504 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Vangueria infausta, Eurchell. 



From tropical Africa to Natal and Caffraria. The fruit of this 

 shrub or small tree is medlar-like, but superior in taste. Worth 

 test-cultiration with a view of improving the fruit. V. edulis 

 (Vahl) from the warmer regions of Africa and from Madagascar 

 proved hardy as far south as Port Jackson, and yields esculent 

 rather small fruits. 



Veratrum album, Linne, 



Europe, Northern and Middle Asia, extending eastward to Japan. 

 Hardy still at Christiania. It delights particularly in sub-alpine 

 localities. The root furnishes veratrin, jervin and sabadillic acid ; 

 it is used in medicine, particularly for external application. 



Veratrum veride, Alton. 



Canada and United States of North-America. A near relative of 

 the former plant. Professor Schuebeler found it hardy in Norway 

 to lat. 71. Its root has recently come into medicinal use, especially 

 as an arterial sedative [Porcher.] 



Verbascum Thapsus. Lame. 



The Mullein. Europe, Northern and Western Asia.. A biennial 

 herb of some use in medicine, but adapted also for scenic cultural 

 effects. 



Veronica Virg-inica, Linne. 



Eastern North-America. A perennial herb, which for medicinal 

 use furnishes the " Culver's-root," from which again the Leptan- 

 drin as a chologogue is prepared. The showy shrubby species, 

 such as V. speciosa (R. Cunningham) of New Zealand and their 

 hybrids can easily be multiplied from cuttings in the open air ; they 

 are grateful in culture, and afford good material for table-bouquets ; 

 they with others may share perhaps in the medicinal value of the 

 American congener mentioned. 



Viburnum prunifolium, Linne. 



The Black Haw. South-eastern North-America.. A tall shrub 

 or small tree. The bark has become deservedly introduced into 

 legitimate and permanent medicinal use; it is a nervine, stimulant, 

 anodyne and antispasmodic. 



Virburnum Tinus, Linne. 



The Lauristine. Countries around the Mediterranean Sea. An 

 evergreen shrub, one of the earliest flowering of the season ; well 

 adapted for ornamental hedges. Hardy in the south of England. 

 An excellent plant as a standard of comparison for floral calendars. 



