220 Descriptions of Eight New Verbenas. 



Art. IV. Descriptions of EigJit New Verbenas. By the 



Editor. 



In our last number, (p. 170,) we briefly noticed several new 

 and fine varieties of the verbena, and we now add a full de- 

 scription of each. Seedlings are easily produced, and thou- 

 sands are raised every year, but, out of the great number, very 

 few are sufficiently distinct to deserve a name, or a record in 

 our pages. The following, however, are particularly new, 

 distinct, and splendid, and they show how much more, in nov- 

 elty and variety, is to be attained by continued exertions in 

 the growth of seedlings. It was a long time before the dahlia 

 broke into the fancy colors now so much admired, and other 

 flowers have been cultivated for years without any remark- 

 able variation. So it has been with the verbena ; but now, 

 that the plain selfs are giving way to bicolored tints, ere 

 long, we may look for spotted and striped varieties of great 

 beauty. 



Eximia. — Flowers, light brilliant scarlet, with a distinct 

 yellow centre : petals large, nearly flat, with good edge : um- 

 bels, very large, long, compact, and well formed : habit, vigor- 

 ous : foliage, good. Decidedly the best scarlet yet produced. 



Exquisite, (Barnes's.) — Flowers, medium size, of a dark, 

 dull red, inclining to scarlet, with a distinct, straw-colored cen- 

 tre : petals, medium size, of good substance, cupped, and well 

 formed : umbels, medium size, compact, and of good shape : 

 habit, moderately vigorous : foliage, good. If the color of this 

 variety was deeper and richer, it would be unexcelled as a 

 two-colored flower. 



Susanna, (Weld's.) — Flowers, medium size, of a fine deep 

 rose, with a distinct scarlet centre : petals medium size, slightly 

 starry, little reflexed : umbels, compact, and well formed : 

 habit, rather slender : foliage, narrow. This is a very fine 

 verbena. The habit of the plant is not quite so good as the 

 average of seedlings, but it is a profuse flowerer, and is a 

 brihiant and distinct sort. 



Odorata, (Nugent's.) — Flowers, medium size, ofa pale blush 

 of pink, with a distinct rose centre : petals, medium size, 

 cupped : umbels, medium size, rather compact, and of good 



