VERBENA 



propagated to a considerable extent by separating the 

 prostrate, rooting branches and potting them. This 

 method was soon abandoned in favor of propagation by 

 cuttings. Verbenas root very readily and they were 

 grown from cuttings almost exclusively up to 1880, ex- 

 cept that seed propagation was employed for the pro- 

 duction of new varieties. During all this pe- 

 riod, as a consequence of much fortuitous and 

 intentional hybridizing, and of no effort hav- 

 ing been made to fix varieties, seedlings were 

 very variable and untrue to parent varieties. 

 Soon after the decline of the Verbena in 1868- 

 70 seed propagation was more extensively 

 employed. It obviated the very troublesome 

 experience of wintering over stock plants, 

 which were so susceptible to attacks of mildew 

 and aphis boon efforts were made to bx 

 strains that would come true to color and habit 

 from seed Thi^ has been most succei-sfullj 

 accomplished and the Verbena is gaining 

 much of Its popularity thiough tieatment as an 

 annual Seeds are sown in March The plants 

 are hardened off in a coldframe and ^et out m 

 the latter part of May They flower profusely 

 from June to October Striped varieties are 

 not easily fixed 



Snmmati/ f P> , ml ffniticultiual Types 

 ( r It I n 1] ssihle to satisfic 



I'M ' it den Verbenas ac 



: I ileriv-ition The^ 



ai. i I ( iinling to colrr of 



be dnided into (1| Stan 1 i 1 tl, I tl, 



Compacta- which are much reduced m statute 

 and of more condensed form Verbenas now 

 in cult are shown m Figs 2052-4 



INDEX 



VERBENA 



1915 



subincisely serrate, serrations often unequal, strigose 

 above, below hairy, especially on nerves: peduncles 

 elongated, ascending: spikes solitary, capitate: bracts 

 lanceolate-subulate, ciliate: calyx hirsute canescent, 

 sparingly glandular, more than twice as long as the 

 bracts: corolla crimson, limb irregular. — Occurs in two 



A. Covneotiie nf tile upper anthers 



B Clii I , , t I nu l,,l Pioto 

 till III, lull, \e>bum-> 

 {\ 1 il I 1 I II ,1 1 1(1 2t,j ) 

 V 1 1 , I 



<.L II I /nil 



I I s/, , 



1 chamsedryfoUa 



! incisa 



4 teuenoides 



J venosa 



CCC fl II hd 

 BB Clui.tei', puni Ud 

 A. Conneetut of theuppii nu 

 furnished with a glaiidida 

 vendage 

 B #/f iiuJit n, toiii pii,,ih 

 c h, I I lull I I ,1, , 



C<. 1 , I I I il I I I I , 



1. chamaedryfdlia, Juss (r Melhidies Gill [ 

 mehndroldes, Lha.m.). Fig. 2649. Characterized by red 

 fls. in flattish clusters, oblong, coarsely scalloped, 

 nearly sessile Ivs. and rather stiff pubescence. Stems 

 slender, forking, creeping at base, hirsute: branches 

 somewhat ascending: Ivs. oblong or ovate, base broadly 

 cuneate, contracted into the short petiole, crenate or 



2652 The common garden Verbena— V hybrida(Xl) 



rithri ill tmct forms var Melindres has oblong to ob 

 1 )ii., 1 UK I 111 ite Ivs which are unequally incised serrate 

 Ibis t( 1111 lb less hiisute and is more graceful and vig 

 Ulcus It w IS the t nil hist introduced to cultivation 

 Vai melmdroldes II I h if i limadei hs and is more 

 hairy Diftiifiit t mis i i ur over southern Brazil 

 Urueua\ Pai i,ii i\ uid tli. whole of the Pampas 

 B R 14 1184 L B L 10 1 14 B M J3J3 P M 1 17^ 

 B 3 129 



2 phlogifldra, Cham (t Tueediedna Niveu) Pig 

 2049 Chaiacterized b-y losy or puiple fls m oblong or 

 o\al tlusteis resembles No 1 but has more upright 

 habit, softer pubescence and larger I mger pointed 

 distinctly petioled Ivs Stems ascendm., bi niches 

 rather erect, much subdivided, angled, retroi seh hirsute . 

 Ivs. oblong or lanceolate-triangular, acute, base entire, 

 cuneately long-attenuate into the evident petiole, un- 

 equally subincised serrate, somewhat venosely rugose, 

 strigose above, below hairy or strigillose pubescent: 

 spikes terminal, pedunculate, raany-tid., oval to oblong; 



