. 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. 1922 VERONICA VIBURNUM 25. Austriaca, Linn. Strong, upright perennial 18-24 in. hi^b, with woolly stems: Ivs. mostly deeply pinnati- fid, rarely entire or dentate, 2-3 in. long, linear to ovate, the lobes linear or suboblong, narrow at the base: ra- cemes elongated, loosely inany-fld., spreading: fls. large, bl
. 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. 1922 VERONICA VIBURNUM 25. Austriaca, Linn. Strong, upright perennial 18-24 in. hi^b, with woolly stems: Ivs. mostly deeply pinnati- fid, rarely entire or dentate, 2-3 in. long, linear to ovate, the lobes linear or suboblong, narrow at the base: ra- cemes elongated, loosely inany-fld., spreading: fls. large, blue: capsule longer than broad, slightly acutely notched, exceeded by the calyx. S. E. Eu. and Asia Minor. —A border plant. The following trade names eanuot be accounted for by the writer: V. marmorata.— V. rupcstris of the American trade is apparently not 'upestris of the botanists. This name was first used by Salisbury in 1796 and is a synonym of V. frutieulosa, a plant with terminal racemes. V. rupestris of the trade has axillary, many-fld, racemes. It is a low plant with woody hori- zontal stem and erect flowering branches 4 or 5 in. high with strict racemes of purplish fls. borne in June and a 4-parted ca- lyx. The capsule is obeordate. This plant has been offered by Rochester nurserymen ever since 1894 and was oult. at Harvard Botanic Garden as far back as 1883. Lvs. narrowly oblong, en- tire or serrate, M~l in. long; calyx segments strongly unequal: pedicels longer than calyx: stem piibescent: lvs. sparsely cili- ate, short-petioled.—F. scabruiacula, John Saul. —"T. stevice- folia, John SaiiL—T. verhenacea, a name unknown to Kew authorities in 1901, has been offered by Rochester nurserymen since 1894. Lvs. short-stalked, narrowly elliptic, serrate in upper half: racemes lateral. j^_ Phelps Wyjian. VERSCHAFFfiLTIA (Ambroise Verschafeelt, 1825- 1886. distinguished Belgian horticulturist; founded L'lUustratiou Horticole at Ghent in 1854 and intro- duced man
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