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the height of forty or fifty feet, and is suited only to such shrub- 

 beries as are of great dimensions. It bears a flower in the shape 

 of a tulip : like that of the tulip, the flower has no smell ; but not 

 like that of the tulip, the colours of the flower are not at all 

 interesting : the leaf is very beautiful, and preserves its freshness 

 during the hottest summer. 



416. VERVAIN, three-leaved, — Lat. Verbena triphylla. A 

 greeiir-house shrub from Chili. Blows a violet coloured flower from 

 June till August. Propagated by layers and cuttings, in March 

 and April. Requires rich earth, to be watered frequently during 

 summer, and to be put into a green-house in winter. 



417. VIBURNUM, Laurestine, — Lat. Viburnum tinus, A 

 hardy evergreen shrub from the south of Europe, and blows in 

 April a cluster of flowers, red in the outside and white within. 

 Propagated by layers, graft's, and seed. Does well in any soil, 

 grows to six or eight feet high, and is very ornamental in shrub- 

 beries and on lawns. 



418. WIDOW- WAIL. — Lat. Cneorum tricoccum. A little 

 ornamental green-house shrub, originally from the south of France. 

 It blows in the months of June and July a small yellow flower. 

 Suited to a border of winter shrubs, and propagated by sowing the 

 seed under a frame, and transplanting in light soil, and in the 

 shade. In the coldest season it requires shelter. 



419. ZIZYPHUS, or CJirisfs-thorn. — Lat. Paliurus aculeatus. 

 A hardy shrub from the south of Europe : blows a yellow flower 

 in June and July. Propagated by suckers and cuttings, under a 

 hand-glass, as well as by seed. Does well in any soil. 



420. It is not right for me to put this List of Shrubs out of 

 my hand without observing that I by no means give it as a com- 

 plete botanical catalogue. I do not write for the curious in bo- 

 tany, but for the use of those, for the practical application of 

 those, who have the means and the desire to make pretty spots 

 for their pleasure. I might have inserted the names of a great 

 multitude of trees and of shrubs which are very curious, but an 

 account of which would have been wholly out of place in a work 

 like this. 



