VERBENA 



.ration of flower lover A host of ;h»w> flowered 

 701111 iKlir oniunis were oftered to the public 

 derstii snsthit 111 1S70 he sold 20 000 pelarKomumb 

 thit 111 IHTi ht sold 100 000 In min\ heddiiia -n 

 enimtsthi Vi rben i w is wholh siipciseded b\ the 



VERBENA 



1913 



ognized tb it then 



the Veibena was beset with 

 cth and diseases These 

 , eiih IS 1844 it was lec 

 „T n, in orvmg plants 

 t mil Ipw and of 



The Verbena has little tendency to spoit towara 

 the production of double flowers Howevei such forms 

 ocLisionally occur among seedlings , „ ^ ,, 



Deielopment of tin Ei/e -Thf^onl^ e>ed effect oh 

 servable m the protntjpes of 1 /,i/fcM(?rt wis that pro 

 du, ed bj the pihsade of white h-iirs m the throat and 

 th \ . Uowish coloi of the mside of the tube At present 

 H hue numerous rices of oculitis with distinct 

 w lilt or yellowish eyes of yirious sizes Two different 

 1 1,1 1 if color markings are spoken of as e>es yiz , 

 duk tenters ana lemon or white centers In this dis 

 cussion the term is applied only to the Ktter In a list 

 of 48 select yarieties published m 1848 several ire de 



influent e of the mildew and aphid 



The prospects for the Verbena have somewhat ^ 

 proved 



,m,i thtni* ponsriTunons ueutci ludii i"<- j 



iited to 



over wiiu 1 I 1 I 11 itionfor 



fi;:C;ed*:^gii\: . ,. ', ?;,;:, .?'rh^'fe'/ 



rn^;t™sub;lXl du'un. ihe'r.iud itwis used so 



---!:,-rand';t?eTyrh'eirh"^^^^^^^^^ 

 aphid 

 " ena 1 

 vithm lecent years The C erman 

 ^„.atiined their constitutions better than the J<.ngiisn 

 ones and the American climate seenis bett 

 the \erbena than the European ^wing to the wng 

 recognized difficulty of wintering over the treatment 



?ti\tl;s?irm?sr"gr— '.'.''^^Tii%:rir;:oTemfnt 



of the habit of growth by the evulntic n of . i ice of 

 compactas and by the fixing of tbi \iii u ', " 

 that they will come true from seed th ^ " ' " ' "^ 

 g lined a new lease on present and tutui ] luunn 



The fn,m and size of the indnidmtl fl "»' <" ' ' th' 

 fl.m e, c I „.!<■, hive been closely associ ited ind h n e had 

 a tontomitint evolution By observing Pig 2649 it is 

 ai iiiieut that in the protot\pes of our present garden 

 foims of ^e,he>la hijbiida the individual flowers are 

 irregular, the upper lobes of the corolla being nar- 

 rower, large vacant spaces occur between the lobes, and 

 the flowers are relatively small. ^'- «''«»'«'''.'•!''<''"' '^ 

 the most irregular, V. incisa and V.teuerwides are 

 somewhat less irregular, while V. phlopflora (if the 

 arHst was true to his subject) had nearly symmetrical 

 fobes. In none of these species were the corolla- obes 

 expanded strictly in a plane at right angles to the tube 

 The flower-cluster of V. chamwdryfolm was likewise 

 very defective, from the florist's standpoint, in that 

 considerable portions of the space were unoccupied, 

 giving to his eye a ragged, "°fl"i«¥f "PPT*"^,^-,,';; 

 incisa and phlogiflora were appreciably better in this 

 respect, while in V. teucrioides the flowers were unsat- 

 isfactorily scattered along a sparse spike. The ^rhena 

 fancier soon established in his mmd an ideal of pip 

 and "truss," toward which he constantly selected, ihis 

 conception doubtless changed from decade to decade, 

 but the essential features remained fairly constant. 

 This ideal type is admirably exemplified in Fig. 2C50, 

 which is a reproduction of an apparently idealized litho- 

 graph of 1872. The individual flowers are over an inch 

 in diameter, the lobes are geometrically syintnetrical 

 and fill the space perfectly, but do not crowd. The 

 flower-cluster is of graceful, oblate-oval form, with no 

 I p 1 1 e a id et not overcrowded 

 b eeder prol ably 



ieil flowei 



leal 

 The greitest 



1 1 



1 ideal type ■ 

 Adapted from an English colored : 



scribed as haying dark centers, two have lemon eyes, 

 and two have white or "light" eyes. It seems evident 

 from the plates of this period, however, that these 

 "li.'ht" or "white" eyes were very small and would now 

 be "unworthy of the name. The "clear yellow eye" of 

 "Lord Leigh" is probably the largest distinct eye 

 produced prior to 1803. Previous to this time ma,ny 

 varieties had been admired for their dark centers which 

 were doubtless very pleasing; since 1863 less attention 

 seems to have been given to the dark centers and more 

 to the development of distinct white or lemon-colored 

 eves The recognition of a distinct class of oculatas 

 loes not eem to antedate 1870, and it is the impression 

 of tl e un lersigned that the French and German Verbena 



we every t ual n tl t stes On the tl li 1 

 such a h ^h decree of sy netry s not so ght n flowers 

 used for bedding and for borders. They are seen at 

 greater distances. Abundance of bloom and depth ot 

 color are of greater importance. It is probable that the 

 best Verbenas of to-.Uiy would h.irdly come up to the 

 standard of those grown by the English gardeners ot 

 1868 if judged by formal symmetry. 



1-4 u ei ic^ci,^ .^« ,. of the credit foi the recent de 

 V lop ent of the impo.tant oculata class The ideal 

 1 ta of todi> has a cleai. distinct white eje of 



1 n e 1 um size Verv lai.;e e^es are not so pleasing 

 1 1 hive a tendency to gn e a "chomped ' appeiiauce 



/ ?s -The first stem pirent, I chama ,hiifol,a, Xi-iA 



1 flowe s, and red in Its \ mous nin.lidi iti "'■ ' * '•"" 



n scarlet, rose, et( 1ms i i 

 o t the entire histoi\ t il \ i 



list of varieties from ls( f ^ 



ponderin* e of itds K I i i 



"'"'hi'' "" ''tV'VAe'the'ciiss name Dchmce to 

 n„„ , , X ,1 t, s and stiains, some of which arc 

 duul.tl.ss din rt durivatiyes of this historic variety. 



