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C. Leranea surerBA.—The flowers are of good form, a bright 
crimson with a light centre. Very pretty. 
C. Avserti (or Prince ALBERT). White, tinged with blush, and 
beautifully streaked and marked with bright carmine. Good form, 
and one of the loveliest of the tribe. It ought to be in every collection. 
C. Tevronta.—Pink, with a stripe of white up the centre of the 
petal. Some of the flowers are white, with a slight tinge of pink, and 
others pure white. Very pretty. 
C. CarswEeLirana.—Red striped, good form, handsome. 
C. Beauim.—Rich scarlet-crimson, and the petals round. <A very 
handsome variety. 
C. Cotterti.—Bright velvet red, with large irregular patches of 
pure white. Very good form, and well deserves to be in every col- 
lection. 
C. Marcuioness oF Exerrer.—A very large handsome-formed 
flower of a most lovely rosy-peach colour. It ought to be in every 
collection. 
C. Lanpreruii.—Beautiful rose, with a light centre, fine imbricate 
form. Well merits a place in every collection. 
C. Queen or EnGianp.—Handsome delicate rose, with a pure 
white stripe up the centre of each petal. Very good form. It ought 
to be in every collection. 
C. DucuessE D’ORLEANS.— Delicate flesh colour, striped and spotted 
with carmine, good form, and deserving to be in every collection. 
C. Mont Buianc.—Pure white, fine globular form ; a very superb 
variety, and a valuable acquisition to any collection. 
C. CuHatmers PERFECTA.—Beautiful waxy-rose, with patches of 
white. Good form, very handsome. 
C. SHerwoopi.—Bright cherry-colour, striped with white; excel- 
lent imbricate-formed. 
C. Tornierra pv’ [ravie.—Bright carmine, banded with white. 
Very beautiful. 
C. FuLGENS SUPERBA (NOV&).—A vivid red, with white stripes. 
Peony-formed flower. Very showy and handsome. 
CULTURE OF THE VERBENA. 
In passing through the Royal Gardens at Buckingham Palace last 
autumn, we saw a considerable number of Verbenas grown most 
admirably in large pots, from twelve to eighteen inches in diameter. 
They had been kept in a large conservatory all the summer, and being 
supported by a number of sticks, the plants had grown uninterrupted 
so as to form specimens two to three feet high, and of proportionate 
diameter. 
These beautiful specimens in such variety produced a delightful 
effect, being arranged so that the colours should give the best contrast. 
These in-door plants have abundance of air admitted through the 
season ; and the plants being placed near together, the air and bees, in 
addition to the gardener’s practical attention, the flowers become 
