244 VENIDIUM 



VENI'DIUM continued. 



V. calendula' ceum continued. 



reminding one of a marigold, and quite as 

 large. The foliage is a light greyish-green 

 colour covered with woolly hairs, 18 ins. high, 

 and spreading. A small bed of this in a 

 sunny situation is most effective, remaining in 

 flower from June till autumn, though it never 

 expands in wet weather. It is sometimes 

 described in catalogues as a species of Arctotis. 

 1752. Syn., Arcto'tis calendula' ceum. 



V. fu'gax is very similar, but a trifle taller, a 

 brighter orange and blacker disc. S. Africa, 

 1887. 



V. hirsu'tum is a very woolly plant, otherwise it 

 differs very little from the others in the 

 flower. South Africa, 1887. Syn., V. 

 specio'sum. 



Sow seeds tr in. deep in boxes of light soil in 

 temp, of 60 in March or April. Plant out 1 ft. 

 apart at the end of May or in June, in soil that has 

 not been heavily manured, otherwise it runs to 

 leave at the expense of the flowers. 



VENUS'S LOOKING GLASS. See SPECULARIA. 

 VENUS'S NAVELWOKT. See OMPHALODES linifolia. 



VERBAS'CUM Mullein or Mullen (from L. verbascum, 

 mullein, or, as some say, the word was barbascum, 

 from L. barba, a beard, but was altered to the 

 present name). Nat. Ord. Scrophulariacece. 



