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freely in any common soil. They 

 are generally propagated by layers, 

 but cuttings will strike freely if 

 kept moist and in a shady situation. 

 "When transplanted, the evergreen 

 species should be removed in Octo- 

 ber or November, as they have few 

 fibrous roots, and are very apt to 

 be killed by a continuance of dry 

 weather if they are transplanted in 

 spring. 



Vi'ciA. — Leguniinosce. — The 

 Vetch. The ornamental species are 

 generally pretty climbing plants, 

 with purplish flowers, natives of 

 Eui-ope, Some of the kinds, how- 

 ever, have white, some pink, others 

 blue, and others pale-yellow flowers. 

 All the kinds grow freely in any 

 garden soil, though they thrive 

 most when the soil is deep and 

 sandy; and they are propagated by 

 seeds or division of the roots. 



Victo'ria re'gia. — Nymphce- 

 acece. — A splendid aquatic plant, a 

 native of South America, the leaves 

 of which have been known to be 

 six feet in diameter, and the flowers 

 two feet in diameter. It is most 

 nearly allied to the Eastern "Water 

 Lilies. It was named in honour of 

 her Majesty. 



ViEcssEU'xiA. — Iridece. — The 

 Peacock Iris. — These beautiful 

 flowers are better known under 

 their old names of Iris paronia 

 and Morce'a, than under their pre- 

 sent almost unpronounceable appel- 

 lation. They are very nearly hardy, 

 and may be grown in the open border 

 if treated as the common kinds of 

 I'xiA ; but as the bulbs are very 

 small and delicate, it is, perhaps, 

 safer to grow them in pots, in equal 

 parts of peat, vegetable-mould, and 

 sand, and to keep them dry, or to 

 take them out of the pots when 

 they have done flowering till the 

 planting or growing season returns 

 the following year. 



Vi'xcA. — Apocynece. — The Peri- 

 winkle. — There are two species 

 common in British gardens, both 

 of which are creeping or trailing 

 evergreen shrubs, which will grow 

 freely under the shade of trees. 

 They both prefer a soft, moist soil, 

 which they can easily penetrate 

 with their long creeping roots. V. 

 major is the common species, and 

 V. mhior only differs in the flowers 

 being smaller, and the whole plant 

 more delicate. The Periwinkle is 

 generally propagated by its runners, 

 which strike root from every joint, 

 like those of the strawberry, and 

 which only want dividing from the 

 parent to become plants. When it 

 is wished to make the Periwinkle 

 produce seeds, the plants should be 

 grown in a pot, and ail the lateral 

 shoots cut off". 



Vine. — The common Vine (Vttis 

 %'inifera) may often be introduced 

 with very good effect in ornamental 

 garden scenery, for covering a bower 

 or verandah, or training round 

 the window of a breakfast-room. 

 Nothing can, indeed, be more 

 beautiful than a Vine in the last- 

 mentioned situation, forming a 

 framework, as it were, to the gar- 

 den beyond ; and with its beautiful 

 leaves looking almost transparent i 

 in the morning sun. A Vine also 

 looks very well when suffered to 

 grow naturally among the tall trees 

 of a lawn or shrubbery as it hangs 

 itself from branch to branch in a 

 manner more graceful than any art 

 can hope to imitate. Vines thus 

 treated would have a very good 

 eff"ect in the grounds of an Italian 

 villa. The three American species, 

 V. Labrusca, or the Wild Vine, F. 

 Vuljnna, or the Fox Grape, and V. 

 riparia, or the sweet-scented Vine, 

 the flowers of which smell like 

 Mignonette, are all very suitable for 

 growing in the open air, from their 



