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LIST OF FLOWERS. 



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consists of a small tuft of the most brilliant scarlet flowers that 

 can be conceived. It should be slightly protected during winter ; 

 and under a slight covering of straw or litter it will die down and 

 then come up again in spring. Propagate by cuttings or layers, 

 any piece having a joint will strike freely. A beautiful plant for 

 rock-work, and blows all the summer long. 



593. VERNONI A, long-leaved. — Lat. V. novehoracensis. A 

 perennial plant from North America, three or four feet in height, and 

 blows a blue, or light purple, flower, from September till Novem- 

 ber. — Vernonia, tall, — Lat. Vernonia prealta. A hardy peren- 

 nial plant from North America, five or six feet high, and blows a 

 purple flow^er from September till November. These plants are 

 very ornamental in shrubberies, as they blow when all other 

 things have done. Propagated by separating their roots : also by 

 seed, sown in the open earth. Like a rich loamy soil. -Ver- 

 vain^ cluster -floicered. — Lat. Verhena midtifida. A hardy bien- 

 nial plant from Buenos Ay res. Blows a deep purple flower from 



1 July till October. Vervain, rose. — Lat. Verbena auhletia. 



A biennial frame plant from North America. About six inches 

 ! high, and blows a red flower from June till August. Propagated 



by seed or by dividing the roots. Will do in any soil. 



594. VETCH, hitter spring . — Lat. Orohus vernus. A perennial 

 plant common in France and other parts of Europe, about a foot 



' high, and blows in March and April. Propagated by seed sown in 

 the open earth, as soon as it is ripe. When the roots are strong 

 enough, plant them where they are to grow\ It is sometimes ne- 

 cessary to let them wait till the spring or the following autumn 



jj before they are removed. Likes any soil. Vetch-milk (6^oa^'5 



rue-leaved). — Lat. Astragalus galegiformis. A perennial plant 

 ,] originally from Siberia. Its height four feet, blows, in July and 

 \ August, yellow flowers. It is multiplied by seed sowed in a bed of 

 ' light earth which is exposed to the south-east. When the young 

 j plants are five or six inches high, plant them where they are des- 

 j lined to grow. 



595. VIOLET. — Lat. Viola odorata. A hardy perennial plant, 

 common in England and most parts of Europe, and blows a deep blue 

 flower in March and April. Varieties white, and rose-coloured ; 



I double blue, white, and rose-coloured ; they all like a moist and 

 j shady situation, and the single varieties are easily propagated by 

 I seed sowed in a shady place as soon as it is ripe, that is, about 



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