. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. VICTORIA Setting aside the costly construction, labor, etc., it is by no means inviting even on a warm day to spend many minutes in such a structure. Compare this with a nat- ural pond and its surroundings and a cool shady seat where these gorgeous plants may be viewed at leisure. Whether grown indoors or out,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. VICTORIA Setting aside the costly construction, labor, etc., it is by no means inviting even on a warm day to spend many minutes in such a structure. Compare this with a nat- ural pond and its surroundings and a cool shady seat where these gorgeous plants may be viewed at leisure. Whether grown indoors or out, these plants are only annuals, and seedlings are of necessity raised every spring. They form no tubers as do the tender nym- phseas, or rootstook as do the hardy nymphaeas. Few, if any, insects are troublesome on these plants. The worst is the black fly or aphis. The use of insec- ticides should not be resorted to, as they are most likely to damage the foliage. The safest remedy is to introduce a colony or two of the well-known "lady ; They and their larvaj will soon clear ofe all the aphides without any injury to the plant. -Wm. Tricker. VlGNA (Dominic Vigni,Paduan commentator on Theo- phrastus in the seventeenth century) is a legum' genus of 30 or more species, closely allied to Phaseolus. Itisdistinguished under CoH'pfa in Vol. I. TheCowpea is known both as V. Catjang, Walpers, and V. Sini^nsis, Endlicher. The former name, however, dates from 1839 and the latter from 1848, and the former should be used. The Cowpea is an annual bean-like rambling vine with three rhomboid-ovate stalked leaflets, the lateral ones un- equal-sided, the petioles long. The flowers are bean- like white or pale, borne two or three together on the summit of a long axillary peduncle. The pods are slen- der, usually curved, a few inches to a foot or nj Seeds small, kidney-shaped, bean-like, white or dark, usually with a different color about the eye. The Cow- pea varies much in stature, an
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