SUPPLEMENT. 
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Tulipa—continued. 
LINCOLN), lilac-purple, flushed white at the margin. ReM- 
BRANDT, rich crimson, large; early. 
Double Early-flowering and Bedding Tulips. AGNEs, 
bright crimson-scarlet, large; early. BLANC BORDE POURPRE, 
violet-purple, white margin. Duc DE BORDEUX, orange-scarlet 
and yellow; fine. EPAULETTE D'OR, scarlet, with showy, gold 
feather. MARIAGE DE MA FILLE, white and crimson feather ; 
fine. ROSE BLANCHE, pure white; very fine. VUURBAAK, rich, 
brilliant scarlet ; fine. 
URGINEA. To the species described on pp. 124-5, 
the following should now be added: 
U. eriospermoides (Eriospermum-like). j., perianth oblong, 
din. long, the segments whitish, with a broad, brown keel; 
raceme lft. long ; peduncle slender, stiffly erect, lft. long. July. 
1. two, contemporary with the flowers, only one fully developed, 
cylindrical, glossy, }in.indiameter. Bulb ovoid, sin. in diameter. 
1887. 
U. macrocentra (large-spurred). l., perianth jin. long, the 
segments white, tipped green ; lowest bracts having a convolute, 
scariose spur jin. to lin. long; raceme dense, Sin. to 6in. long, 
lin. in diameter; peduncle stout, erect, 2)ft. to 3ft. high. May. 
1. solitary, cylindrical, erect, 1}ft. long. 1887. 
VALORADIA. A 
(which see). 
VANDA. To the species and varieties described on 
pp. 133-6, the following should now be added: 
V. Amesiana (Ames’). jl. creamy-white, with a rich rosy hue 
mostly on the lip (which changes, when the flowers begin to 
fade, into light yellow), deliciously perfumed, thin and delicate in 
texture ; sepals and petals cuneate-oblong, blunt-acute; side 
lacinie of the lip small, nearly square, the middle one reniform, 
bilobed; spur conical, empty; inflorescence one to twelve- 
flowered. J. lorate, complicate. India, 1887. 
V. Clarkei (Clarke's). jl. 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 seven to nine whitish keels ; the mouth of 
the spur covered by two retrorse crests, with another crest in 
front. Himalayas, 1885. Syn. Esmeralda Clarkei. The correct 
name of this species is Arachnanthe Clarkei. 
V. Dearei (Deare’s). jl. 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 V. tricolor. 
V. Sanderiana albata (whitish). ., 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 
Gage eee brownish-sulphur (sometimes purple-striped) at 
ase. b 
VANILLA. To the species described on p. 137, the 
following should now be added: 
V. Humblotii(Humblot’s). #1. 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 
part of the disk, and numerous strong, twisted hairs scattered 
from base to disk; raceme many-Howered. Africa (more 
definite information as to country not known), 1885. A 
leafless species. 
VENIDIUM. To the species described on p. 141, the 
following should now be added: 
V. fugax (fugacious). fl.-heads 1hin. in diameter; ray bright 
orange, a little paler beneath; disk blackish. J/., radical ones 
petiolate, elliptic, obtuse, sinuate, lobed, or sub-lyrate, generally 
without auricles ; upper ones sessile, sometimes slightly auricled 
at base, entire or sinuate-toothed, the lower ones somewhat 
pandurate. h. 1}ft. 1887. Stem, leaves, and involucral scales 
shortly hairy. 
V. hirsutum (hairy). jl.-heads 1}in. to ljin. in diameter; ray 
bright orange-yellow, but not so deep as in V. Jugax; disk 
blackish. J. lyrate-pinnatifid ; radical ones petiolate, with large, 
broadly elliptic-oblong, deeply lobed, terminal lobes, the petioles 
searcely or not at all auricled ; uppermost ones much smaller, 
sessile, pinnatifid. h. l0in. to 12in. Stem, leaves, and outer 
involucral scales hairy. 
VERBENA. The very pretty garden varieties are 
not so 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 
synonym of Ceratostigma 
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 : 
AUGUSC RENZ, reddish-pink, yellow eye; BALL or FIRE, finest 
scarlet for bedding-out; BUTTERFLY, rosy-crimson, white eye; 
CARADOC, rich crimson-violet ; CARMINATA RUBRa, red, striped 
deep crimson ; CROIX DE HoNNEUR, white, striped violet ; 
DELIcATA, pale rose, lilac flush, cream eye; Dr. FEYERLIN, 
plum-purple and maroon, light centre ; FAIRY QUE blush- 
whise, with ring of deep pink, inclosing yellow eye ; Faust, 
reddish-scarlet, of good form; F. DELAUX, scarlet and crim- 
son, white eye; FLOWER OF Dors maroon-crimson, large 
truss; LA GRANDE BOULE DE NEI¢ fine, pure white; LorD 
LEIGH, rich searlet, large and fine ; MASTER R. CANNELL, lilac- 
purple, large pips and truss; MESANGE, bright red, with lighter 
shade, very large pips ; M. MILLE?, white, with stripes and spots 
of deep red ; OPHELIA, rosy-pink, yellow eye ; OTHELLO, crimson- 
maroon, lilac centre ; PAR, rosy-pink, large white eye, large 
tru STARS AND STRIPES, white, rosy-lilac stripes ; SWANLEY 
GrM, white, with a pretty blue margin; URAnNin, reddish- 
crimson, white eye, fine; VIOLACEA, silvery-violet. 
VERONICA. To the species described on pp. 148-50, 
the following should now be added: 
V. Armstrongi (Armstrong’s). /. whitish, in terminal, three 
to eight-flowered heads, J. minute, dimorphic, some long and 
acute, others broadly ovate and sub-acute, closely adpressed and 
coriaceous, adnate with the branches for half their length ; 
margins faintly ciliate. 4. 1ft. to 3ft. South Island, New Zea. 
land, 1888. A much-branched shrub. 
V. decumbens (decumbent). jl. white ; corolla tube jin. 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. Hectori (Dr. Hector's). /. pink and white, collected into an 
ovate, terminal head, with a villous rachis. J. closely, but not 
densely, imbricated, extremely thick and coriaceous, broader 
than long, broadly ovate or orbicular, very obtuse, nearly jin. 
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-like). fl. white, with pink stripes, very 
fugacious ; calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, keeled, ciliated ; corolla 
lobes broadly ovate; anthers brown. J. 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. h. 6in. Rangetala Valley, New 
Zealand (5000ft. to 6000ft.), 1888. A small, evergreen shrub, 
decumbent and rooting at the joints. 
VIBURNUM. To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 155-7, the following should now be added: 
V. Sieboldii (Siebold’s). J. 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’). jl. 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. J. sessile ; leaflets 
sixteen to twenty-four, alternate and nearly opposite, oblong, 
obtuse, mucronulate, silky-pubescent beneath. Azores. Peren- 
nial. (B. M. 6967.) 
VITIS. ‘To the species and varieties described on 
pp. 186-8, the following should now be added: 
V. capensis (Cape). /l. tomentose, disposed in short cymes. 
Jr. blackish-red, depressed-globose. J. reniform, obtuse-angled 
and sinuate-toothed. South Africa, 1887. Greenhouse trailer. 
(R. H. 1887, p. 372.) 
V. japonica crassifolia (thick-leaved). J. large, very thick, 
coriaceous, three-lobed, bright green above, cobwebby-tomen- 
tose beneath. 1886. 
WARREA. To the species described on p. 196, the 
following should now be added: 
W. bidentata (two-toothed). j., 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 Aganisia cyanea, 
