. 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. high, with woully 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 many-fld., spreading: tls. large, blu
. 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. high, with woully 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 many-fld., spreading: tls. large, blue; capsnie longer than broad, slightly acutely notched, exceeded by the calyx. S. E. En. and Asia Minor.âA border plant. The following trade names cimrmt be accounted for by tlie writer: V. mar mo rata.â V. â nuH''stris of the American trade is apparently not of the botanists. This name was tirst used by SalisViury in 179t) and is a synonjTn of V. fruticiilosa, a plant with terminal racemes. V. rnpestris of the trade has axillary, many-tid. racemes. It is a low plant with woody hori- zontal stem and erect fiowerint; branches 4 or 5 in. high with strict racemes of purplish Us. borne in June and a 4-parted ca- lyx. The capsule is obcordate. This plant has been offered by Rochester nurserymen ever since 1894 and was cult, at Harvard Botanic Garden as far back as 1883. Lvs. narrowly oblong, en- tire or serrate, }^-l in. long: calyx segments strongly unequal: pedicels longer than calyx; stem pubescent: lvs. sparsely cili- ate, short-petioled.âF. scabriiificula, John Saul.â"T. stcvia'- fdlia, John Saiil.â U. vprbcnar/'a, a name unknown to Kew authorities in 1901, has lieen offered by Rochester nurserymen since 189-1. Lvs. short-stalked, narrowly elliptic, serrate in upper half: racemes lateral. _a_ Phelps Wyman. VERSCHAFFfiLTIA (Ambroise Verschaffelt, 1825- 188(1. distini^niished Belgian horticulturist ; founded L'lllustratiun Horticole at Ghent in 1854 and in
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