ENUYCULOVPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
or by removing young growths with roots attached from base of plant» 
in Feb. or March, & potting or placing in baskets as advised for old 
plants. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: V. amesiana, white, rose, and magenta, various seasons, 
fragrant, India; Bensoni, white, violet, and pink, various seasons, Burma; cerulea, 
lavender blue, autumn, N. India; caerulescens, purplish blue, summer, Burma; 
denisoniana, white, summer, Burma; hookeriana, white, rose, and magenta-purple, 
autumn, Malaya; insignis, brown, chocolate, yellow, white, and rose, winter, 
Timor; kimballiana, white, rosy purple, yellow, and brown, autumn, Burma; 
Parishii, yellow, brown, magenta, and violet, fragrant, summer, Burma; Roxburghi1, 
green, brown, purple, and white, summer, India; sanderiana, pink, yellow, and 
crimson, summer, Philippines; suavis, white, purple, and rose, fragrant, Java; 
teres, white, rose, orange, and magenta, spring, India; tricolor, yellow, white, 
magenta and purple, various seasons, Java. 
Vanilla.—Ord. Orchidacee. Stove climbing orchid. First intro- 
duced 1800. Seed pods form the vanilla of commerce. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, sphagnum moss, & clean 
potsherds, Position, well-drained pots, pans, or narrow bed with 
shoots trained up wall or rafter, or logs of wood. Pot or plant, Feb. 
or March. Water copiously, March to October; moderately after- 
wards. Shade from sun. Syringe foliage daily in summer. Temp., 
March to Sept. 70° to 85°; Sept. to March 55° to 65°. Propagate by 
cuttings of climbing stems cut into 2 or 3in. lengths & imbedded in 
sphagnum moss & peat in temp. of 75° to 85° in spring. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: Y. planifolia (Vanilla Plant), white, summer, 10 to 
20 ft., Central America. 
Vanilla Orchid (Vanilla planifolia).—See Vanilla. 
Vegetable Marrow.—See Cucurbita. 
Vegetable Oyster (Tragopogon porrifolius). — See Trago- 
pogon. 
Veltheimia.—oOrd. Liliacew. Greenhouse bulbous plants. 
First introduced 1768. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part well-decayed 
cow manure, & little sand. Position, light sunny greenhouse or win- 
dow, Sept. to June; sunny cold frame remainder of year. Pot bulbs 
of V. viridifolia, Aug. to Nov.; those of V. glauca & intermedia, Oct. 
to March. Place bulbs with point just below surface of compost. 
Press compost firmly in pots. Water moderately when new growth 
commences; freely when in full growth; keep nearly dry when leaves 
die of. Apply stimulants occasionally when the plants are growing 
freely. Temp., Sept. to March 40° to 50°; March to June 55° to 65° 
Propagate by offsets removed from parent bulbs, placed in small pots 
& treated as advised for large bulbs; by leaves removed close to bulbs 
& inserted singly in pots of sandy soil in spring or summer. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: V. glauca, flesh, March, 18 in, to 2 ft.; intermedia, 
flesh, April, 12 to 18 in.; viridifolia, flush, Aug., 2 ft. All natives of S. Africa. 
Venetian Sumach (Rhus Cotinus).—See Rhus. 
Venidium.—Ord. Composite. Half-hardy annuals. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny borders. Propagate 
by seeds sown in light soil in temp. 55° to 65°, March or April; trans- 
lanting seedlings outdoors, May or June. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: V. fugax (Syn. V. calendulaceum), orange and black, 
summer, 18 in., S. Africa. : 
Venus’s Fly Trap (Dionza muscipula).—See Dionea. 
Venus’s Looking-glass (Specularia speculum).—See Specu- 
laria. 
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