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ing fo Woodward, the flowering-stem is upright 

 in the spring, but in autunni the flowers are 

 borne on tiie shoots of the year, whieh are trail- 

 ing : the leaves ojiposite, 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 flowers ax- 

 illary, alternate, solitar\', void of scent, on nearly 

 ujiright peduncles, almost twice the length of the 

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

 It is a native of Germany. 



It varies 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. 



The 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 long and two broad, of a thick consist- 

 ence, finely fringed with short rigid hairs at the 

 edge, on thick footstalks : the flowers solitary, 

 alternate, on peduncles half the length of the 

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

 of France, Spain, &c. flowering in May. 



The third has an upright branching stetn, 

 three or four feet high, when youno:, succulent, 

 jointed, purple; but as the plant advances the 

 lower parts become woody: 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 peduncles: tube lona: and 

 slender: brim spreading open, flat, divided into 

 five broad obtuse segments, which are reflexed 

 at their points: the upper surface of the petal is 

 of a bright crimson or peach colour, and 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, Sec. 



Culture. — These plants arc all capable of 

 being increased by layers, cuttings, and suckers. 



In the first method, when the lavers of the 

 trailing branches are put down into the ground, 

 they readdy take root at almost any season. This 

 is very 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 be 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 be made 

 from the young shoots and be planted in pots, 

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



where they will become perfectly well .^oted in 

 the same year, and may be potted off sep^fately, 

 being placed in the stove, and shifted as i-.ay be 

 necessary into large pots. 



This sort may likewise be raised from b-.eclj 

 which should be sown in pots in the early sprpu- 

 filled with light rich eartli, covering them we( 

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

 bark-bed of the stove; and when the plants 

 have a few inches growth, they should be pricked 

 out into separate pots, replunging them in a hot- 

 bed, giving proper shade and water, managing 

 them afterwards as the cuttings. 



The suckers may be taken off with root-fibres 

 in the autumn or spring, and planted where they 

 are to grow. 



The two first sorts afford variety in the borders, 

 clumps, kc. while the last has a fine effect in 

 stove collections. 



VINE. See Vitis. 



VINERY, a sort of garden erection, con- 

 sisting of a wall twelve or fourteen feet in heisht, 

 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 toadn)it 

 sun and light to the border, w hich 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. I. shows the elevation : fiff. 2, sec- 

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

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

 answer well in actual practice. In houses of 

 this sort, supposing the wall to be twelve feet 

 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 de<j;rees,. 

 which experience has shown to be a suitable pitch 

 for forcing vines with advantage. 



These sorts of buildings may likewise be 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 co- 

 vering an extent of about sixteen Icet ; with a^ 

 flue running from east to west near the front 

 wall. This is well suited not only for grapes, 

 but early crops of melons, strawberries, and 

 other similar kinds. 



To save the expense of glass ; where there are 

 pcach-houscs, the glass frames may be also em- 

 ployed for the vinery, when constructed with 

 this intention, and good grapes hiav be obtained 

 from vines trained against walls about six feet 



