VIG 



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VIO 



V. unguicula'ris (soft-clawed). 1. Variegated. 



June. 1802. 

 villo'sa (shaggy). 1. Purple. July. 1739. 



VI'GNA. (Named after Z>. Ffyni, a 

 commentator on Theophrastus. Nat. 

 ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabaceae]. Linn., 

 17-Diadelphia A-Decandria. Allied to 

 Dolichos.) 



Hardy, yellow-flowered, climbing annuals. 

 Seeds in a slight hotbed in March, and afterwards 

 planted out in the beginning of May, or sown in 

 the end of April in sandy, light soil. 

 V. gla'bra (smooth). 4. July. N. Amer. 1685. 

 " villo'sa (shaggy). July. Chili. 1826. 



VIGUIE'RA. (Named after L. G. A. 

 Viguier, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteraceoe]. Linn., 19-Syn- 

 gcnesia 3-Fntstrauea. Allied to the Sun- 

 flower.) 



Stove, yellow-flowered, herbaceous perennials. 

 Divisions in spring, and cuttings of young shoots 

 as fresh growth commences, in sandy soil, in a 

 hotbed, in March ; sandy peat and fibry loam. 

 Winter temp., 50 to 55; summer, 60 to 75. 

 V. dent a' t a (toothed). 3. July. Mexico. 1826. 



helianthoi 1 des (sunflower-like). 3. July. Cuba. 



1825. 



prostra'ta (lying-flat). July. N. Amer. 1800. 



Hardy. 



VILLA'KSIA. (Named after Villars, a 

 French botanist. Nat. ord., Gentianworts 

 [Gentianaceos]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monogyniu.) 



Yellow-flowered, where not otherwise stated. 

 Divisions and seeds in spring. Most of them 

 must be treated as aquatics, either planted in pans 

 or tubs, or potted and set in large saucers, and 

 coaxed with stove or greenhouse treatment. The 

 hardiest like- the protection of the latter, though 

 they may stand frequently in the open air. 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 V. gemina'ta (t\\\n-flower-stalked). June. N. 

 Holland. 1828. 



sarmento'sa (twiggy). 1. June. N.Holland. 



!06. 



Si'msii (Sims'). July. Nepaul. 1792. 



HERBACEOUS AQ.UATICS. 

 V. Chile'nsis (Chilian). 1. June. Chili. 1832. 



I'ndicu (Indian). White. July. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1/92. 



lacuno'sa (pitted). 2. White. June. N. Amer. 



1812. 



nymphoi'des (water -lily -like). 2. June. 



England. 



ova'ta (egg'leaved). June. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1786. 



Parnassifo'lia (Parnassia-leaved). 2. August. 



N. S. Wales. 1825. 



renifo'rmis (kidney-feared). 1. July. N. 



Holland. 1820. 



VJLITORI'NIA. (Named after M. Vll- 

 wion, a celebrated French nurseryman. 

 Nat ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabacecej. 

 Linn., 17-Diadelphia 4-Decandria.) 



Stove evergreen. Seeds, soaked in warm water, 

 and sown in a hotbed in spring ; also cuttings of 

 half-ripeaed shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, iu 



April, and in bottom-heat ; sandy peat and fibrv 

 loam. Winter temp., 55 to 60; summer, 60 

 to 85. 



V. multiflo'ra (many-flowered). 6. Purple. W. 

 Ind. 1826. 



VIMINA'RIA. Rush Broom. (From 

 vimen, a twig ; the twiggy, leafless 

 branches. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabacese]. Linn., IQ-Decandria 1-Mo- 

 nogynia. Allied to Daviesiaj 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered evergreens, from 

 New Holland. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, in April; also by 

 seeds in a gentle hotbed ; loam and peat. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 45. 

 V. denuda'ta (stripped). 3. August. 1/80. 



lateriflo'ra (side-flowering). 3. July. 1824. 



VI'NCA. Periwinkle. (From vineulum, 

 a band; the tough, long shoots. Nat. 

 ord., Dogbanes [Apocynacese]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria 1-Monogynia.) 



Evergreens. Division of the plant in spring, 

 or cuttings of the shoots in a shady border, in 

 spring or autumn ; these make beautiful green 

 carpeting under trees, where scarcely anything 

 else would grow, and flourish in almost any soil. 

 Some require the stove. 



V. herba'cea (herbaceous). 14. Purple. June. 

 Hungary. 1816. 



ma'jor (greater). 2. Purple. August. England. 



variega'ta (variegated). 2. Blue. July. 

 England. 



mi'nor (lesser). 1. Blue. August. Britain. 



pusi'lla (small-lowered). 4- Blue. August. 



Tranquebar. 1778. Stove annual. 



ro'sea (rosy). 1. Rose-coloured. May. E. 



Ind. 1776. Stove. 



- a'lba (white). 1. White. June. E. Ind. 

 Stove. 



- ocdla'ta (red-eyed). 1. White, red. June. 



E. Ind. Stove. 



VINE. ( Vi'tisvini'fera).See GRAPEVINE. 



VINE BOWER. Cle'matis vitice'lla. * 



VINE LEEK. A Ilium ampelo'prasum. 



VIO'LA. The Violet. (The Latin 

 name. Nat. ord., Violetworts [Violace]. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria 1-Monogynia.) 



Blue-flowered, where not otherwise mentioned. 

 By seeds, divisions, and cuttings under a bell- 

 glass or hand-light; mostly in rich, light 80U, 

 with a portion of peat. 



GREENHOUSE PERENNL^LS. 

 V. arbort'scens (tree- like). l. May. Spain. 1770. 



bctonicasfti'lia (betony-leaved). . August. N. 



Holland. 1820. 



catspito'sa (tufted). *. Violet. March. Nepaul. 



1825 



decu'mbens (lying-down). *. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1819- 



- hedera'cea (ivy-leaved). *. July. N. Holland. 



1823 x 



_ hu'milis (lo-wly). *. White. May. Mexico. 1824. 



Pakne'iai* (Palma). 1. Purple. May. South 



Europe. 1836. 



-pyfftrue'a (pigmy), i- August. Peru. 1822. 

 -rentfo'rmti (kidney -leaved), f July. N. 



Holland. 1823. 



