. 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. 1920 VERONICA VERONICA 3. elliptica, Forst. ( T. (lecnssdta, Soland.). Remark- able for its white tls., which are large for the genus, ^2-â '4 in. across. Small or tree-like: Ivs. oval or obloujt?- elliptic: racemes axillary, few-fld.: fls. white or flesh- colored. New Zealand and antarctic regions. 2i'2.
. 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. 1920 VERONICA VERONICA 3. elliptica, Forst. ( T. (lecnssdta, Soland.). Remark- able for its white tls., which are large for the genus, ^2-â '4 in. across. Small or tree-like: Ivs. oval or obloujt?- elliptic: racemes axillary, few-fld.: fls. white or flesh- colored. New Zealand and antarctic regions. 2i'2. III. 35:225.âNot advertised in America now. 4. speci6sa, R. Cunn. A half-hardy bushy branching shrub, 3-6 ft. high. IStout and very smooth, the branches angled : Ivs. ubovate - oblong, subsessile, thick and smooth, 2-3 in. long: racemes axillary, densely fld.: Ms. blue to violet, with rose, red or white varieties: capsule exceeding calyx. Banks of streams, Now Zea- land. 4057. 1844;(30. Andersonii, cV: Paxt. { K. Rendersonii, Hort.), a hybrid of V. saUc- ifolia and speciosa, is a summer bedding plant and also a greenhouse subject. It grows 18 in. high: Ivs. oblong, sessile, entire, thickish; racemes axillary: 11s. bluish violet. 5:058. Fig. 2058. Var. imperious, Boncharlat {]'. i), Hort.), has large, dense spikes of "amaranth-red " or crimson- purple flowers. 22:2317. The excellent "Veronica Purple Queen" is alleged to be a hybrid of T. Traversii and r. Rendersonii and to have violet-blue fls. with a white center. The handsome plate Gn. 45:906 shows no trace of T. Tmrersil nor of white center. The plant is close to r. spi'ciosn. In some catalogues sonil and V. subses^iUs are said to be synonymous, but this is a gross error. 5. salicifolia, Forst. Strong, half - hardy, glabrous shrub with flattened branehlets, approaching a tree in size and habit; Ivs. lanceolate, subsessile, entire, smooth, 2-3 in. long,
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