This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
We remarked here an excellent specimen of the charming Veronica Andersonii, in the shape of a pryamidal bush about three feet high and two feet six inches across at the base, the under branches hanging down so as to partly conceal the pot This plant, which is exceedingly unique in its appearance, was raised from a cutting about two years ago. With the exception of very severe weather, when it received the temporary protection of a shod, it has, we believe, all along been kept out of doors, and continually growing - Mr. Macixtosh's plan of managing such plants, when fine specimens are wished for, being to grow them one season and bloom them the next The plant in question has, however, hitherto only been permitted to make wood, the flowering being prevented by a regular system of stopping, by which its present handsome shape has been acquired. It is just now showing bloom, which will doubtless be developed in succession during the whole of next summer, and possibly even up to Christmas. It may be worthy of remark, that this plant has been grown entirely without sticks, which Mr. M. thinks unnecessary in the case of hard-wooded plants in general This fa certainly, as we have often stated, one of the most handsome of Veronicas, and a sort which, at no distant date, must be as common as a Myrtle in every cottager's window.
We also observed here a nice compact plant of the old-fashioned Agathoea coelestis, which has been blooming for some time back, and is very useful for cutting from, its blue flowers having a cheerful effect in bouquets at this season of the year, when such colors are scarce. By growing a few plants of this during the summer, and stopping them back, they would come into flower now, and form not unattractive objects among other things in a conservatory or a cool greenhouse throughout the winter. - Gardeners' Chronicle.
 
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