198 TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF [Sess. lvi. 



V. cnpressoides, var. variabilis, N.E.Br., is one of the 

 most useful and ornamental of this group. It differs from 

 the t}^e very much in being dwarfer, more spreading in 

 habit, and in having light green foliage, almost golden- 

 coloured at times. It grows from 8 to 10 inches only in 

 height, but spreads from 3 to 4 feet wide when old. It is 

 unsurpassed among dwarf shrubs for the rockery, where it 

 forms dense cushions of shapely growth, having all the 

 appearance of a dwarf Hctinosjjora. It is of the easiest 

 culture, and will thrive in any soil or position except in 

 very dry places ; drought is the only thing that seems to 

 affect it. The flowers, which are sparingly produced, are 

 white with pink anthers. This fine plant was introduced 

 into this country in 1876 by the late Mr Anderson Henry, 

 under the name of V. salicornioides, under which name it is 

 known in gardens both in this country and in New Zealand. 



V. Hcdori, Hook, f., is one of the most remarkable plants 

 of the genus. It is an upright-growing species, 1 to 2 feet 

 high, with rounded branches ; the leaves are closely imbri- 

 cated and reduced to mere scales ; the whole plant is 

 greyish-green in colour. An exceedingly hardy species, 

 coming as it does from an altitude of from 7000 to 7500 feet 

 on the Southern Alps, no frost we ever have in this country 

 can at all affect it. The first living plant of V. HedoH 

 was introduced into this country in 1888 by Mr Dunn of 

 Dalkeith Gardens, and it now forms one of tlie chief attrac- 

 tions in the rock garden at the lioyal Botanic Garden, It 

 has not yet flowered in cultivation, but grows freely ; unlike 

 most of the species, it does not root readily from cuttings. 



V. li/copodioides, Hook, f., resembles the latter, but differs . 

 chiefly in having square stems, which are not so thick ; the 

 leaves are sharp-pointed, and the colour of the plant is dark 

 green ; the habit is not so erect, but more spreading than in 

 V. Hcdori. In appearance it resembles Andromeda tetra- 

 gona very closely. 



V. ArmMroniji, Kirk, is a compact, graceful shrub, about 

 a foot high ; the leaves and branches are light green in 

 colour, and the stems have a miniature tree-like appearance, 

 somewhat resembling a dwarf juniper. Belonging to this 

 section of Veronica are V. ietragona, Hook,, V. tetrasticha, 

 Hook, f., and the true V. saiicornioides, Hook, f., which have 



