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V, amce'na (pleasing). 2. June. Siberia. 1818. 



Bithy'nicu (Bithynian). July. Britain. 



Bivo'nii (Bivoni's). Rose. July. Sicily. 1828. 



Cape'nsis (Cape). 1. July. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1802. 



Carolinia'na (Carolina. Tufted). 2. White. 



June. Carolina. 1820. 



Cassu'bicu (Cassubian). 3. Light blue. July. 



Germany. 1/11. 



Cra'cca (Cracca. Tufted}. 2. July. Britain. 

 flo'ribus-a'lbis (white-flowered). 2. 



White. July. 

 -flo'ribus-ru'bris (red-flowered). 2. 



Red. July. 



denta'ta (toothed). 4. July. Siberia. 1819. 



dumeto'rum (hedge). 3. July. France. 1752. 



Gera'rdi (Gerard's). 2. July. S. Europe. 



1810. 



laeviga'ta (smooth-podded). l. Pale yellow. 



May. England. 



onobrychioi'des (Saintfoin-like). 1. June. 



South Europe. 1759. 



pellu'cida (transparent). 1. July. Cape of 



Good Hope. 17/3. Greenhouse. 



pere'nnis (everlasting). 3. June. South 



Europe. 



pisifo'rmis (Pea-shaped). 2. Cream. July. 



Austria. 1739. 



polyphy'lla (many-leaved). 2. July. Algiers. 



1816. 



Pyrena'ica (Pyrenean). 1. May. Pyrenees. 



1818. 



tenuifo'lia (slender-leaved). l. July. Ger- 



many. 1799. 



variega'ta (variegated). S.June. Caucasus. 



1816. 



VICTO'KIA. (Named after Her Ma- 

 jesty Queen Victoria. Nat. orcl., Water- 

 lilies [Nymphseacese]. Linn., 13-Poly- 

 andria l-Monoc/ynia. Alliance between 

 Euryale and Nymphsea.) 



Stove herbaceous aquatic. Generally byseeds, 

 sown in strong peat, and planted out in a reser- 

 voir of heated water as soon as germinated. 

 From the size of the leaves, the tank must be 

 twenty-five feet in diameter ; and if the water 

 is moved, or is being constantly furnished with 

 a fresh supply, the plants will thrive all the 

 better. At Messrs. Weeks', in the King's- 

 road, it has been bloomed successfully jn the 

 open air in a tank, the water of which was 

 heated to 80 by hot water pipes. x 



V. re'gia (royal). Rosy-white. Autumn. Ama- 

 zons. 1836. 



VIEUSSEU'XIA. (Named after M. 

 Vieusseux, a Swiss botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Irids [Iridaceee]. Linn., 3-Triandria 

 \-Monogynia. Allied to Ixia.) 



Bulbs, from the Cape of Good Hope, requir- 

 ing the same treatment as Ixias. 

 V. Bellende'ni (Bellenden's). 1. Yellow. June, 



1803. 

 fu'gax (transient). 1. Purple. June. 1825. 



glauco'pis (grey-eyed). 1. Red, brown. 



June. 1776. 



lu'rida (lurid). 1. Crimson. June. 1817. 

 tpavoni'na (Peacock). 1. Red, blue. May. 



1790, 



V. spira'lis (spiral). 1. White. May. 1824, 



te'nuis (slender). 1. Purple. May. 1807. 



trlcu'spis (three-pointed). 1. Green. May, 



1776. 



tripetaloi'des (three-petaled-like) . 1. Violet. 



June. 1802. 



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



June, 1802. 



villo'sa (shaggy). 1. Purple. July. 1789. 



VI'GNA. (Named after D. Vigni, a 

 commentator on Theophrastus. Nat. 

 ord., Leguminous Plants [Fahaceee]. 

 Linn., I7-Diadelphia k-Decandria. Al- 

 lied to Dolichos.) 



Hardy, yellow-flowered, climbing annuals. 

 Seeds, in a slight hotbed, in March, and after- 

 wards planted out in the beginning of May, or 

 sown in the end of April, in sandy light soil. 

 V. gla'bra (smooth). 4. July. North Ame- 

 rica. 1685. 



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



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

 Viguier, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteracese], Linn., 19- 

 Syngenesia 3-Frustranea. Allied to the 

 Sunflower.) 



Stove, yellow-flowered, herbaceous peren- 

 nials. 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. denta'ta (toothed). 3. July. Mexico. 1826. 



helianthoi'des (Sunflower-like). 3. July. 



Cuba. 1825. 



prostra'ta (lying-flat). July. N. America. 



1800. Hardy. 



VILLA'RSIA. (Named after Villars, 

 a French botanist. Nat. ord., Gentian- 

 worts [G-entianaceee]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandria l-Monogynia.) 



Yellow-flowered, where not otherwise stated. 

 Divisions and seeds in spring. The 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 (twin-flower-stalked). June. N. 

 Holland. 1828. 



sarmento'sa (twiggy). 1. June. N.Hol- 



land. 1806. 



Si'msii (Sims's). July. Nepaul. 17Q2. 



HERBACEOUS AQUATICS. 

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



I'ndica (Indian). White. July. C. of G. 



Hope. 1/92. 



lacunosa (pitted). 2. White. June. N. 



America. 1812. 



nymphoi'des (Water- Lily-like). 2. June* 



England. 



