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growing, and in a diluted state. One of 

 the most fertilizing of liquid-manures is 

 composed of cabbage-leaves, and other 

 vegetable refuse, putrefied in the urine 

 from a house or stable, and diluted with 

 three times its quantity of water when 

 applied. If mixed with bleaching powder 

 (chloride of lime), there will be no offen- 

 sive smell. Gypsum mixed with urine, 

 or a littlo oil of vitriol poured into it, 

 adds to its utility as a manure. Sulphate 

 of iron, in the proportion of seven pounds 

 to every hundred of urine, prevents the 

 escape of ammonia during putrefaction. 

 UEOPE'TALON. (From oura, a tail, and 

 petalon, a petal ; the petals are lengthened 

 out into tail-like appendages. Nat. ord., 

 Lily worts [Liliacere]. Linn., 6-Hexan- 

 dria }.-Monogynia. Alliance near Albuca.) 



Offsets in spring ; sandy, light loam and leaf- 

 mould. Must be kept dry in winter, either by 

 protecting them in a border, or placing them in a 

 cold pit ; perhaps best by potting them, and keep- 

 ing them in a pit or greenhouse, and dry, until 

 growth has fairly commenced. 

 U.fu'lvum (tawny). 3 Green, red. July. Moga- 

 dore. 1808. 



longifo'liv.m (long-leaved). 2. Purple, blue. 



August. Mozambique. 1825. 



eero'tinum (lute-flowering), g. Green, red. 



July. Spain. 1629. 



UVA 'EIA. ( From uva, a cluster of grapes ; 

 the resemblance of the fruit. Nat. ord., 

 Anonads [Anonacese]. Linn., 13-Pofy- 

 andria Q-Polyyynia.} 



.Stove evergreens, brown-flowered, except where 

 otherwise mentioned. Cuttings of firm side-shoots 

 in May, in sand, under a bell-glass, in heat; sandy 

 ioam and fibry peat. Winter temp., 55 to ^0; 

 summer, 60 to 85. 

 U. acumina'ta (sharp-pointed). 6. Guiana. 1820. 



aroma' tica (aromatic). 6. Guiana. 1820. 



escule'nta (eatable). 10. Madras. 1818. 

 fascicula'ta (bundled). E. Ind. 1823. 

 fusca'ta (brown). 5. Guiana. 1823. 



Ga'rtneri (Gsertners'). 6. E. Ind. 1820. 



longiflo'ra (long-flowered). Purple. E. Ind. 



1833. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 4. Bengal. 1820. 



lu'cida (shining). Africa. 1825. 



lu'tea (yellow). 6. Greenish-yellow. E. Ind. 



1822. 



Na'rum (Naru^a). 10. Malabar. 



nitidi'ssima (most-shining). Blue. Caledonia. 



1825. 



odora'ta (sweet-scented). E. Ind. 1804. 



tomento'sa (woolly). 6. E. Ind. 1822. 



veluti'na (velvety). 6. E. Ind. 1823. 



villo'sa (shaggy). E. Ind. 1831. 



Zeyla'nica (Ceylon). 20. Scarlet. Ceylon. 1794* 



UVTTLA'EIA. (Formerly used in diseases 

 of the uvula. Nat. ord., Melanths [Me- 

 lanthacese]. Linn., 6-Hcxandria \-Mono- 



Hardy, North American, herbaceous perennials ; 



yellow-flowered, except grandiflo'ra. Division of 

 the plant in spring ; light, sandy loam. 

 U.fln'va (yellow). $. May. 1810. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 1. Purple. May. 



1802. 



lanceola'ta (spear-team*). 1. July. 1710. 



perfolia'ta (leaf-stem-pierced). . May. 1810. 



pube'rula (downy). . May. 1824. 



sessilifo'lia (stalkless-leaved). . June. 1/90. 



V. 



VACCI'NIUM. Whortleberry. (The 

 derivation is doubtful, perhaps from 

 Sacra, a berry. Nat. ord., Cranberries 

 [Vacciniacese], Linn., 8-Octandria 1- 

 Monogynia.) 



Seeds in autumn ; cuttings under a hand-light 

 in summer ; suckers ; divisions ; rooting stems 

 from trailing along the ground ; very sandy loam ; 

 if a portion of peat all the better. All hardy ex- 

 cept Caracasa'num, leuco'stomum, meridiona' le f 

 and Rolliso'ni, and all deciduous, and natives of 

 North America, unless otherwise mentioned. 

 V.albiflo'rum (white-flowered). White. May. 

 1833. 



angustifo'lium (narrow-leaved). 2. Pale yel- 



low. May. 1776. 



arbo'reum (tree). White, red. 1765. 



buxifo'lium (box-leaved). 1. White. May. 



Canade'nse (Canadian). 1. White, red. May. 



1825. 



Caracasa'num (Caraccas). 6. White. July. 



Caraccas. 1825, Stove evergreen. 



caspito'sum (turfy). *. White. May. 1823. 



corymbo'sum (corymbed). 7. White. May.' 1765. 

 angustifo'lium (narrow-leaved), 3. White* 



17b'7. 

 fusca'tum (browned). 2. White, pink* 



June. 1770. 

 virga'tum (twiggy). 3. White, red. 



April. 1767. 



crassifo'lium (thick-leaved). 1. White. June. 



1787. 



dumo'sum (bushy). 3. White. May. 1774. 

 hu'mile (humble). 2. White. May. 1774. 



elonga'tum (elongated). 2. White. July. 1812. 



erythri'num (reA-twigged). 1$. Scarlet. Java. 



1852. 



frondo'sum (leafy). 3. White, green. May. 1761. 

 venu'stum (beautiful). 3. Pink. June. 



1770. 



gale'zans (gale-leaved). 2. White. May. 1806. 



gla'brum (smooth). 2. Pink. July. 1812. 



grandiflo'rum (large-flowered). 2. White. 



July. 1812. 



humifu'sum (trailing). $. White. 1827* 



leuco'stomum (white-lipped). 2. Scarlet, white. 



Peru. 1847. Greenhouse evergreen. 



ligustri'num (privet-/eaed). 3. Purple. May. 



meridiona'le (meridional). 2. Red, white. 



April. Jamaica. 1778. Stove evergreen. 



minutiflo'rum (small-flowered), 2. White. 1812. 



myrsini'tes(mjraioe-leaved). 1^. Purple. May. 

 lanceola'tum (spear.Jeawed). 1$. Purple. 



May. 

 _. obtu'sum (blunt). 1$. Purple. May. 



myrh/o'tfwm (myrtle-leaved). 1. White. June. 



1812. 



myrtilloi'des (myrtiUus-like). Id- Pink. June. 



myrti'llus (myrtle; Bilberry). 1$. Pink. 



May. Britain. 



