. 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. ( K. dec-ussclta, Soland. )• Remark- able for its wbite fls., which are large for the genus, %-% in. across. Small or tree-like: Ivs. oval or oblong- elliptic : racemes axillary, few-fld.: fls. white or flesh- colored. New Zealand and antarctic regions. 242.
. 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. ( K. dec-ussclta, Soland. )• Remark- able for its wbite fls., which are large for the genus, %-% in. across. Small or tree-like: Ivs. oval or oblong- elliptic : racemes axillary, few-fld.: fls. white or flesh- colored. New Zealand and antarctic regions. 242. III. 35:225.—Not advertised in America now. 4. specidsa, R. Cnnn. A half-hardy bushy branching shrub, 3-6 ft. high. Stout and very smooth, the branches angled: Ivs. obovate - oblong, subsessile, thick and smooth, 2-3 in. long : racemes axillary, densely fld.: fls. blue to violet, with rose, red or white varieties: capsule exceeding calyx. Banks of streams, New Zea- land. 4057. 1844:60. Andersonii, Lindl. & Paxt. ( V. Hendersonii, Hort.), a hybrid of V. salic- ifolia and speciosa, is a summer bedding plant and also a greenhouse subject. It grows 18 in. high: Ivs. oblong, sessile, entire, th'ickish: racemes axillary : fls. bluish violet. 5:658. Fig. 2G58. Var. imperious, Boncharlat (V. imperiillls, 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 K. Traversii and ('. Hendersonii and to have violet-blue fls. with a white center. The handsome plate Gn. 45:966 shows no trace of V. Traversii nor of white center. The plant is close to V. speciosa. In some catalogues F. Hender- sonii and V. subsessiUs are said to be synonymous, but this is a gross error. 5. salicifolia, Forst. Strong, half-hardy, glabrous shrub with flattened branchlets, approaching a tree in size and habit: Ivs. lanceolate, siibsessile, entire, smooth, 2-3 in. long,
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