VAC 



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TAL 



3. 



Purple, 

 Red, white. 



V. dumo'sum hu'mile (humble). 2. White. 

 May. 17/4. 



donga' turn (elongated). 2. White. July. 



1812. 

 f rondo' sum (leafy). 3. White, green. May. 



1761. 

 venu'stum (beautiful). 3. Pink. 



June. 1770. 



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



J806. 



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- leaved"). 



May. 



meridiona'le (meridional). 2. 



April. Jamaica. 17/8. Stove evergreen . 



minutijio'rum (small-flowered). 2. White. 



1812. 



myrsini'tes (Myrsine-tearerf). l. Purple. 



May. 

 - lanceola'tum (spe&r-leavcd). 14. 



Purple. May. 

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



May. 

 ^-myrtifo'lium (Myrtle -leaved). 1. White. 



June. 1812. 



myrti'll(>ides(Myrti\l\is-li'k.e). li. Pink. June. 



1/76. 



myrti'llus (Myrtle. Bilberry], l. Pink. 



May. Britain. 



ba'ccis - a' Ibis (white - berried). 



Green. May. Britain. 



ni'tidum (glossy). l. Pink. May. 1794. 

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



May. 1/94. 



ova' (urn (egg- leaved). 2. Pink. May. 1826. 

 *- padifo' Hum (Bird-cherry-leaved). Palegreeu. 



July. Madeira. 1777- 



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

 - Pennsylva'nicum (Pennsylvanian). l. White, 



blue. June. 17/2. 



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



May. 1782. 



lute'scens (yellowish). 2. Red- 

 dish yellow. June. 1804. 



rube'scens (ruddy). 3. Yellow, 



green. May. 1773. 



stami'neum (/owg-stamened). 2. White. 



May. 1772. 



a'lbuin (white -flowered). 2. 



White. Mexico. 



uligino'sum (bog. Bleaberry). 2. Flesh. 



April. Britain. 



vi'tisidte'a (Cowberry). f. Pink. May. 



Britain. 



VALEKIA'NA. Valerian. (Named after 

 Valerius, who first used it in medicine. 

 Nat. ord., Valerianworts [Valeriana- 

 cece]. Linn., 3-Triandria \-Monoftynia.} 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division of 

 the root, in spring ; and seeds ; common gar- 

 den soil ; the tenderer sorts should have a dry 

 place. 



V. alliariafo'lia (Alliaria - leaved). 14. Red. 

 June. Caucasus. 1826. 



V. anarifo'lia (Asarum-leaved). 1. Red. June. 

 Crete. 1824. 



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



of Good Hope. 1816. 



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



zerland. 1784. 



dioi'ca (dkecious). 1. Flesh. June. Britain. 



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



Austria. 1812. 



globular iarfo'lia (Globularia- leaved). Red. 



June. Pyrenees. 



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



Pyrenees. 1818. 



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



Switzerland. 1748. 



na'pus (turnip-rooted). White. Mexico. 



1839. 



officina'lis (shop). 3. Flesh. June. Britain. 



Phu' (Phu). 3. White. August. Germany. 



1597- 



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



Scotland. 



saliu'nca (Lavender). l, Red. June. 



France. 1824. 



sambucifo'lia (Elder-leaved). 3. White. 



July. Germany. 1819. 



saxa'tiiis (rock). &. White. July. Austria. 



1740. 



szs^mira/o7m(Sisymbrium-leaved). 1. Red. 



June. South Europe. 1820. 



supi'na (flat-lying). . White, red. July. 



Switzerland. 1822. 



tri'pteris (three-winged). 1. White. May. 



Switzerland. 1752. 



tubei-o'sa (tuberous-rooted). l. Light, red. 



June. South Europe. 1629. 



VALERIANE'LLA. Lamb's Lettuce. (A 

 diminutive of Valerian. Nat. ord., 

 Valerianworts [Valerianaceee]. Linn., 

 3-Triandria \-Monoqynia.} 



Hardy annuals. Seeds, in the open border, 

 in spring. See Corn-salad. 

 V. co nge'sta (crowded-lowered). 1. Red. July. 

 Columbia. 1826. 



echina'ta (prickly-capsuled). 1. Pink. July* 



South Europe. 1807. 



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



VALLA'KIS. (From vallo, to inclose ; 

 used for fences in Java. Nat. ord., 

 Dogbanes [Apocynacefe]. Linn., 5-Pcn- 

 tandria \-Monogynia.) 



Stove evergreen twiner. Cuttings of short, 

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

 glass, in heat, in May ; sandy fibry loam, and 

 fibry peat. Winter temp., 55 to 60 ; summer, 

 60 to 85. 



V.pergula'na (trellis). 10. White. East 

 Indies. 1818. 



VALLE'SIA. (Named after F. Val- 

 lesio, physician to Philip II. of Spain. 

 Nat. ord., Dogbanes [Apocynacece], 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Monogynia.} 



Stove, white-flowered, evergreens. Cuttings 

 of young shoots, getting firm, in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, in heat ; sandy loarn, and fibry peat; 

 Winter temp., 55to6o; summer, 60 to 85. 



