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called Mouse-ear, because the leaves resembled in 



form a mouse's ear. It is not surprising to learn 



that this flower is a relative of the sandwort (which 



grows on Mount Washington), and a comparison of 



my sketches of the two plants will show the close 



resemblance. 



Common Common chickweed is very common 



CMckweed. and troublesome in every garden ; it 



Stellaria media. j-j^^^ ^^^^^ ground best, and Spreads 



its weakly stems, covered with fine foliage, all over 

 the garden beds. The tiny white flowers are very 

 insignificant ; they bloom through spring and sum- 

 mer. S. longifolia is another variety with long leaves 

 widely spreading, and numerous flowers. S. hore- 

 alis is a variety common northward in all wet, grassy 

 places, and bears its inconspicuous flowers in the 

 forks of the leafy branches. It may be found border- 

 ing the springs among the hills of New Hampshire. 



Verbena. Our charming garden verbenas are, 



Verhenn Aubietia. niany of them, indigcuous to this 

 country, and may be seen growing wild in Illinois, 

 the Carolinas, and southward. As a rule the flow^- 

 ers are purple. Other garden varieties — pink, red, 

 and white — come from South America, generally the 

 Argentine Republic ; one of these ( V. teucroides) 

 is exceedingly sweet, vanilla-scented. The verbenas 

 flower all summer. 



