370 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



cleft) ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers purple, lilac, or 

 white, in July; Chili; 1839. V, pulchella (neat); half-hardy 

 trailing perennial ; flowers purple or white ; Buenos Ayres ; 

 1827. V. radicans (rooting); half-hardy trailing perennial; 6 

 inches ; flowers pink, in July ; Chili ; 1832. V. sulphurea (sul- 

 phur) ; half-hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers pale-yellow, in July ; 

 Chili; 1832. V. teucrioides (teucrium-hke) ; half-hardy peren- 

 nial ; 2 feet ; flowers whitish, in July ; Monte Video ; 1837. V, 

 Tweediana (Tweedie's) ; half-hardy perennial ; 1 8 inches ; flow- 

 ers rose-crimson, in June; Brazil; 1834. V. venosa (veiny); 

 half-hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers rose-purple, in May ; 

 Buenos Ayres ; 1830. 



For fine varieties, consult florists' catalogues. The follow- 

 ing: can, however, be recommended. White — Mrs. Hoi- 

 ford, Snowfiake, Anne. White, dark centre — Fairest of 

 the Fair, Viscountess Fmlyn, Earl of Shaftesbury, Peach — 

 Great Eastern, Salmon, Ida. Reddish Scarlet — Gen, 

 Simpsofi. Scarlet — Defiance, Phenomenon, Foxhufiter, Lord 

 Raglan. Crimson — Admiral Dundas, ^eaft Bart, Geant 

 des Baiailles. Purple — Ariosto, Purple King, Azucena, 

 Zafnpa. Blue — Garibaldi. 



Verbena Lemon. See Aloysia. 



Veronica. Speedwell [Scrophulariaceae.] A very large 

 genus, consisting almost entirely of hardy perennials. About 

 a score are insignificant annuals ; half a dozen are sub-aqua- 

 tics ; some half-dozen are shrubs requiring greenhouse pro- 

 tection ; and the rest are hardy perennials, most of the 

 larger-growing of which are adapted for the mixed borders, 

 and are really showy with their long narrow close spikes of 

 flowers, usually blue. These latter may be said to require no 

 culture ; they grow with the greatest facility in garden soil of 

 of any description, increase extensively by partition of the 

 roots, and live through all the inclemencies of winter and the 

 droughts of summer without suffering material detriment. 



