Archive image from page 494 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 VERBENA VERBENA 1913 admiration of flower-lovers. A host of showy-flowered and zouiil pelargoniums were offered to the public. Henderson says that in 1870 he sold 20,000 pelarp;oniums and that in 1875 he sold 1
Archive image from page 494 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 VERBENA VERBENA 1913 admiration of flower-lovers. A host of showy-flowered and zouiil pelargoniums were offered to the public. Henderson says that in 1870 he sold 20,000 pelarp;oniums and that in 1875 he sold 100,000. In many bedding ar- rangements the Verbena was wholly superseded by the pelargonium. The tuberous-rooted begonias and Phlox Vrummondli likewise contributed to the neglect of the Verbena, the latter of the two largely superseding it as an exhibition plant. In the west of England, however, the Verbena continued to be used to a .slight extent as an exhibition plant up to 1889. (2) About this time (1870) the Verbena was besetwith unusually destructive insects and diseases. These troubles were not new, for as early as 1844 it was rec- ognized that there was difficulty in preserving plants over winter on account of the attacks of mildew and of greenfly, but the reward was sufficient com pen .'5 ati on for the required vigilance. It is probable that the highly artificial conditions and 'coddling' to which the Ver- bena was subjected during the period it was used so extensively as an exhibition plant, contributed to weaken its constitution and thereby to heighten the destructive influence of the mildew and aphid. The prospects for the Verbena have somewhat im- proved within recent years. The German varieties maintained their constitutions better than the English ones, and the American climate seems better suited to the Verbena than the European. Owing to the long recognized difficulty of 'wintering over,'' the treatment of the Verbena as an annual has come into practice and its
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