. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. FIGWORT FAMILY LONG-LEAVED VERONICA Verdnica longifldra. An excellent representative of the strong-growing and upright Veron- icas. Native to wet fields in eastern Europe and western Asia. Several varieties are in cultivation. Perennial. July to September. 5tew.—Upright, leafy, two and a half feet high, usually smooth. Leaves.—Lanceolate or oblong-acuminate, sharply serrate, acute, lower opposite, upper more or less verticillate, two and a half to four inches long. Flo
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. FIGWORT FAMILY LONG-LEAVED VERONICA Verdnica longifldra. An excellent representative of the strong-growing and upright Veron- icas. Native to wet fields in eastern Europe and western Asia. Several varieties are in cultivation. Perennial. July to September. 5tew.—Upright, leafy, two and a half feet high, usually smooth. Leaves.—Lanceolate or oblong-acuminate, sharply serrate, acute, lower opposite, upper more or less verticillate, two and a half to four inches long. Flowers.—^Violet, varying in hybrids to blue, borne in erect, dense, bracted, simple or panicled spikes. Calyx.—Four-parted. Corolla.—Sra&ll, tubular, with four-lobed border, the lowest lobe narrower than the others; deep-lilac or blue. Stamens.—Two, exserted, one on each side of the upper lobe of the corolla; filaments blue. Ovary.—Oblong; style thread-like. Capsule.—Oblong, seeds several. This European, strong-growing, erect Ver- onica makes a fine border plant, for the densely flowered racemes give an extended blooming period. In the type the flower color is violet, but in varieties it becomes an intense blue. Veronica spichta, a very similar species hav- ing the same habitat except that it prefers hilly pastures in a sunny location, is also used as a border plant. When spring is well under way our northern pastures and meadows are full of the dainty flowers of St. Veronica, known as the Speedwells; delicate creeping plants a few inches high, bearing pale-blue or white almost circular blossoms, perhaps an eighth of an inch across, and marked with, dark-blue lines. As they peer out from the green turf, one understands the reason for their ancient name, Bird's-eyes. Veronica peregrlna, the Wan- dering Speedwell, and Veronica serpyllifdlia, the Thyme-leaved Speedwell, are two common species. «4. Long-leaved Veronica. Verotpica longifldra. Please note that thes
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