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thrive in any fertile soil. There are several named varieties which 

 are good for the flower garden and come true from seed; among 

 these are Adonis, crimson ; Ellen Willmott, pink ; Princess of Wales, 

 violet; Queen of Whites, and Scarlet King. 



Verbena, Lemon-scented. See Lippia citriodora. 



Veronica, Speedwell (veron-ica. Ord. Scrophularineae). A very 

 large genus of herbs and shrubs, mostly hardy, and able to thrive on 

 poor soil. Among the best of the hardy herbaceous species are 

 gentianoides, blue, 2 ft., early summer (Botanical Magazine, t. 1002), 

 there are white and variegated-leaved varieties ; incana, violet, forms 

 a silvery carpet in early summer; longifolia subsessilis, blue, summer, 

 3 ft.; repens, creeper, blue; spicata, blue, i ft., summer, there is a 

 white variety; Teucrium, blue, summer, forms a carpet, dubia is a 

 variety of it; and Virginica, white, summer, 3 to 4 ft. These may 

 all be propagated by seed or spring division. The following are a few 

 of the best of the shrubs and sub-shrubs: Andersoni, purple, late 

 summer, 3 ft., not quite hardy, variegata is a form of it; Bidwillii, 

 blue and white, summer, prostrate; cupressoides, violet, summer, 

 i to 3 ft., much grown in the rock garden for its foliage and habit; 

 epacridea, white, summer, half hardy, the leaves have a buff tint in 

 autumn; Hectori, lilac, summer, i to 2 ft., the foliage has a pretty 

 buff tint in autumn; pinguifolia, white, summer, 2 ft., glaucous 

 foliage (syn. carnosula Bot. Mag., tt. 6147 and 6587); saxatilis, 

 the Rock Speedwell, blue, summer, 6 ins., alba and rosea are varie- 

 ties of it; speciosa, purplish-blue, spring, 2 to 3 ft., half hardy, 

 evergreen (Bot. Mag., t. 4075) ; and Traversii, white, summer, 3 to 

 6 ft. (Bot. Mag., t. 6390). Chamaedrys is the Germander Speedwell. 

 Syriaca, blue, early summer, 6 ins., is a hardy annual; it has a 

 white variety, alba. The propagation of the herbaceous species is 

 by division or seed in spring; of the shrubs by cuttings in a sandy 

 mixture of peat and loam under a hand-light in spring or summer ; 

 and of the annuals by seed in spring. The Veronicas like limestone 

 soil. 



Vervain. See Verbena. 



Vetch. See Vicia. 



Vetch, Bitter. See Orobus. 



Vetch, Chickling, Lathyrus sativus. 



Vetch, Crown. See Coronilla. 



Vetch, Milk. See Astragalus. 



Viburnum, Guelder Rose (vibur-num, from veio, to tie, referring 

 to a use of the shoots. Ord. Caprif oliaceae) . A large genus of 

 shrubs and small trees, some hardy and evergreen, others deciduous. 

 Opulus is the common Guelder Rose or Snowball Tree, and sterile 

 a superior garden form in which all the flowers are sterile; there is 

 a variegated-leaved form of Opulus, and also a dwarf, nanum; these 

 are hardy deciduous shrubs. Tinus (Botanical Magazine, t. 38) is 

 the Laurustinus, a hardy evergreen, with white and rose flowers in 

 autumn and winter; it makes a useful shrub from 4 to 8 ft. high, 

 and is compact in habit ; there are several forms, including a varie- 

 gated. Plicatum, strictly tomentosum plicatum, is a splendid 



