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PART 111. 



*r 2. V. MI'NOR L. The less Periwinkle. 



Iilenliflcation. Lin. Sp.,304. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 95. : Lodd. IQ84- 



Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. Pervfnca minor Scop. Cam., No. 273. ; Per. 



vfnca vulgaris Park. Theatr., 311. f. 1.; Clematis rfaph- 



noldes Dodon. Pcmpt., 401. 

 Engravings. Engl. Bot., L 917. ; Curt. Lond., 3. t. Ifi. ; 



Pli-nck Icon., t. 183. ; Blackw., t. 59. ; Hayne Abbild., 



t. 26. ; and our fig. 1084. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stems procumbent. Leaves 

 elliptic- lanceolate, glabrous. Calycine seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, bluntish. Segments 

 of corolla broadish at top. Flowering stems 

 usually erect. Flowers void of scent. Co- 

 rolla blue, with white throat, varying to pur- 

 ple and white ; of a smaller size than that of 

 V. major. This species varies much in the 

 colour of the flowers ; they are also some- 

 times double; and the foliage is sometimes 

 variegated, either with white or yellow stripes. 

 (Don's Mill., iv. p. 95.) A creeping evergreen 

 undershrub ; a native of Europe, and found 

 abundantly in Germany, Switzerland, France, 

 Italy, &c. In Britain, it has been found in 

 many places, in hedges and woods, in rather 

 damp situations, where it flowers from March 

 till September. It is of the easiest culture, 

 and, like the preceding species, may be usefully employed in covering naked 

 surfaces, in shaded situations. 

 Varieties. 



&* V. m. 2 foliiJi argentcis Lodd. Cat. has leaves variegated with white. 



*r V. m. Sfoltis aureis Lodd. Cat. has the leaves variegated with yellow. 



&r V. m. & flore dlbo Lodd. Cat. has white flowers. 



r V. m. 5 fibre plena Lodd. Cat. has double flowers. 



fcr V. m. 6 fiorc punicco Lodd. Cat. has red flowers. 



A pp. I. Half-hardy ligneous Plants belonging 

 to the Order Apocyndcea. 



Gelsemiura nitidum Michx. Fl. Bor. 

 Airier. , 1. p. 120. ; Bignonta semper- 

 vlrens L., PLuk. Aim., 359. 1. 112. f. 5. ; 

 and our fig. 1085. ; is a climbing ever- 

 green ; a native of North America in 

 the vicinity of rivers, from Virginia to 

 Florida, where it flowers in June and 

 July. It has been in British gardens 

 since 1640; and, though it is generally 

 kept in green-houses or cold-pits, there 

 can be no doubt it would stand against 

 a conservative wall with very little 

 protection. 



N2r*um Oleander L. (fig. 1086.) Is a 

 splendid flowering shrub, very gene- 

 rally cultivated in Italy, and the south 

 of France and Spain, and common in 

 English green-houses. It requires a 



rich soil, kept moist, and may be preserved against a conservative 

 wall ; though it does not flower freely, except when grown in warm 

 situations, so as thoroughly to mature the wood. There are several 

 varieties and botanical species, for which we refer to theHortiu 

 Britannicus. (See, also, the Gardener's Magazine, vol. i. p. 402.) 



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