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ARBOKETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



tr 8, V. mi'nor L. The less Periwinkle. 



Iicntitication. Lin. Sp.,304. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 95. ; Lodd. ^_ m 1084 



Cat., ed. 1896. 

 St/nom/mcs. i'ervinca minor Scop. Corn., No. 273. ; Per. 

 viiu'a vulgaris Park. Th-atr., 311. f. 1.; Clematis rfaph- 

 noldes Dodon. Panpt., 401. 

 F.ituravimrs. Engl. Bot., t 917. ; Curt. Lond., 3. t. 16. ; 

 ftenck Icon., t. 1S3. ; Blackw., t. 59. ; Hayne Abbild., 

 t. S6. ; and our fig. 1084. 

 Spec. Char., Sfc. Stems procumbent. Leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous. Calycine seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, bluntish. Segments 

 of corolla broadish at top. Flowering stems 

 usually erect. Flowers void of scent. Co- 

 rolla blue, with white throat, varying to pur- 

 ple and white ; of a smaller size than that of 

 V. major. This species varies much in the 

 colour of the flowers ; they are also some- 

 times double; and the foliage is sometimes 

 variegated, either with white or yellow stripes. 

 (Don's Mill., iv. p. 95.) A creeping evergreen 

 undershrub ; a native of Europe, and found 

 abundantly in Germany, Switzerland, France, 

 Italy, &c. In Britain, it has been found in 

 many places, in hedges and woods, in rather 

 damp situations, where it flowers from March 

 till September. It is of the easiest culture, 

 and, like the preceding species, may be usefully employed in covering naked 

 surfaces, in shaded situations. 

 Varieties. 



*r V. m. 2 foliis argentcis Lodd. Cat. has leaves variegated with white. 

 *» V. m. 3fdliis aureis Lodd. Cat. has the leaves variegated with yellow. 

 &t V. vi. 4 fiore dlbo Lodd. Cat. has white flowers. 

 %r V. m. 5 fibre pleno Lodd. Cat. has double flowers. 

 *r V. m. 6 fiore puniceo Lodd. Cat. has red flowers. 



A pp. I. Half -hardy ligneous Plants belonging 

 to the Order Apocynacecc. 



Gelsemium nitidum Michx. Fl. Bor. 



Amer., 1. p. 120. ; Bignbnia semper- 



vlrens L., Fluk. Aim., 359. 1. 112. f. 5. ; 



and our jig. 1085. ; is a climbing ever- 

 green ; a native of North America in 



the vicinity of rivers, from Virginia to 



Florida, where it flowers in June and 



July. It has been in British gardens 



since 1640 ; and, though it is generally 



kept in green-houses or cold-pits, there 



can be no doubt it would stand agamst 



a conservative wall with very little 



protection. 



N&riwn Oleunder L. {Jig. 1086.) is a 



splendid flowering shrub, very gene- 

 rally cultivated in Italy, and the south 



of France and Spain, and common in 



English green-houses. It requires a 

 rich soil, kept moist, and may be preserved against a conservative 

 wall: though it does not flower freely, except when grown in warm 

 situations, so as thoroughly to mature the wood. There are Mvexal 

 and botanical ipeciea, tor which we refer to the Hortia 

 Britaimiau. (See, alio, the Qordener'i Magazine, vol. i. p. 402.) 



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