VERBENA 



projingated to a coiisiileral.li- extent l.y separating the 

 prostrate, rooting l.ranclies and potting tliern. Tliis 

 metliod wassoon aliaudoned in favor of propagation hy 

 cnttings. Verbenas root very readily and they were 

 grown from enttiiigs almost exclusively up to IKsn, ex- 

 cept that seed propagation was employed for the jiro- 

 duetiou of new varieties. During all this pe- 

 riod, as a eonsequence of mueh fortuitous and 

 inteutioual hybridizing, and of no elfort hav- 

 ing been made to tix 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 

 emidoyed. It oliviated the very troublesome 

 experienee of \vintering over stock [dants, 

 which were so susce]dible to attacks of ndldcw 

 and aphis. Soon efforts were ujade to fix 

 strains that would come true to color and habit 

 from seed. This has been most successfully 

 accomplished, and the Vertiena is gaining 

 much of its popularity through treatment as an 

 annual. Seeds are sown in March. The plants 

 are hardened off in a coldframe and set out in 

 the latter part of JIay. They flower profusely 

 from June to October. Striped varieties are 

 not easily fixed. 



Summarii of Pirseiil Rorti'riilt ii nil Ti/pes 

 ( r. li;/bi-i(in).^ It is impossible to satisfac- 

 torily classify the hybrid garden Verbenas ac- 

 cording to their botanical derivation. They 

 are conveniently classed according to color of 

 flowers into: (1) Self s, or one-colored varieties; 

 (21 Ocnlatas, or eyed varieties; and (.'i) Ital- 

 ians, or striped varieties. As to habit they may 

 be divided into: ( 1 ) Standards, those of the 

 ordinary loose, spreading growth; and (2) 

 Compactas, which are much reduced in stature 

 anil of more condensed form. Verbenas now 

 in cult, are shown in Figs. 2b52-4. 



VERBENA 



1915 



submcisely serrate, serralions often nniMjual, slrigose 

 above, beloiv hairy, especially on nerves: peduncles 

 ehuig.ated, ;iscending: 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 



Anliletia, 9. 

 bipiiniatitida, S. 

 CuiuKh'nsi's. 9. 

 chanui^dryfolia, 1. 

 Drminunndii, 9. 

 erin^iides, 7 



INDEX. 



incisa. ::. 

 LaiJibtrli. 0. 

 jMelindres, 1. 

 melindroidcs, ] 

 montrina. x, 0. 

 muUifida. 7. 



phloKirtnra, 

 pulchf'lln. C 

 tenera, G. 

 teucrioitles, 4. 

 Tweeclirana, 2 

 venCiS;!., ft. 



, 8. 



A. C'lnnectii-i i,f tin- upper aiitJiers 



not ((/>/". '"'",'/( r7. 



B. Cliist, rs 11, .i piinieh'd. Proio- 



t!/jus<if/ln G'li-deii l'i"}'bL'inis 



i\-.li,ll.ri,h,.nort. Fi.i.2e.j2). 



c. Fh. Kr,i ,-!• 1 1. chamaedryfolia 



CC. FIs. n..r,.r,,u,;,U'. 



D. CltlslrrH 01-11 1 I,: ohlonr/ .■ 



h-x. xniv-tootlioil 2. phlog-iflcra 



DD. Chixtrrs Hot or eoiirr.r: Iv«. 

 ,„„re iloiphj ,111,1 .ihorph/ 



cut .3. incisa 



C'c. FJs. irliil,' 4. teucrioides 



BR. Cliixferx jio ui,-hd .5. venosa 



lA. r., „/,,?,•//;■,- of /lie'iipj„-r oi,/J,,r.s 

 fiiriusJ,,:d iri/Ji a ghni,Ii(l,ir op- 

 p, iida(ic. 

 B. /7.S-. viol, I or I'osp porple. 

 c. Brnols ],,,lfo.-i /oil,/ r/,s rajyx: 



pl,i 111 ,1 siihs'liriih (>. tenera 



CC. Briicts oh,, 111 as 1,111,1 ,lit oohi.r 

 or a mile shorlir: pi, ml 



a II }i, 1, 1 1 7. erinoides 



EB. Fix. HI, I,-: pi, II, Is ,1111,1, 111. 



c. Frs. Ill-ire piiiiiollfi, 1 8. hipinnatiSida 



cc. Lvs. oiii-e piiiiiiilifid !). Aubletia 



I. chamaedryfolia, Juss. ( V. ilelindres, Gill. T. 

 weliiiilro'nie.':, (7ham.). Fig. 2649. CTiaracterized by red 

 fls. in flatfish clusters, oblong, coarsely scalloped, 

 nearly sessile lvs. and rather stiff pubescence. Stems 

 slender, forking, creeping at base, hirsute; branches 

 somewhat ascending: lvs. oblong or ovate, base broadly 

 cuneate, contracted into the short petiole, crenate or 



2652. The common garden Verbena — V. hybrida (XI). 



rather distinct forms: car. Melindres has oblong to nb- 

 long-lanceolate l\"s., which :irc xmeciually incised-serrate. 

 This form is less hirsute and is more graceful and ^ig- 

 orous. It was the fi.irm first introiliiced to cultividion. 

 Var. melindroides has shortri-, broader lvs. and is more 

 hair)'. Different forms iiccur over southern l-Vazil, 

 Uruguay, Daragua^', and the whole of the Pampas. 



H.li. I4':n84. L.l-i.'c. i(;:i.",u. B. 31. :;:;:::;. p.Ji. l-l7:i 

 B. :;:12'.). 



2. phlogifldra, ('ham. ( I'. 'I'li-eedi,-,! no , Niveu). Fig. 

 26411. Oliaracterized liy ros\- or purple lis. in oblong or 

 oy:d clusters; resemliles No. l.but has more upright 

 habit, softer pul^escence :nid larger, longer-pointed, 

 distinctly petioh'd lvs. Stems ascending: branches 

 rather erect, nuudi subdivided, angled, retnu'sely hirsute : 

 lvs. ol)huig or lani'eolate-triangular, acute. I.iase entire, 

 cuneately long-attenuate into the evident )ietiole, un- 

 eifuall}' suluncis(Ml serrate, somewhat \"ciiosely rugose, 

 strigose alio\"e. bidow luiiry or strigillose pubescent: 

 spikes terminal, iicdunculate. nmny-fid., oval tooblong: 



