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resemblance to the juvenile condition of some conifers. V. lycopodioides 

 differs from it in having distinctly square stems, and in the leaves not being 

 so much united towards the base. (See also V. cupressoides.) 



V. HULKEANA, F. von Mueller. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 5484.) 



A loose-habited, straggling shrub, occasionally reaching a height of 

 4 to 6 ft. or even more when grown against a wall as it usually is in this 

 country. Leaves in pairs somewhat far apart on the branches, broadly 

 ovate; i to 2 ins. long, \ to \\ ins. wide; broadly wedge-shaped or rounded 

 at the base, coarsely toothed, the teeth and apex either blunt or sharp, dark 

 glossy green; stalk \ to \ in. long. Flowers \ to \ in. diameter, of a delicate 

 lavender or lilac shade, produced in May and June in huge branching 

 panicles which terminate the shoots. These panicles are sometimes 18 ins. 

 long, with side branches 3 to 7 ins. long. The flowers themselves are 

 without stalks, but the ramifications of the panicle are downy. 



Native of the South Island of New Zealand; introduced about 1860. It 

 is, unfortunately, one of the more tender species and is only really happy 

 out-of-doors in the mildest counties. Even there it is usually treated as a 

 wall shrub. It thrives well with Miss Willmott on a warm wall at Warley. 

 A species of remarkable beauty and distinction, it is, unhappily, frequently 

 short-lived in cultivation, dying suddenly without any ostensible cause other 

 than its excessive production of blossom. The panicles should be removed 

 as soon as the flowers fade. 



V. FAIRFIELDII, Hooker (Bot. Mag., t. 7323), is a shrub of dwarfer, 

 sturdier habit, with leaves to I in. long, and shorter, broader flower 

 panicles. It first appeared in the Fairfield Gardens, near Dunedin, N.Z. 

 Mr Cheeseman suggests it may be a hybrid between V. Hulkeana and 

 V. LAVAUDIANA, Raoul, the latter a dwarf shrub under i ft. high, with pink 

 flowers (Bot. Mag., t. 7210). 



V. LOGAN IOIDES, Armstrong. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 7404.) 



A dwarf, conifer-like shrub, usually well under i ft. in height; often only 

 4 to 6 ins. Stems erect, becoming decumbent with age; when young, 

 furnished 'with soft, pale hairs. Leaves \ to \ in. long, ovate or lanceolate, 

 tapering from a broad stalkless base to a bluntish point, sometimes entire, 

 sometimes with one or two comparatively large teeth at each side, erect or 

 spreading, keeled at the back, dull green, smooth. Flowers pure white 

 (sometimes pink-veined), \ to \ in. across, produced in June and July in a 

 terminal, single or three-branched inflorescence, on which the flowers open 

 successively for some weeks. Sepals ovate-oblong, pointed, with hairy 

 margins; corolla-tube short, scarcely so long as the sepals. Main and 

 secondary flower-stalks hairy. 



Native of the South Island of New Zealand, and a pleasing dwarf ever- 

 green distinct among this group in its hairy stems and racemes; its small, 

 closely set, spreading, frequently toothed leaves; and in the flattish seed- 

 vessel splitting across the narrowest diameter. 



V. LYCOPODIOIDES, Hooker fil. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 7338.) 



A shrub i to 2 ft. high, with stiff, erect branches densely clothed with 

 overlapping scale-like leaves and much resembling a lycopod. The 



