site organs, annuals and annual shoots, perennials and their annual layers, circulation of vegetable juices; decomposite organs, the root, the stem, the branches, the bud, the leaf, the flower, and fruit: anomalies of vegetable developement— the root, the stem, the branch, the bud, the leaves, the flower, the fruit, the habit, physical virtues, duration: sexuality of vegetables, discoveries of the moderns, impregnation of the seed, access of the pollen, theory of the animalculist, hybrids; changes consequent upon impregnation, external changes, internal changes; propagation of the species; equivocal generation, seeds, gems, run- ners, slips, layers, suckers, grafting; causes limiting the propagation of the species: evi- dence and character of vegetable vitality— ex. Citability, heat, frondescence, efflorescence, ma- turation of the fruit; calendarium flor; irritabi- lity, stimuli, instinct, definition of the plant, 716. to 858.
Vegetable pathology, or the diseases and casualties of the lives of plants, 859; wounds and bruises, incisions, boring, girdling, fracture, pruning, grafting, felling, buds destroyed, leaves destroyed, decortication; diseases— blight, sraut, mildew, honey-dew, dropsy, flux of juices, gangrene, etio- lation, suffocation, contortion, consumption; na- tural decay, of the temporary organs, flower, fruit, of the permanent organs, 860. to 907.
Vegetable geography, or the territorial distribution
of plants, 908. Geographical distribution; phy- sical distribution— temperature, clevation, mois- ture, soil, mixed soils, aquatic soils, earthy soils, vegetable soils, light; civil causes affecting dis- tribution; characteristic, or picturesque distri- bution, systematic distribution, arithmetical distribution, economical distribution, distribution of the British flora, application of the native flora of Britain, artificial flora, native countries of the exotics of British gardens, periods of their intro- duction, obvious character of the plants cultivated in British gardens, their botanical and horticul- tural distribution, according to the Linnean system, according to that of Jussieu, British flora procurable at the nurseries, hardy plants, green- house and dry-stove plants, hot-house plants, annuals, native and exotic, artificial application of the British flora, fruit-trees and plants, herba- ceous plants used for culinary purposes, florists’ flowers, hardy barren trees and shrubs, herba- ceous plants used in agriculture for food, and in the arts, miscellaneous application of hardy her- baceous plants, application of various ornamental exotics which require the protection of glass, native habitations of plants, 909. to 1032.
Vegetable culture as derived from the study of plants,1004: to increase the number and retain the native qualities of plants; to increase the number and improve the qualities of plants; increasing the magnitude; to increase the number, improve the quality, and increase the magnitude; to form new varieties; to preserve plants for future use, 1004. to 1016.
Vegetable sculptures, their formation, 1844,
Vegetables, to form new varieties of, 1013.
Vegetables, to preserve for future use, 2289,
Vegetables composing the Hortus Britannicus, ar- ranged according to the Linnean system, 588; the Jussieuan system, 589; to the departments of horticulture, 986.:
Vegetables which first attracted man’s attention as food, 26.
Vegetation to accelerate or force, operations for, 2181.
Vegetation to retard, operations for, 2177.
Velezia, pentan. dig. and caryophyllee, a H. an. Spain, of common culture. i:
Veltheimia, hexan. monog. and hemerocallidez, G. peren. C. B. S. bulbs, which grow in light loam, and are readily increased by offsets; or the leaves pulled off close to the bulb, and planted, will de- posit bulbs at their base, as will many other scaly and coated bulbs.
Venerie, a royal residence at Turin, 77.
Vent. mal., Jardin de la Malmaison. Par E. P. Ven- tenat.
Venus’s comb, scandix pecten.
Venus’s flytrap, dionza muscipula.
Veratrum, polygam. moneec. and melanthacee, H. peren. Eur. and N. Amer. which grow best in rich sandy soil, and are increased by dividing at the root, or by seeds, which should be sown as
1230 GENERAL INDEX.
Verbascum, mullein, pentan. mono G. peren. and bien. and H, pere all of easy culture on light soil,
Verbena, vervain, didyn. angios. and verbenacex H. peren. bien. and an. Eur. and N. Amer. which thrive in any common soil, and are increased by dividing at the root.
