. 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. 1912 VERBENA VERBEXA cies was doubtless used in hybridizing, but its distinc- tive characters are now practically obliterated in the forms of V. hybrida. Verbena teucrioides is a species of strikingly differ- ent char
. 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. 1912 VERBENA VERBEXA cies was doubtless used in hybridizing, but its distinc- tive characters are now practically obliterated in the forms of V. hybrida. Verbena teucrioides is a species of strikingly differ- ent characters from the three preceding and one which has exerted a most profound influence upon many races of V. hybrida. Five plants flowered in Ireland in July or August, 1838. This species is easily distin- guishable by its spikes of white flowers, which emit a rich .jessamine fragrance, its recurved, coarsely crenate, sessile leaves, and its stiff upright habit of growth. The characters of V. teucrioides are apparent in many forms of our V. hybrida, notably so in many of the blue "; Of the four species thus far men- tioned, V. teucrioides alone is still cultivated in a dis- tinct specific form. These four species seem to be the only ones which have had a marked and permanent influence upon our improve it that a great number of horticultural varieties soon appeared and English varietal names gradually superseded the unwieldy quasi-botanical ones. All the species, except V. teucrioides, seem to have soon lost their specific identity and to have completely merged in V. hybrida. The additions made through the four or five years following 183C were astonishing, as we find in 1840 upwards of 40 kinds enumerated, while in 1844 a single list contained the names of over 200 varieties. In 1839 Robert Buist, Sr., of Philadelphia, introduced the leading forms to America. Robert Buist, Jr., states positively that these were obtained from England. It is sometimes erroneously
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