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V. myrti'llus a'llis-ba'ccls (white-berried). Green. 

 May. Britain. 



ni'tiduml glossy). Ij. Pink. May. 1/94. 



. decu'mbens (lying-down), f. Pink. May. 



1794. 



ova'tum (e^-leaned'). 2. Pink. May. N. W. 



Amer. 1826. 



padifo'lium (hird-cherry-leaved). Pale green. 



July. Madeira. 17/7. 



pa'llidum (pale). 2. White. May. 1774- 



Pennsylva'nicum(PKnnsylva.main'). 1$. White, 



blue. June. 1/72. 



resino'sum (resinous). 4. Purple, green. May. 



1/82. 

 _. lute'scens (yellowish). 2. Reddish-yellow. 



June. 1804. 

 rutte'scens (ruddy). 3. Yellow, green. 



May. 1773. 



JtnlllsQ'ni (Rollison's). 2. Scarlet. August. 



Java Mountains. 1851. Greenhou-e. 



stami'neum (tow^-stamened). 2. White. Alay. 



a'lbum (white-lowered). 2. White. 



Mexico. 



uligino'sum (bog. Bleaberry}. 2. Flesh. April. 



Britain. 



vi'tit idaSa (cowberry). . Pink. May. Britain. 



VALERIA'NA. Valerian. (Named after 

 Valerius, who first used it in medicine. 

 Nat. ord., Valerlanworts [Valerianacese]. 

 Linn., Z-Triandria l-Monogynia.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Divisions of the 

 root in spring, and seeds ; common garden-soil ; 

 the tenderer sorts should have a dry place. 

 V. alliarieefo'lia (alliaria-leaved). 1$. Red. June. 

 Caucasus. 18-26. 



asarifo'tia (asamm-leaved). 1. Red. June. 



Crete. 1824. 



Cape'nsis (Cape). &. Red. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1816. 



Ce'ltica (Celtic). 1. White. June. Switzer- 



land. 1/84. 



dioi'ca (dioecious). 1. Flesh, June. Britnin. 



elonga'ta (lengthened). . Yellow. June. 



Austria. 1812. 



globulariafo'lia. (globularia - leaved). Red . 



June. Pyrenees. . 



interme'dia (intermediate). 1. White. June. 



Pyrenees. 1818. 



monta'na (mountain). 1. Light red. July. 



Switzerland. 1/48. 



na'pus (turnip-roofed). White. Mexico. 1839 



offieina'lis (shop% 3. Flesh. June. Britain. 



phu 1 (phu). 3. White. August. Germany. 159; 



Pyrena'ica (Pyrenean). 3. Pink. August. 



Scotland. 



saliu'nca (lavender). 1 . Red, June. France 



1824. 



tarribucifo' lia (elder-leaved). 3. White. July 



Germany. 1819. 



saxa> 'tills (rock). J. White. July. Austria. 1740 



sisymbriifo'lia (sisymbrium-leaved). 1. Red. 



June. South Europe. 1820. 



supVna (flat-lying). . White, red. July 



Switzerland. 1822. 



tri'pt eris (three-winged). 1. White. May 



Switzerland. 1/52. 



tubero'sa (tuberous-rooted). 1 . Light, red 



June. South Europe. 1629. 



TALERIANE'LLA. Lamb's Lettuce. (A 

 diminutive of Valerian. Nat. ord. 

 Valcrianworts [Valerianacesej. Linn. 

 3-Trjandria \-Monogynia.) 



Hardy annuals. Seeds in the open border, in 

 pring. See COKN SALAD. 



f. conge'sta (crowdsd-^oifcred). 1. Red. July. 

 Columbia. 1826. 



echina'ta (pr\ck\y -capsuled), 1. Pink. July. 



South Europe. 1807. 



olito'ria (salad). $. Blue. April. Britain. 



VALLA'RIS. (From vallo, to inclose; 

 used for fences in Java. Nat. ord., Dog- 

 banes [Apocynacese]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria l-Monogynia.) 



Stove evergreen twiner. Cuttings of short, firm, 

 stubby side-shoots in sandy soil, under a glass, 

 n heat, in May; sandy, fibry loam, and fihry 

 j.-at. Winter temp., 55 to 60 ; summer, 63 to 83. 

 V. pergulu'na (trellis). 10. White. E. Ind. 1818. 



VAIJ/E'SIA. (Named after F. Vulie.;l>, 

 physician to Philip II. of Spain. Ntvt. 

 ord., Dofjbanes [Apocynacese].' Linn., 0- 

 Peiitandrin l-Monogynia.) 



Stove, white-flowered evergreens. Cuttings of 

 young shoots, getting firm, in sand, under a hell- 

 glass in heat ; san<iy loam and fibry peat. \V in- 

 ter temp., 55 t> 60 ; summer, 00 to 85. 

 V. annlnfo'lia (boat-leaved). 4. June. Mexico. 

 199*. 



dicho'toma (forked). 8. May. Peru. 1822. 



VALLISNE'RIA. ( Named after A. Vallis- 

 neri, an Italian botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Hydrocharads [Hydrochaidraceae]. Linn., 

 22-Dicecia 2 JJhtiidria.) 



A floating, fresh-water perennial, whose flowers 

 live under water, except just at the time of im- 

 pregnation. Division; rich loam, in a good -sized 

 pot, plunged deep in a tub or cistern of water. 

 Winter temp., 45 to 50 ; summer, 60 to 80. 

 V. spira'lis (spiral). Brown. July. South Europe. 

 1818. 



VALLO'TA. (Named after P. Valht, 

 a French botanist. Nat. ord., Amanjiiids 

 [Amaryllidacese]. Linn., 6-Hexandria 

 l-Monogynia. Allied to Cyrtanthus.) 



With the exception of Dr. Herbert, no sys- 

 tematic botanist has pointed out the real affinity 

 of Vallota. A cross-seedling, by its pollen, has 

 been obtained by Mr. Beaton from Cyrta'nthus 

 cbli'quus, which no one could distinguish from a 

 Vallota of the same age. It has not yet flowered. 

 Greenhouse, scarlet- flowered bulbs, from the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Offsets ; sandy loam and peat, 

 and leaf- mould. Winter temp., 40 to 45, and 

 dry ; summer, 60 to 75. 

 V. purpu'rea (purple). 1 J. May. 1774. 



ma'jor (greater). May. 1774. 



mi'nor (smaller). 1. May. 1774. 



VA'NDA. (The Sanscrit name of the 

 first-found species. Nat. ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidaceffi]. Linn., ZQ-Gynandria l- 

 Monandria.) 



Stove orchids, grown in baskets, See Oscmns, 



V. Batema'nnii (Mr. Bateman's). 3. Crimson, 



yellow. June. Moluccas. 1845. 



ceeru'lea (fight blue). Sylhet. 



crista'ta (crested). 1, Green, purple. April. 



Nepaul. 1818. 



