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established, they should be transferred to the open air, where 

 they may remain in 3-inch pots until October, when they 

 should be wintered in a cold pit or frame, for they will not 

 flower the first season from seed with any certainty. They 

 may afterwards be treated like the old plants, but should 

 never be allowed to become very dry, even in winter, for Dr. 

 Siebold states, in his Flora Japonica, ' that they inhabit 

 damp woods on the edges of rivulets on the mountains of 

 Japan.' They suffer from drought more than from any thing 

 else." 



We would only remark that, in giving the plants a trial in 

 the open border, good strong specimens should be selected, 

 and a slight protection given of dry leaves, or strawy manure. 



Art. IX. Floricultnral and Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beantifitl Plants figured in Foreig?i Periodicals ; with 

 Descriptions of those recently introduced to^ or originated in, 

 American Gardetis. 



New Vo-bejias. — No tribe of plants possesses more valuable 

 attractions, or has more admirers, than the Verbena ; the faci- 

 lity with which it is raised from seed, as well as increased 

 by cuttings, added to its gayness as a border plant, has ren- 

 dered it one of the most popular flowers. New varieties are 

 constantly produced, but it is no easy task to raise such as 

 shall possess sufiicient beauty to deserve a name. We are 

 glad, therefore, to announce the production of a few seedlings, 

 which are not only remarkably beautiful, but of a very dis- 

 tinct character; in another number we shall more fully de- 

 scribe them. Exquisite {Barnes's), a fine, bold flower, of 

 a rich dark red, inclining to scarlet, with a large and very 

 distinct pale yellow centre — extra. Eximia, a brilliant scarlet, 

 with a small yellow eye. Odorata, delicate pink, with dis- 

 tinct rose centre, fragrant and beautiful. Susanna (Weld's), 

 rich deep rose, with a scarlet centre, very distinct and fine. 

 McCidlough' s Seedling, fulgent scarlet, very deep and rich. 

 Brmiette, very dark scarlet, with maroon eye, superb. Eva, 



