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V. anomala, an attractive slender shrub, with deep green poHshed 

 leaves and white flowers in short terminal panicles. 



V. Balfouriana, a very neat shrub, 3 feet high, characterized by- 

 purple stems and dark green leaves, with racemes of violet-blue 

 flowers. 



y. carnosula, a low-growing species, with leathery glaucous leaves 



and white flowers. 

 V. cupressoides, cannot be omitted from any set, but it is 



not very tender. It closely resembles a Oupressus in the twigs, 



and has small heads of sessile flowers on the tips of the 



branchlets. 



V. Hectori, like V. lycopodioides, is strongly suggestive of 

 Ly cop odium', the flowers are white, with purple anthers, and 

 grow in small terminal heads. 



Y. Hulkeana. — Quite the most beautiful of New Zealand 

 Veronicas in my opinion. It is somewhat erect in habit, and 

 grows about 2 feet high, producing numerous large panicles of 

 the most delicately tinted lilac or mauve flowers. Distinctly 

 tender, but survived last winter on the Eockery. 



F. lycopodioideiS , the appearance of the plant is aptly indicated 

 by the name ; the flowers are white in small terminal heads. 



V. parvifiom (angustifolia), forming a small shrub and having 

 narrow leaves, with spikes of small white flowers. It is 

 useful as flowering l,ate, even in December. 



V. salici folia, a strong-growing kind, with spikes of white flowers ; 

 against the side of corridor it grows about 8 feet or more high. 

 Differing from ^ill these, but cultivated with them, is the Aus- 

 tralian V. Derwentid, herbaceous in habit, and almost European in 

 appearance. 



Viburnum odoratissimum {V. AwahuTci), Khasia Mountains and 

 China. — A very fine evergreen shrub, with large, very glossy olive- 

 green leathery leaves. Flowers are not often produced, but they are 

 very sweet scented. Does well, growing about 8 or 10 feet high in 

 an angle formed by Palm House and Aquarium. 



The climbers grown at Cambridge are : 



Clematis aphylla, New Zealand. — A rare curiosity. It has almost 

 leafless green stems and very small green flowers. It is planted 

 against the Succulent House, and flourishes with slight protection. 

 G cirrhosa, Mediterranean region. — Is said to flower all winter in a | 

 greenhouse; in the South of England it is hardy. Evergreen. The j 

 flowers are white or creamy-white, spotted with purple. Is often 

 known as C. halearica. Planted against end of corridor, it is the I 

 earliest of all Clematises, flowering at the end of March or beginning 

 of April. I 



Cucurhita foetidissima {Cucarnis peremiis), Mexico. — Has been| 

 striking, with its large greyish leaves, growing against Palm House 

 for some years. In the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, I have seen it very 

 ornamental, spreading on ground. It is dioecious. 



