VIL 



VIO 



V. ova'ta (egg.leaved). June, C. of G, Hope. 

 1786. 



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



gust. N. S. Wales. 1825. 



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



Holland. 1820. 



VILMOEI'NIA. (Named after M. Vil- 

 morin, a celebrated French nurseryman. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabaceae]. 

 Linn., ll-Diadelphia k-Decandria.} 



Stove evergreen. Seeds, soaked in warm 

 water, and sown in a hotbed in spring ; also 

 cuttings of half-ripened shoots, in sand, under 

 a bell-glass, in April, and in bottom-heat; 

 sandy peat and fibry loam. Winter temp., 

 55 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 85. 

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

 W.Indies. 1826. 



VIMINA'EIA. Bush Broom. (From 

 vimen, a twig; the twiggy leafless 

 branches. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabaceas]. Linn., 10-Decandria 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Daviesia.) 



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. 1780. 



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



VI'NCA. Periwinkle. (From vlnculum, 

 a band; the tough long shoots. Nat. 

 ord., Dogbanes [Apocynaceffi]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria \-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 nourish in al- 

 most any soil. Some require the stove. 

 V. herba'cea (herbaceous). 1^. 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-flowered). %. Blue. August. 



Tranquebar. 1778. Stove annual. 



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



Indies. 1776. Stove. 

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



Indies. Stove. 

 ocella'ta (red-eyed). 1. White, red. 



June. E. Indies. Stove. 



VINE. Vi'tis vini'fora. See Grape 

 Vine. 



VINE BOWEE. Cle'matis Viticc'lla. 



VINE LEEK. A' Ilium ampelo'prasum. 



VIO'LA. The Violet. (The Latin 

 name. Nat. ord., Violetworts [Viola- 

 cese]. Linn., b-Pentandria \-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



Blue-flowered, where not otherwise mentioned . 

 By seeds, divisions, and cuttings under a bell- 

 glass or handlight ; mostly in rich light soil, 

 with a portion of peat. 



GREENHOUSE PERENNIALS. 

 V. arbore'scens (tree-like) . li. May. Spain. 

 1779. 



betoniccefo'lia (Betony-leaved). \. August. 



New Holland. 1820. 



ccespito'sa (tufted). $. Violet. March. 



Nepaul. 1825. 



decu'mbens (lying-down). $. June. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1819. 



hedera'cea (Ivy-leaved). . July. New 



Holland. 1823. 



liu'milis (lowly). . White. May. Mexico. 



1824. 



Palme':isis (Palma). 1. Purple. May. 



South Europe. 1836. 



pygmee'a (pigmy). . August. Peru. 1822. 



renifo'rmis (kidney-leaved), i. July. New 



Holland. 1823. 



HAEDY PERENNIALS. 



V. affi'nis (related). April. N. America. 1802. 



Alleghane'nsis (Alleghany). $. May. N. 



America. 1824. 



Alpi'na (Alpine). . Purple. June. 



Austria. 1823. 



Alta'ica (Altaic). . Dark purple. May. 



Siberia. 1808. 



purpu'rea (purple). . Purple. 



May. Siberia. 1810. 



ambi'gua (doubtful). . May. Hungary. 



1823. 



amoe'na (pleasing). 3. Purple. June. 



arena'ria (sand). June. France. 1823. 



asarifo'lia (Asarum-leaved). . May. N. 



America. 1820. 



a'spera (rough). . Pale yellow. May. 



Nepaul. 1824. 



attenu'ata (attenuated). &. White. July. 



N.America. 1759. 



Banna'tica (Hungarian). . Yellow, purple. 



August. Germany. 1820. Annual. 



bi'color (two-coloured). $. White. May. 



N. America. 1818. Annual. 



biflo'ra (two-flowered). $. Yellow. June. 



Alp. Europe. 1752. 



bla'nda (charming). $. White. May. N. 



America. 1803. 



calcara'ta (spurred). . May. Switzer- 



land. 1752. 



campe'atris (field). . Purple. April. 



Tauria. 1824. 



Canade'nsis (Canadian). . White. May. 



N.America. 1783, 



di'scolor (two - coloured). <|. 



Blue, white. June. N.America. 1783. 



cani'na (dog's). %. May. Britain. 



> Ceni'sia (Mount Cenis). ^. June. Mount 

 Cenis. 1759. 



clandesti'na (clandestine). 4> Brown. April. 



Pennsylvania. 1800. 



colli'na (hill). . May. Poland. 1822. 



co 'ncolor (self-coloured). 1. Green. June. 



N. America. 1788. 



cornu'ta (horned) . . May. Pyrenees. 1776' 



cuculla'ta (hooded). ^. May. N. America. 



1762. 



