THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



OCTOBER 1st, 1S42. 



PART I. 



EMBELLIS IT MENT S. 



ARTICLE I. 



VERBENA CCERULESCEXS. 



This very distinct and beautiful variety was raised by Mr. Joseph 

 Yorke, of Walberton in Sussex, who has most obligingly presented 

 us with the stock. It is as vigorous in growth as V. Teucroides, but of 

 a neater h:\bit. Like the others, it blooms very freely, and its long- 

 spikes of highly fragrant handsome flowers render it a beautiful 

 object, and deserving a place in every collection. The very distinct 

 colour from any other verbena makes it a very valuable addition to so 

 deservedly esteemed family of plants. 



MANETTIA BICOLOR. 



This very interesting and pretty greenhouse climber was sent by the 

 collector of Messrs. Veitchand Son, nurserymen, Exeter, from Brazil, 

 in the spring of 1841, and for the first time in this country bloomed 

 in April, 1842. The plant was then exhibited at the rooms of the 

 London Horticultural Society in Regent-street, and a prize awarded 

 for it. It is a vigorous growing plant, blooming freely, and a 

 valuable addition to a class of plants which well merits every atten- 

 tion, — we mean the climbers. We were pleased to notice at the London 

 Horticultural Society's Exhibitions, and those held at the Surrey 

 Zoological Gardens, during the present year, that a very considerable 

 improvement in the culture of them had been effected. Their neat- 

 ness in training, in varied interesting forms, healthiness of the plants 



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