VENIDIUM CALENDULACEUM. 147 
minus , 1 to 4 feet with maiden-hair-like leaves; petaloi- 
deum, 1^- feet; and rhynchocarpum, 3 feet. 
UVULARIA grandiflora . — A rather pretty and 
distinct North American perennial of the Lily family. 
It grows 1 to 2 feet high, and has a thickish creeping 
rootstock, smooth oblong leaves through which the 
stems appear to pass near the base, and drooping pale 
yellow bell-shaped flowers in April and May. Other 
species are perfoliata and sessilifolia. They all like 
sandy peat and loam in shaded places, and may be 
increased by division of the rootstocks. 
VALERIANA {Valerian). — There are about 150 
species, but only a few are of garden value. They 
grow in any good soil, and are useful for the rougher 
parts such as old banks, ruius, or rockeries. They 
are easily raised from seeds, and may also be divided 
in spring. V. montana, from the Alps, is only about 
6 inches high. It has oblong or lance-shaped leaves, 
and from April to June has flattish clusters of beauti- 
ful soft rosy-pink blossoms. V. officinalis — the Cat 
Valerian or All Heal — is a native plant, flourishing- 
in damp situations. It is about 3 feet high with 
glaucous pinnately-cut leaves and clusters of pale pink 
or white flowers from June to August. V. Phu has 
hollow stems 2 to 4 feet high, and glaucous leaves, 
the lower ones being entire, the upper ones cut. The 
white flowers appear from June to August. 
VENIDIUM calendulaceum. — A showy South 
African composite, 6 to 12 inches high, with Dande- 
lion- like leaves having a silvery white under surface. 
The bright golden-yellow flowers, with a brown or 
blackish centre, appear from July to October, and are 
