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TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF [Sess. lvi. 



when planted in groups on lawns, or singly in borders along 

 with other shrubs, ]\Iany of them are peculiarly well 

 adapted for the rock-garden, their unique appearance, com- 

 pact habit of growth, combined with their extreme hardiness, 

 all tending to make them invaluable for that style of garden- 

 ing. They may also be used advantageously for winter 

 bedding plants, or for edgings to beds in summer. For 

 window-boxes in towns the dwarf kinds are extremely 

 useful, as they resist the injurious effects of smoke better 

 than most plants ; and, j)ossessing as they do so many 

 advantages for decorative purposes, they ought to become 

 more widely known than they are at the present time. 



Species of Veronica from Xew Zealand, cultivated in the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 1891. 



Hardy Sj'ecies. 



Veronica Hectori, Hook, f., 7-7500 ft. 



altitude. 

 ,, lycopodioides, Hoolv. f., 4-5000 



ft. altitude. 

 ,, cu^jressoides. Hook, f., 4000 ft. 



altitude. 

 ,, ,, var. variabilis, N.E.Br. 



,, Annstrongi, Kirk. 

 ,, carnosula. Hook, f., 5000 ft. 



altitude. 

 „ pinguifolia, Hook, f., 5000 ft. 



altitude. 

 ,, amplexicaulis, .\rni., 5000 ft. 



altitude. 

 ,, Lu.xifolia, Bentli., 5000 ft. 



altitude. 

 „ la^vis, Benth., 2-6000 ft. 



altitude. 

 ,, Godefroyana, Decue. 

 ,, iiionticola, Ann., 3-4500 ft. 



altitude. 

 ,, Coleiisoi, Hook, f., 3-5000 ft. 



altitude. 

 ,, ,, var. glauea. 



,, Traversii, Hook, f., 4000 ft. 



altitude. 

 ,, rakaiensis, Arm., 2-4000 ft. 



altitude. 

 ,, glauco-coerulea. Arm., 2-5000 



ft. altitude. 

 „ pimolioides, Hook, f., 2-4000 ft. 



altitude. 



Verouica liuifolia. Hook, f., 2500-4000 

 ft. altitude. 

 ,, anomala. Arm. 



Half-hardy Sjiecies. 



Lyallii, Hook, f., 2-4000 ft. 



altitude. 

 Bidwillii, Hook., 2-3000 ft. 

 altitude. 

 ,, cataracts, Forst. 

 ,, Kirkii, Arm, 



epacridea ? 5-6000 ft. altitude, 

 veruicosa, Hook, f., 1500-3000 

 ft. altitude. 

 ,, Lewisii, Arm. 

 ,, ligustrifolia, A. Cunn. 



,, cliatliamica, Buch. 



Hulkeaua, F. Muell., 1500- 

 2000 ft. altitude. 

 ,, Fairfieldi, Hort. 



Tender Sjxcies. 



,, diosmaifolia, R. Cunn., sea- 



coast. 

 ,, elliptica, Forst., sea-coast. 

 ,, ])arviflora, Vahl, sea-coast. 



,, salicifolia, Forst. 



,, Lavaudiana, Raoul. 



,, Aiidersoni, byhrid. 



,, speciosa, R. Cuuu., sea-coast. 

 elesans. 



On tlie motion of Dr Cleghohx, the thanks of the 

 Society were given to Mr Lindsay for his address. 



The following Papers were read : — 



On EooT-HAHiS. By Thomas Jamiesox, F.I.C, Fordyce 

 Lecturer on Agriculture, University of Aberdeen. 