Verbesina, syngen. polyg. super. and corymbiferee, S. an. and a tr. E. Ind. and W. Ind. and G. peren. and H. peren. Amer. which grow in common soil, and are readily increased by cuttings, seeds, or dividing at the root.
Vermin, traps and snares used for, in gardening, 1435. and 1473.
Vernonia, syngen. polyg. equal. and corymbiferew, aS. bien. E. Ind. and H. peren, N. Amer. which grow well in rich loam, and make a fine show in autumn.
Veronica, speedwell, dian. monog. and scrophulari- nez, G. tr. and peren. N. Hol. and H. peren. and an. Eur. all of easy culture in any soil: the G. species are propagated by cuttings under a hand- glass, and all the rest by seeds, or dividing the root,
Veronica beccabunga, brooklime, 600.
Veronica spicata, British tea, 4317,
Vervain,— see Verbena.
Vesicaria, tetrad. silic. and cruciferee, H. peren. and a bien. S. Eur.fof common culture.
Vespa vulgaris, the common wasp, 4837,
Vestia, pentan. monog. and polemoniacez, a G. tr. Chili, which thrives in loam and peat, and cuttings root freely under a hand-glass.
Vetch,— see Vicia.
Viart,——, his works on gardening, page 1122.
: A.D. 1819.
‘ibert, J. P., his work on gardenin age 1122, A.D. 1820, Ye
Viburnum, pentan. trig. and caprifolez, a G. tr. Canaries, and H. tr. Eur. and N. Amer. which thrives well in common soil, and are increased by Jayers or cuttings under a hand-glass in a shady situation; both the G. and H. kinds are early flowerers, which render them very desirable.
Vicia, vetch, diadel. decan. and leguminosee, a S, an. E. Ind. G. peren. C. B.S. and H. peren, Eur. of easy culture in light soil.
Vicia faba, the common bean, 3612.
Vigne de la Reine, a seat near Turin, 77.
Vilain, Madame, her villa near Ghent, 125.
Villa-farm, 7279; management of, 7430. and 7435.'
Villa-residence, 7278; management of, 7435,
Villaneuve, a seat near Warsaw, 282.
Villarsia, pentan. monog. and gentianez, a G. peren. and H. peren. aquatics which flower freely.
Viminaria, rush-broom, decan. monog. and legu- minosee, a G. tr. which grows in sandy loam and
peat, and is readily increased by seeds or cuttings
under a bell-glass in sand.
Vinca, periwinkle, pentan. monog. and apocynee, a S. tr. and an. E. Ind. and H. peren. and an, shrub,
Eur. The S. species grows in light, rich earth,
and flowers the greater part of the year, and cut-
tings root in sand under a hand-glass. The H.
sorts are trailers, and are increased by cuttings,
layers, or dividing at the root,
Vine,— see Vitis.
Vine, a seat in Hampshire, 7594.
Vinery, its construction, 2656.
Vineyard-nursery, at Hammersmith, 7518.
Viola, violet, pentan. monog. and violacee, a G. tr.
and H. peren. and an. N. Amer. and Eur. which
grow in light soil, are well adapted for rockwork or pots, and are readily increased by seeds or parting the root.
Violet,— see Viola.
Viper’s bugloss,— see Echium.
Viper’s grass,— see Scorzonera.
Virgilia, decan. monog. and leguminosex, G. tr.
Afr, and a H. tr. N. Amer. which thrive in loam
and peat, and young cuttings root in sand under a
bell-glass.
Virginian poke, phytolacca decandra.
Virgin’s bower,—see Clematis.
Viscum, mistletoe, dicec. tetran. and caprifolex, a
H. tr. Eng. parasite, 6588.
Visnaga, toothpick, pentan. dig. and umbelliferex,
a H. an. S. Eur. of common culture.:
Visnea, dodec. trig. and ebenacee, a G. tr. Canaries,
which grows in'oam and peat, and ripened cut-
tings root in sand under a hand-glass.
Vispre, Francis Xavier, his dissertation on the
g. and solanee, n. bien. and an,
soon as ripe.
growth of wine in England, page 1109. A. D. 786.
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