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and flowering from June to November, and 

 requires perfect rest in winter. Offset bulbs ; 

 rich fibry loam ; the protection cf a cold pit, 

 and kept dry in winter. 



U, pe'ndula (lianging-down). Yellow, green. 

 June. Peru. 1837. 



UKEDO. See Barberry and Mildew. 



UKINE. See Dung. The urine of 

 all animals is excellent as a manure ; 

 but it must be given only to plants 

 whilst 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 quan- 

 tity of water when applied. If mixed 

 with bleaching powder (chloride of 

 lime), there will be no offensive smell. 

 Gypsum mixed with urine, or a little 

 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 appen- 

 dages. Nat. ord., Lily worts [Liliacese], 

 Linn., Q-Hexandrla \-Monogynia. Al- 

 liance 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 keeping them in pit or greenhouse, and 

 dry, until growth has fairly commenced. 

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

 Mogadore. 1808. 



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



August. Mozambique. 1825. 



sero'tinum (late-flowering). f . Green, red. 



July. Spain. 1629. 



UVA'KIA. (From uva, a cluster of 

 grapes ; the resemblance of the fruit. 

 Nat. ord., Anonads [Anonacesej. Linn., 

 13-Polyandria 6-Polygynia.) 



Stove evergreens ; brown - flowered except 

 where otherwise mentioned. Cuttings of firm 

 side-shoots, in May, in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 in heat ; sandy loam and fibry peat. Winter 

 temp., 55 to 60 ; 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. Indies. 1823. 



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



Gcc'rtneri (Gaertners's). 6. E. Indies. 1820. 



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



Indies. 1833. 



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



lu'cida (-shining). Africa. 1825. 



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



Indies. 1822. 



Na'rum (Narum). 10. Malabar. 



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



donia. 1825. 



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



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



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



villa' sa (shaggy). E.Indies. 1831. 



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



1794. 



UVULA'EIA. ( Formerly ; used in dis- 

 eases of the uvula. Nat. ord., Melanths 

 [Melanthaceffi]. Linn., Q-Hexandria 

 \-Monogynia.~) 



Hardy, North American, herbaceous peren- 

 nials ; yellow-flowered, except grandiflora. 

 Division of the plant, in spring ; light sandy 

 loam. 

 U.fla'va- (yellow). . May. 1810. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered) . It Purple. 



May. 1802. 



lanceola'ta (spew-leaved). 1. July. 1710. 



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



1810. 



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



sessilJfo'lia (stalkless-leaved). . June. 1790. 



V. 



VACCI'NTUM. Whortle-berry. (The 

 derivation is doubtful, perhaps from 

 bacca, a berry. Nat. ord., Cranberries 

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

 Monoyynia.) 



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 except Caracasanum, leucostomum, 

 and meridionale, 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 



yellow. May. 1776. 



arbo'reum (tree). White, red. 1/65. 



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



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



May. 1825. 



CaracaSa'num(C&ra.ccas). 6. White. July. 



Caraccas. 1825. Stove evergreen. 



ccespito'sum (turfy). $. White. May. 1823. 



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



1765. 



angustifo'lium (narrow-leaved). 



3. White. 1767. 



fusca'tum (browned). 2. White, 

 pink. June. 1/70. 



virga,' turn (twiggy). 3. White, 



red. April. 1/67. 



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



June. 1787. 



dumo'sum (bushy). 3, White. May. 17/4. 



