556 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Veratrum viride, Solander. 



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 [PorcherJ. Serves like other Veratrums also 

 as an insecticide. 



Verbascum Thapsus, Linne. 



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

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

 effects. Seeds may rest underground for half-a-dozen years without 

 their germinating power getting destroyed [Dr. W. 0. Focke]. 



Veronica pimeloides, J. Hooker. 



New Zealand. This small bush is suited for garden-edgings' 

 Easily divided and readily growing. Some others of the evergreen 

 dwarf shrubby congeners may serve the same purpose. 



Veronica Virglnica, Linn<. 



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. 



Viburnum Tinus, Linn6. 



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. 



Vicia Cracca, Linne. 



Europe, North- Africa, Northern and Middle Asia, North- America; 

 in Norway it extends to lat. 71 10'. Perennial. Recommendable 

 for naturalisation as a fodder-plant in sylvan and sub-alpine lands. 

 It yields in shade a return three times larger than in open places 

 [Langethal], A. Carlsson speaks of it most favorably as fitted for 



