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form : habit, moderately vigorous : foliage, thick and good. 

 This is a fragrant and very delicate variety. 



Grandissima. — Flowers, large, of a rich, deep, brilliant crim- 

 son : petals, cupped, and of good substance : umbels, compact, 

 well formed : habit, vigorous : foliage, good. This is the best 

 really crimso7i verbena we have ever seen: it is just the color 

 of Bouquet of Flora rose. 



Bnmette. — Flowers, medium size, of a rich dark scarlet, 

 with a distinct maroon centre : petals, slightly starry and re- 

 flexed : umbels, medium size, well formed : habit, rather 

 slender : foliage, small and good. A new and very distinct 

 verbena. 



Favorite. — Flowers, large, pale blush, with a fine pink cen- 

 tre: petals, large, partially cupped, and Avell formed : umbels, 

 large, and moderately compact : habit, vigorous : foliage, large 

 and good. This is a handsome verbena, a strong grower, and 

 perhaps too strong for growing with others of a more procum- 

 bent habit. 



Sylph. — Flowers, medium size, of a delicate flesh color, or 

 blush white, tinted with pale rose : petals, good size, of fine 

 substance, well formed, and little reflexed : umbels, medium 

 size, rather compact, and well formed : habit, vigorous, erect, 

 with a neat and pretty foliage. A peculiarly exquisite variety, 

 from the delicate tintings of rose on its waxy petals. 



These eight varieties, added to those already described 

 in our Magazine, make the whole number upwards of 

 sixty. 



Art. V. Ploricidtural dud Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beaiitifid Plants figured in Foreign Periodicals ; with 

 Descriptions of those recently introduced to, or originated i?t, 

 American Gardens. 



Whitfieldia. latci'itia, a pretty stove plant, with drooping 

 racemes of pale orange flowers, is now in bloom in our col- 

 lection. It IS one of the fine acquisitions of Mr. Whitfield, in 

 Sierra Leone. The plant is yet weak from recent importa- 

 tion, but it will prove a valuable acquisition. 



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