ON THE CULTURE 01' VERBENA MELINDRES. 195 



pots, iii a mixture of vegetable mould, road scrapings, and loam : 

 if not sufficiently gritty, add a little course river sand. Place a 

 tile in the bottom of each pot, likewise a handful of potsherds, 

 broken very small. Water them, and plunge them in a frame 

 in tinder ashes, elevating them to within a few inches of the 

 glass ; draw off the lights in all fine dry weather,— protecting 

 them from all rain and damp. By the above treatment, they will 

 (lower profusely the whole of the winter; they will also flower in a 

 greenhouse, provided they are placed in a dry airy situation : a 

 double flower, light blue, sweet-scented. 



The New Russian Viokt.— This is without exception the best 

 hardy we have, as it blooms profusely the whole of the winter in 

 the open ground in any situation, which makes it very desirable 

 lo cultivate. Bedding them out every two years is quite sufficient, 

 about the end of April, in a dry soil ; they require less room than 

 many other kinds, as they make but few runners : a large single 

 purple flower, very fragrant. 



The Bardsian Violet, or Lady Banks's.— This is a very sweel- 



. ntcd Violet, single purple, but not so profuse in flowering as 



the former. It requires to be planted in a warmer situation, on a 



warm border under a south wall or paling; planted in March or 



April, and attended with water in dry weather, it will flower early 



in autumn. 



Several other varieties might be noticed, but they are of less 

 merit, William King. 



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ARTICLE 111.— On the Culture of Verbena mclindres 

 (Chamcedrifolia). By Mr. William King, Gar- 

 dener, Wenvoe Castle, near Cardiff. 

 For several years past I have had great difficulty in keeping a 

 few plants alive through the winter, but by the method I now treat 

 with, the past winter 1 have lost none. 

 In August, 1 tuk<: u]> small layers with roots, and pot them on", 

 . ed pot, in light open soil, place them under a 

 hand-glass, and shade them fi c a few days (ill tluy gei established. 

 In 1 shift them into folly-eight sized puts iu light 



