[Plate 38.] 
THE ANDEESON VERONICA. 
(VERONICA ANDERSONII.) 
A GARDEN HYBRID. 
(J VeRO^'ICA SPECIOSA. ? VeUO>'ICA SALICIFOUA. 
Edinburglij who has long occupied Iiim: 
proLably cross. 
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Napuka, from irliich sprang a most extraordinary race, now called F". AndersoniL The 
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Napuka; the manner of growth and form of the tuft 
intermediate 
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VERY one is now familiar with the graceful half-hardj Willow-leaved Veronica of New Zealand 
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{V. saUcifoIia)y wliich is so commonly known in gardens under the alias of F. Lindleyu It is 
a shrub with narrow willow-like leaves^ and graceful spikes of white flowers. 
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Equally common has become that far more imposing^ though less graceful species^ the Showy j 
Veronica or Napuka [V. speciosa)^ from the same country, conspicuous for its broad blunt soHd 
leaves imitating those of the laurel, and its stiff erect massive tufts of deep violet flowers. 
Both are nearly hardy — in Devonshire and Cornwall quite so: but in most of the EngHsh and all 
the Scotch comities they can only be made to thrive as greenhouse plants, among which they are 
the gayest in their season, which is autumn. 
It occurred to a very inteUigent gentleman named Anderson, residing at Mary field, near 
