VERONICA. 



narrow, pointed, irregularly cut and 



toothed. Siberia. Borders, or 



naturalization, in ordinary soil. Divi- 

 sion. 



Veronica neglecta (Greyish Speed- 

 well). A hoary species resembling, 

 but not so good as, V. Candida ; 12 to 

 15 in. high. Flowers, in June or July; 

 dull purplish-blue, in solitary spikes, 

 each bloom a little more than in. 

 across when fully expanded, the yellow 

 stamens projecting ; buds dull purple 

 before bursting ; calyx downy. Leaves, 

 greyish from down, lanceolate or oval, 

 rather acutely pointed, gradually nar- 

 rowed at the base, and regularly ser- 

 rated in all but the leaves just beneath 



the bracts. Siberia. Borders, in 



any soil. Scarcely worth growing 

 where V. incana can be obtained, being 

 less attractive both in foliage and 

 flowers. Division at any season. 



Veronica pectinata (Scallop-leaved V.) 

 A dwarf and pretty early kind with 

 prostrate ascending stems, 3 or 4 in. 

 high. Flowers, in spring ; small, vivid 

 gentian- blue with a white eye, in close 

 spikes. Leaves, small, spoon-shaped, 

 stalked, deeply notched round the 



margin. Italy. The rock-garden, 



or front margin of mixed border, in 

 sandy loam. Division and seed. 



Veronica prostrata (Prostrate Speed- 

 well). A dwarf, greyish, spreading 

 kind, forming tufts 6 in. high. Flowers, 

 in early summer ; deep blue but 

 varying a good deal, there being seve- 

 ral white and rose-coloured varieties, 

 in opposite axillary racemes; calyx 

 iinequal, nearly smooth. Leaves, 

 stalkless, oblong, obtuse, serrated ; 

 upper ones lance-shaped, flat ; barren 

 stems prostrate, flowering ones as- 

 cending. Central and Southern Eu- 

 rope. The rock-garden and the 



margin of the mixed border, in light 

 loamy soil. Seed and division. 



Veronica satureiaefolia (Savory-leaved 



F.) Aneatandattractive species, with 



more or less decumbent sinuous stems, 

 about 1 ft. high. Flowers, early in 

 summer ; bright blue, in handsome 

 spikes. Leaves, opposite, sessile, oval- 

 oblong, irregularly toothed; upper- 

 most ones very narrow, entire, fascicled. 

 South of Europe. Borders, in well- 

 drained soil. Division. 



Veronica saxatilis (Rock Speedwell). 

 A dwarf and pretty, spreading,bush-like 

 evergreen herb, with procumbent stems 

 slightly woody at the base, the flower- 

 ing branches ascending ; 3 to 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; blue, striped 

 with violet, with a narrow ring near 

 the bottom of the corolla, the base 

 being pure white, freely produced in 

 corymbose racemes. Leaves, opposite, 

 smaller than those of 7. fruticulosa 

 and of a deeper green, oblong-obovate 

 or elliptic, with small round notches. 

 Alpine rocks in various parts of Eu- 

 rope and a few places "in the High- 

 lands of Scotland. The rock-gar- 

 den, in ordinary soil ; also in borders. 

 Division and seed. 



Veronica spicata (Spiked Veronica.} 

 A native species, with erect stems 

 branching at the base; 8 in. to 1 ft. 

 high. Flowers, early in summer ; 

 blue, numerous, in dense spikes. 

 Leaves, ovate, serrate at the sides, en- 

 tire at the end; lower ones blunt, 

 stalked, with a wedge-shaped base. 

 There is a white- flowered variety, 



and one with variegated leaves. 



Borders, or rougher parts of rockwork, 

 in any soil. Seed or division. 



Veronica taurica (Taurian Speed- 

 well). A beautiful evergreen kind with 

 prostrate, almost woody stems, forming 

 neat dark green tufts less than 2 in. 

 high. Flowers, in early summer; 

 gentian-blue, freely produced in axil- 

 lary racemes. Leaves, crowded, linear, 

 entire, about in. long, somewhat 

 wedge-shaped, and 3-toothed at the 

 tip. Tauria. The rock-garden and 



