STAUNTONIA LATIFOLIA (syn. _Holboellia latifolia_).--This plant bears clusters of small greenish-white, highly-fragrant flowers in March, and often perfects seed-pods in the autumn. It is a rapid grower, and its leathery leaves are rarely affected by frost.
STUARTIA PSEUDO-CAMELLIA.--A rare and very beautiful flowering shrub now seldom seen in even the best of gardens. It is a native of Japan, the flowers being ivory white and perfectly cup-shaped, somewhat like a single White Camellia. _S. pentagyna_ comes from North America, as also _S. virginica_, but the first-named is the finest and is worth a good deal of trouble to grow well. Planted in loam and peat and sand at the foot of a sunny and sheltered wall, the flowering shoots may be preserved intact during the winter. Perfect drainage is absolutely essential for the first-named.
TRICUSPIDARIA HEXAPETALA.--A very distinct and beautiful evergreen shrub, perhaps better known as _Crinodendron Hookeri_. It is a native of Chili, and grows 5 or 6 feet high, its stiff branches set with dark, shiny ovate leaves. The flowers are nearly globular, very fleshy, and rich crimson-red or cherry colour. In both co. Wicklow, at Mount Usher, and at Salerno, co. Dublin, this rare shrub is very luxuriant and beautiful. It grows well in deep, rich, moist loam or in peaty soils, and propagates readily by layers laid down under stones.
VIBURNUM.--Some of the Viburnums are handsome against walls, such as _V. macrocephalum_ and the Chinese _V. plicatum_.
VITIS (Vine).--The Vines are the most graceful and beautiful of all climbers, and many of them are of glorious colour in autumn. The Virginian Creepers (_Ampelopsis_) are now grouped with the Vines. Of the American Vines, _Vitis æstivalis_, _V. californica_, beautiful autumn colour; _V. cordifolia_, the Northern Fox Grape (_V. Labrusca_), Southern Fox Grape (_V. vulpina_). The Virginian Creeper (_V. quinquefolia_) is, as is generally known, very showy in autumn. Of the Asiatic Vines, _V. Coignetiæ_ is the most famous. It has very large leaves, which turn to a glowing crimson in autumn. It is a noble climber. _V. heterophylla humulifolia_ has beautiful fruit, each berry about the size of a pea and turquoise blue; it likes a warm, sunny wall. _V. (Ampelopsis) Veitchii_ is too well known to describe. _V. Romaneti_ and _V. vinifera_, the Common Grape Vine, also deserve notice. Of the last-mentioned there are many beautiful varieties, such as _Purpurea_, Miller's Burgundy, Teinturier, with claret-coloured foliage, and the Parsley-leaved Vine. _V. Thunbergi_ has very fine leaves, which turn crimson in autumn. The Vines should be seen in greater variety, and Messrs. Veitch's recent beautiful novelties planted too.