140 Growing Flowers 



and hardy and the first cool turn of weather will 

 not harm them. 



Verbena 



Verbena seed should always be soaked in lukewarm 

 water for a few hours before planting and should be 

 sown in a hotbed with light rich soil on the sur- 

 face. In transplanting, the plants should be set 

 first in other boxes and later be set in the open 

 ground at a distance of twelve inches apart, as they 

 spread in growing. 



Verbenas require plenty of sunlight and good drain- 

 age, though they should be watered frequently, 

 and always in the evening or at night. 



Verbenas may be grown from cuttings with success, 

 but the best flowers, as a rule, come from new 

 plants. They may be used with excellent effect as 

 borders, in mounds, and in window boxes. They 

 bloom so profusely that a large bed of white 

 verbenas will look like a white sheet spread on the 

 ground at night. 



The lemon verbena does not properly belong to the 

 flower which we ordinarily class as the verbena. It 



