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ill bunches at tlie end of every shoot. A dry frame or pit will 

 protect them in winter. The only ones cultivated are T.Jiori- 

 hunda and T. versicolor. 



ULEX. Furze. [Leguminosae, § Papilionaceae.] Every 

 one knows the common form of this wild prickly shrub, with 

 its golden blossoms, " uuprolitably gay." Even this plant 

 has few rivals in the wilderness scenery, sometimes added to 

 modern pleasure-grounds; but still richer is the double- 

 flowered variety, which deserves a place in the foreground of 

 all shrubberies, no less on account of its perpetual verdure 

 than of its blossoms. U. nana is a dwarf trailing smaller kind, 

 equally showy, and well adapted for planting on rough rock- 

 work on a large scale. These plants cannot be said to require 

 culture ; they grow anywhere, and on aijy soil, which for the 

 dwarf kind cannot be too poor. The double one is propagated 

 by cuttings, planted in a shady border under a hand-light ; 

 the others are raised from seeds. The common Furze is 

 sometimes used for fences. 



ULMUS. Elm. [Ulmaceae.] Hardy deciduous timber 

 trees for the most part. Deep dry sandy loam. The common 

 sorts by seeds, layers, or grafts ; the varieties by grafting. 

 The most ornamental are the variegated and the drooping. 



UVULARIA. [Melanthacese.] Neat dwarf hardy herba- 

 ceous pereimials. They grow with ordinary attention in 

 the common soil of gardens, preferring a cool situation, with- 

 out stagnant moisture, and are propagated by division. 



VACCINIUM. Whortleberry. [Vacciniacese.] Hardy 

 deciduous or sometimes evergreen shrubs, mostly ornamental. 

 Sandy loam or peat. Suckers or layers. There are many 

 species in cultivation. 



VALERIANA. Valerian. [Valerianacese.] Hardy 

 perennials, some of which are pretty, but not remarkably 

 ornamental. They may all be grown in the open border in 

 ordinary garden soil, and the smaller ones also in pots among 

 collections of alpine plants. They increase readily by division 

 of the plants. 



VALLISNERIA. [Hydrocharacese.] A curiosity worth 

 the attention of all garden amateurs. It is an aquatic, and is 

 one of the many subjects of deep interest which nature offers 

 to the contemplative mind, without any of the attractions* 



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