leaves, dense^flowered. May, /. sessile ; leaflets 

 sixteen to twenty-four, alternate and nearly opposite, oblong, 

 obtuse, mucronulate, silky-pubescent beneath. Azores. Peren- 

 nial. (B. M. 6967.) 



VZTIS. To the species and varieties described on 

 pp. 18*3-8, the following should now be added : 



V. capensis (Cape). /. tomentose.' disposed in short cymes. 



fr blackish-red, .depressed-globose. I. reniform, obtuse-an|fIed 



and sinuate-toothed. South Africa, 1887. Greenhouse trailer. 



(B. H. 1837, p. 372.) 

 V. laponica orassifolia (thick-leaved). L large, very thick, 



coriaceous, three-lobed. bright green above, cobwebby-tomen- 



tose beneath. 1886. 



WARREA. To the species described on p. 196, the 

 follomng should now be added: 



W. bidentata (two-toothed). fl.y lip longer and narrower than 

 in W. tricolor and not so transverse, the keel at the base very 

 sharp, the disk covered with seriate callosities. 



W, cyanea (blue). A synonym of Ajanina cyanea. 



