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VIOLET. ° » 405 VISCUM, 
Fan-leaved Violet (V. flabellata), | _in the open air. It must be observ- 
and the Hollow-leaved Violet (V.|ed that plants in a sitting-room, 
cucullata), are both American spe- es a constant fire is kept, are 
cies, with large and handsome | generally in an equal degree of heat 
flowers. All the species should be te a hothouse at 65°; only the air 
grown in peat and loam kept moist, ‘of the living-room is much drier 
and they all thrive best in a shady ‘than that of the stove, and to coun- 
situation. * /teract this, additional wate ering» 18 
at —The common sweet- | required. The common Violets only 
Violet (V. odorata) is a/|requize planting on a sloping bank 
= plant which grows in woods in a shady place, in a peaty soil, 
or on and under fieevless The white | where they will have moisture, hae 
Violets are found generally in cal-| where their roots will not be ex- 
jcareous soils; and the sweetest ‘iy posed to the effects of a 
“ever smelt, were, I think, those I | water. 
have gathered growing among the| Vurer’s Buctoss.—See Doe 
limestone rocks in the woods of | Virer’s Grass.— See Scorzo- 
Dudley Castle. In garden culture, | Ne‘RaA. 
however, what are called the Nea-| Virei't1a. — Leguminose. — A 
politan and Russian Violets are the | very handsome low tree, a native 
most useful, as they flower during | of ‘North America, with drooping 
the winter months; and of these racemes of white flowers, resem- 
the Neapolitan are the sweetest. | bling in form those of the laburnum. 
These delightful Violets, which | It grows freely in any sandy soil. 
fiower from Qctober to April or| Virernian Creerer.—See Amps- 
May, should be grown in pots or Lo’Psis. 
boxes, where they can be covered Viremtan Poxe.—See Payto- 
with a hand-glass, in case of severe | La’CCA. 
frost. They should be propagated | ‘Virein’s Bower.—Clématis Vi- 
by cuttings taken off in May, and ticéila. 
struck in sand under a glass; when | Vi'scum. — Loranthaceea. — The 
the young plants have taken root | Mistletoe. This curious parasite — 
they should be transplanted into| can hardly be called ornamental, 
other pots filled with light rich soil:| though it may be sometimes intro- 
and finally, in August, they should) duced with effect to give an air of 
be removed to the pots or boxes in| antiquity to newly-planted plea- 
which they are to flower. These) sure-grounds. It grows best on old 
pots or boxes shonld be well drained cankered apple-trees, but it may be 
by having a layer of potsherds at) made to take root on even a young 
the bottom of considerable thick-| tree, by pressing a berry on a crack 
ness; and they should be filled up|in the bark, and then tying oiled 
with a compost made of two-fourths | paper over it. As, however, the 
of vegetable-mould, one of loam,| male and female flowers of the 
and one of silver-sand. ‘They should | mistletoe are on separate plants, the 
be covered with ashand-glass during | berries are not always fertile. It is 
heavy rains, or in frosty weather ;|a vulgar error to suppose that the 
and if the frost is very severe a mat | mistletoe grows generally on theoak, 
should be put over the glass. When! as it"is extremely rare on that tree 
the pots or boxes are introduced | in England; it is found most com- 
into a sitting-room, they should be| monly on the apple, and next on 
watered twice a day, but once will| the hawthorn; it is also oa on 
be sufficient if the plants are grown! the lime, the sycamore, the ow, 
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