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ing to Woodward, the flowering-stem is upright 

 in the spring, hut in autumn the flowers are 

 I »m« on the shoots of the year, which are trail- 

 ing : the leaves opposite, on footstalks about 

 one fourth the length of the leaves, which arc 

 quite entire, evergreen, shining, somewhat like 

 those of Privet, not having the fringed edge 

 observable in the second sort: the liowers ax- 

 illary, alternate, solitarv, void of scent, on nearly 

 upright peduncles, almost twice the length of the 

 leaves, round, smooth, and sliming, pale blue. 

 It is a native of Germany. 



h vanes in the colour of the flowers; with 

 pale blue, with purple, and white, and with 

 double flowers ; and the foliage is sometimes 

 variegated either with white or yellow stripes. 



Th. second species is larger in all its parts 

 than the preceding: the stems erect, finally 

 rooting at the end : the leaves broad-ovate, three 

 inches ion<r and two broad, of a thick consist- 

 ence, fiiielv fringed with short rigid hairs at the 

 edge, on thick iootstalks : the flowers solitary, 

 alternate, on peduncles half the length of the 

 leaves, of a purple blueish colour. It is a native 

 of France, Spain, Sec. flowering in May. 



The third has an upright branching stem, 

 three or four feet high, when young, succulent, 

 jointed, purple; but as the plant advances the 

 lower parts become woodv : the branches have 

 the joints very close, are covered with a smooth 

 purple bark, and have oblong, ovate, entire 

 leaves, two inches and a half long and an inch 

 and half broad, smooth and succulent, setting 

 pretty close to the branches: the flowers axillary, 

 solitary, on very short peduncle* : tube long and 

 slender: brim spreading open, flat, divided into 

 five broad obtuse segments, which are relieved 

 at their points: the upper surface of the petal is 

 of a bright crimson or peach colour, ami their 

 under side pale flesh- colour : there is a succession 

 of flowers, from February to the end of October. 

 It is a native of Madagascar, China, &c. 



Culture. — These plants are all capable of 

 being increased by layers, cuttings, and suckers. 



In the first method, when the layers of the 

 trailing branches are put down into the ground, 

 they readily take root at almost any season. This 

 ery much the case with the first sort, as al- 

 most every joint furnishes plants in the course of 

 the summer ready to be put out in the autumn. 



The cuttings may be made from the stalks 

 and branches, and he planted in shady borders 

 in the autumn or early spring, where they will 

 become well rooted by the following autumn. 



All the sorts succeed in this way. 



In the third sort the cuttings should he n 

 from the voting shoots and be planted in pots, 

 plunging them in a hot-bed or the bark-bed, 



where they will become perfectly well rooted in 

 the tame year, and m iy be p Hied ■> lv, 



being placed in the stow, add shifted as ma) 

 meessary into large pott. 



Tins sort may likewise be raised lion. 

 which should be sown in pots in the tub • | ring 

 filled with light rich earth, covering iheui well 

 in, and plunging the pots in the bot-bed, or the 

 bark-bed of the Btovej and when the pi 

 have a tew inches gro« th, they should be pi icked 

 out into separate pots, rftplnnging them in a hot- 

 bed, giving proper shade and water, managing 

 them afterwards as the cutting*! 



The sucker- may be taken iff with root-fibres 

 in the autumn or spring, and planted where they 

 are to grow. 



The two first sorts afford variety in the boi 

 clumps, ceo. while the last has a line effect in 

 stove collections. 



VINE. See Vitis. 



VINERY, a sort of garden erection, con- 

 sisting of a wall twelve or fourteen feet in height, 

 extending from east to west, furnished with 

 stoves, and proper flues, with roof and lights of 

 glass, covering a border of some extent ; as ten 

 feet or more in width. When vines are to be 

 forced at an early season, upright glasses two 

 and half or three feet in height are often em- 

 ployed in front, to support the roof, and toadniit 

 sun and light to the border, which is frequently 

 occupied with low-growing vegetables ; but 

 when they are not wanted early, a low wall will 

 answer equally well. In plate D. is seen an 

 improved vinery, or house of this kind; in 

 which fig. 1. shows the elevation : fitr. 2, sec- 

 tion of the end: fig. 3. section showing the 

 flues: fig. 4. the plan. It has been found to 

 answer well in actual practice. In houses of 

 this sort, supposing the wail to be twelve I 

 high, the breadth ten feet, and the height of 

 the upright wall in front three feet, the roof 

 will form an angle of about forty-three degrees, 

 which experience has shown to be a suitable pitch. 

 for forcing vines with advantage. 



These sorts of buildiugs may likewise he con- 

 structed on a plan somewhat similar to that of a 

 single-pitted pine-stove, having the back wall 

 fourteen feet high; the roof slanting, and • o- 

 vcring an extent of about sixteen feet; with a 

 flue running from east to west ni ir th< I ont 

 wall. This is well suited not only for g:. 

 but early crops of melons, sti. , and 



other similar kinds. 



To save the expense of glass ; where 

 peach-housi , tl em- 



ployed for the vinery, when construct* ' with 

 this intention, and good grapes may beobtuinefl 

 from vines trained against walls about, i 



