SV/EET-SMELLING PLANTS 



Marie Louise, with large double flowers of lavender bine, and 

 white ; Mdlle. Bertha Baron, with flowers of a beautiful indigo 

 blue, double, and very strongly scented and free blooming ; Nea- 

 politan, lavender blue, large double flowers ; OdoirUissima, bluish 

 violet, produced in profusion upon long footstalks ; Haivson's 

 White, exceedingly fragrant and snowy white, on long stems ; The 

 Czar, a general favourite, with large deep violet flowers, and very 

 fragrant ; Victoria, single deep blue flowers on long stems ; Victoyia 

 Eegince, immense flowers of a rich violet blue, very fragrant ; and 

 Wellsiana, large, deliciously-scented, and of a deep rich purple 

 colour. 



' Of all the flowers which make this earth so fair — 



That bloom about our path where'er w^e go, 

 Give me the Violet which lies hidden there, 

 And sheds its fragrance when soft breezes blow.' 



Vitex. — A family of Eastern shrubs, with aromatic leaves. V. agnus 

 castiis is the chaste tree of South Europe, and its leaves smell like 

 Lavender. 



Vitis riparia. — A quick-growing, climbing species of the Vine family, 

 valuable more for its fragrant flowers than for the value of its fruit, 

 which is small and unimportant. 



Vochysia guianensis. — A tropical American timber tree, which bears 

 panicles of lovely yellow flowers, likewise a powerful and pene- 

 trating Violet-like odour, both grateful and refreshing. 



Volkameria fulgens. — A tropical shrub, bearing white flowers possess- 

 ing a peculiar odour. 



Wallflower. See Cheiranthus. 



Water Lily. See Nymphsea and Nebulum. 



Watsonia marginata. — A bulbous plant from South Africa, bearing 

 dense spikes of delicate, rose-coloured, richly-scented, tube-shaped 

 flowers. The whole family are worthy of extended cultivation on 

 account of their stately appearance and rich colours. 



Wisteria sinensis. — A Chinese climber, largely grown in English 

 gardens, on walls, and over the porches of houses ; it bears 

 beautiful drooping racemes of pale blue and white flowers in early 

 summer, and they possess a delicate honey-like fragrance. 



Woodbine. See Lonicera. 



Woodruff. See Asperula. 



Ximenia Americana. — A Mexican shrub, now largely grown in the 

 East. Its delicate white flowers are very fragrant, and the wood 

 is also odoriferous. X. jEgyptiaca, a tropical African species, also 

 bears strongly-scented flowers. 



