37O 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. sulphured (sul- 

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

 Chili ; 1832. V. teiicrioides (teucrium-like) ; half-hardy peren- 

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

 Tweediana (Tweedie's) ; half-hardy perennial ; 18 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, Snowflake, Anne. WHITE, DARK CENTRE Fairest of 

 the Fair, Viscountess Emlyn, Earl of Shaftsbury. PEACH 

 Great Eastern, Salmon, Ida. REDDISH SCARLET Gen. 

 Simpson. SCARLET Defiance, Phenomenon, Foxhunter, Lord 

 Raglan. CRIMSON Admiral Dundas, Jean Bart, Geant 

 des Batailles. PURPLE Ariosto, Purple King, Azucena, 

 Zampa. BLUE Garibaldi. 



VERBENA LEMON. See ALOYSIA. 



VERONICA. Speedwell. [Scrophularineae.] 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. 



