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ARBOKETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PARI' III 



*» 2. V. bii'nor L. The less Periwinkle. 



108i 



IdcTUiflcation. Lin. Sp.,3(>l. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 95. ; Lodd. 



Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. Pervfnca minor Scop- Corn., No. 273. ; Per. 



vfnca vulgaris Park. Theair., 311. f. 1.; Clematis c/aph- 



noldes Dodon. Pcmpt., 401. 

 Engravings. Engl. Bot., t 917.; Curt. Lend., 3. t. Ifi. ; 



Plcnck Icon., t. l&j. ; Blackw., t. 59. ; Hayne Abbild., 



t. 2«5. ; and our ^. 1084. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stems procumbent. Leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous. Calycine seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, bluntish. Segments 

 of corolla broadish at top. Flowering stems 

 usually erect. Flowers void of scent. Co- 

 rolla blue, with white throat, varying to pur- 

 ple and white; of a smaller size than that of 

 V. major. This species varies much in the 

 colour of the flowers ; they are also some- 

 limes double; and the foliage is sometimes 

 variegatetl, either w ith white or yellow stripes. 

 (Don's ^li//., iv. |). 9.5.) A creeping evergreen 

 undershrub ; a native of Europe, and found 

 abundantly in (iLrmany, Switzerland, France, 

 Italy, &c. In Britain, it has been found in 

 many places, in hedges and wooils, in rather 

 damp situations, where it flowers from March 

 till September. It is of the easiest culture, 

 and, like the preceding species, may be usefully employed in covering naked 

 surfaces, in shaded situations. 

 yarictws. 



*» V. vi. 2 fo/m argt'iilcii Loild. Cat. has leaves variegated with white. 



*» V. VI. 3 J'oliu aurcis Lodd. Cat. has the leaves variegated with yellow. 



*T V. m. \ flore dlbo Lodd. Cat. has white flowers. 



!fc» V. m, 5 JTore pleno Lodd. Cat. has double flowers. 



*T V, m. G flore puniceo Lodd. Cat. has red flowers. 



I. Half-hardy ligiicoiis Plants belonging 

 to the Order Apocynacccc. 



Gels^ium nitidum Michx. Fl. Bor. 



Amer., l.i). 12<). ; BignCini/i 8eTn(»tr- 



vlrens /,., Pluk. Aim., .i59. t.Wi. (. 5. ; 



and OUT jig. 1(»H5. ; is a climbing ever- 

 green ; a native of North America in 



the vicinity of rivers, from Virginia to 



Florida, where it flowers in June and 



July. It has been in British gardens 



since 1640; and, though it is generally 



kqjt in green.houses or cold-pits, there 



can be no doubt it would stand against 



a conservative wall with very little 



protection. 



Ninum OUdnder L. [Jig. 1086.) Is a 



splendid flowering shrub, very gene- 

 rally cultivated in Italy, and the south 



of France and S|>ain, and common in 



English green-houses. It requires a 

 rich soil, kept moist, and may be preserved against a conservative 

 wall ; though it does not flower freely, except when grown in warm 

 situations, so as thoroughly to mature the wood. There are several 

 varieties and boUnical species, for which we refer to the Hortiu 

 Britannicus. (See, aUo, the Gardener's Magazine, vol. i. p. 402.) 



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