GARDEN FLOWERS. 3/1 



V. Caucasica (Caucasian) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers 

 blush, in July ; Caucasus ; 1816. V. crassifolia (thick-leaved) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 7.\ feet ; flowers blue, in July ; Europe ; 1822. 

 V. elegans (elegant) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers pink, in 

 June; south of France; 1822. V. formosa (handsome); half- 

 hardy evergreen shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in April ; Van 

 Diemen's Land ; 1835. ^ glabra (smooth) ; hardy perennial ; 

 4 feet; flowers blue or white, in July ; south of Europe ; 1804. 

 V. gra?idis {gx2i.Vidi) ; hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers white, 

 in August; Siberia; 1826. V. hybrida (hybrid); hardy peren- 

 nial ; I foot ; flowers blue, in July ; England. />' incana (hoary); 

 hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers blue, in July ; Russia ; 1759. 

 V. incisa (cut-leaved) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers blue, in 

 July; Siberia; 1739. K /i?;/^//"^//^ (long-leaved) ; hardy peren- 

 nial ; 3 feet ; flowers blue, white, or flesh-colored, in August ; 

 south of Europe ; 1731. V. panicidata (panicled) ; hardy peren- 

 nial ; 2 feet ; flowers blue, in June ; Russia ; 1797. V. salicifo- 

 lia (willow-leaved) ; half-hardy evergreen shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers 

 lilac, in September ; New Zealand; 1843. ^ speciosa {^\iO\\y)\ 

 half-hardy evergreen shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers purple or rose, in 

 July; New Zealand; 1835. V. Vhgi?iica (Virginian); hardy 

 perennial ; 5 feet ; flowers white or flesh-colored, in July ; Vir- 

 ginia; 1 7 14. 



Vervain. See Verbena. 



Vesicaria. [Brassiceae.] Hardy annuals or perennials. 

 Common soil. Multiplied by seeds, division, or cuttings, 

 according to habit. V. iitriculali is a beautiful rock plant. 



V. grandiflora (large-flowered) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flow- 

 ers yellow, in July ; Texas ; 1835. V. utriculata (bladder) ; hardy 

 perennial ; i foot ; flowers sulphur-yellow, in May ; Levant ; 

 1730. 



Vetch. See Vicia. 



Viburnum. [Caprifoliaceae.] A genus consisting for the 

 most part of hardy shrubs. The Guelder-rose, V. Optdus, is 

 ver}^ familiar in shrubberies : the bloom is white, in bunches 



