. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. VERONICA VERONICA 1921 appearance both in and out of bloom. Useful in the rockery, border or geometrical garden. 15. pinnata, Linn. Strong, upright plant 2-3 ft. high, glabrous or pubescent: lvs. sparse or somewhat cl
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. VERONICA VERONICA 1921 appearance both in and out of bloom. Useful in the rockery, border or geometrical garden. 15. pinnata, Linn. Strong, upright plant 2-3 ft. high, glabrous or pubescent: lvs. sparse or somewhat clus- tered, finely cut, the lower pinnate with spreading seg- ments, the upper pinnatitid, thickish, shining, smooth: racemes slender, many-fld., elongated: fls. blue. June, July. Open mountain lands, Russia. 10. spuria, Linn. ( !'. paniculata, Linn. I', amethys- Una, Willd.). Bastard Speedwell. Upright, slender, densely pubescent species 2 ft. high: lvs. mostly oppo- site or ternate, 1 in. long, linear, acute, serrate-crenate toward the apex, entire below, smooth, narrowed at the base, thickish: racemes numerous, panicled, long, densely many-fld.: fls. blue, pediceled: capsule nearly round, thick, exceeding the sepals. May, June. Woods, southeastern Eu. and southern Russian Asia.— Becomes weedy late in the season. Var. elegans, Voss. Lvs. pubescent on both sides: habit much branched and more slender than the type. A form with variegated lvs. and flesh-colored fls. is known to the trade as V. elegans carnea variegata. 17. longifdlia, Linn. Strong, leafy, upright, densely growing species 2/2 ft. high, with usually a smooth stem: lvs. lanceolate or oblong-acuminate, sharply ser- rate, lower opposite, upper more or less verticillate, pubescent below, very acute, 2%-4 in. long: racemes long, erect, spieiforiu, dense: fls. lilac, numerous: capsules longer than broad, notched, a little exceeding the linear sepals or sometimes exceeded by them. Be- comes black in drying. July-Sept. W
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