. 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. VERONICA appeai-ance both in and out o£ bloom. Useful in the rockery, border or geometrical garden. 15. pinnata, Linn. Strong, upright plant 2-3 ft. high, glabrous or pubescent: Ivs. .sparse or somewhat clus- tered, finely cut. the lower pinnate with spreading seg- ments, the upper pinnatitid. thickish, shinin
. 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. VERONICA appeai-ance both in and out o£ bloom. Useful in the rockery, border or geometrical garden. 15. pinnata, Linn. Strong, upright plant 2-3 ft. high, glabrous or pubescent: Ivs. .sparse or somewhat clus- tered, finely cut. the lower pinnate with spreading seg- ments, the upper pinnatitid. thickish, shining, smooth: racemes slender, clontcated: fls. blue. June, July. Open mountain lands, Russia. IG. sptirla, Linn. ( W paii!c>'hyt,i. Linn. V. amethys- (, bv .livisi.,n ami .â uttiim-. Hoffm".). A Siberian witli lvs. tlian the type and large blue fls, Lvs. serrate or doubly notched or incised. 18. spic4ta, Linn. Ascending or erect, slender stems 2-4 ft. high, growing from a shortly creeping, almost woody rootstock: lvs. lanceolate, lance-oblong or the lower ovate, opposite or verticillate, crenate, downy, lH-2 in. long, thick: racemes long, upright, densely many-fld.: fls. pediceled, clear blue or sonjctinics pale pink; stamens very long, purple: ca|.-ni. btn. i broad, notched, thick, exceeding the I : ; .i^. June-Aug. Hilly pastures, Eu. and N \ : 1 in an open soil away from shade. Kf:j:. .; :.- ..f the better border Speedwells. Var, alba lia> >\ lis, Var. rosea, Hort., has showy pink fls. in early autumn. 19. circseoldes, G. Don. Low, trailingperennial. grow- ing in a dense mass: lvs, lanceolate, crenate toward the , small, dark green, numerous: racemes many, II in. high: fls. small, dark blue. May, June. Switzer- Considered one of the best. Valuable as a gro\ind cover, as a rock plant or at the front of a her- baceous border. 20. montina, Linn. MotraTAiN Speedwell. Slender, trailing, ha
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