The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Ageratum (Supplement)

This genus embraces about sixteen species of herbs and shrubs, natives of tropical or subtropical America, one being broadly distributed over the warmer regions of the globe. To those described on p. 42, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

A. Wendlandi (Wendland's). fl. blue, with rosy reflections, produced in abundance. l. cordate, dark green. Stems hairy. Mexico, 1885. A dwarf, compact species.

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