ANNUAL AND BIENNIAL 

 GARDEN PLANTS 



Abro'nia- — Sand Verbena (from Gr. hahros, meaning 

 graceful or delicate). The generic name should 

 be pronounced Habronia, strictly speaking. Nat. 

 Ord. Nyctaginacew. 



Half-hardy succulent plants of a trailing nature, 

 with showy flowers in dense verbena-like clusters, 

 brought from California in 1823, admirably adapted 

 for rock work or hanging baskets, and flowering all 

 summer and autumn, preferring the neighbourhood 

 of the sea-shore. The somewhat glutinous flowers 

 smell of honey in the evening, when they are at 

 their best. 



A. arena' ria has trailing stems, clustered with 

 masses of pale yellow flowers in August. 

 Syn., A. latifo'lia. 



A. u'mbella'ta. Bright rose-coloured flowers with 



white centre, pleasantly scented, on trailing 



stems during the summer months. 



Propagate by seed sown tV in. deep in poor light 



sandy soil out of doors on a border or rockery in 



April ; or in February and March in temp. 55° to 



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