ence the
| | |common kind is usually sown
| | |where it has to remain, and
| | |the double-flowered form
| | |struck from cuttings in a
| | |frame, and kept in pots
| | |till permanently planted.
| | |
*U. nanus (Dwarf |Europe |Yellow |Of dwarfer and denser habit
Furze) | | |than the common Furze, but
| | |its most prominent feature
| | |consists in the fact that
| | |it often commences to
| | |flower in August, and
| | |continues till Christmas,
| | |after which the common
| | |Furze asserts itself.
| | |The cultural items appended
| | |to the preceding species
| | |apply with equal force to
| | |this.
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[Illustration: _VIBURNUM MACROCEPHALUM._]

VERONICA.--There are a vast number of Veronicas, all natives of New
Zealand, and garden forms raised from them, but many can only be
regarded as hardy in the extreme west of England and Ireland, whereas
some of the hardiest are from their diminutive growth suitable only for
rockwork. The best are--

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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME. | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
*Veronica |Garden Origin |Purple; |A neat evergreen shrub with
Andersonii |(Scrophul- |Summer |dense spikes of
|arineae) |and |bluish-purple blossoms in
|