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and much more profuse flowering, but the colors have been 

 varied in tints, now ranging from white to the most fiery 

 scarlet ; and besides this, an additional charm has been given 

 them in the texture, size, and coloring of the foliage ; some 

 being of various shades of clear green, others green with 

 brownish tints, while others have still an emerald ground 

 deeply edged with white. 



The English cultivators have accomplished all this within 

 a few years ; and their gardens have been correspondingly 

 enriched by these additions. Our own collections have, how- 

 ever, until the last year, received but few of these new kinds; 

 but we are gratified to see that many of the best are now 

 placed within the reach of all amateurs. Messrs. Thorbum 

 & Co., of New York, Hovey & Co., of Boston, and Mr. Bell, 

 of Lowell, have each imported and propagated, and now 

 offer many fine ones for sale. Two of the best are Flower 

 of the Day and Cerise Unique, both dwarf and compact in 

 habit, and profuse bloomers ; the former has an elegant green 

 and white foliage, and the latter a brown and green one. 

 Mr. Bell exhibited the Flower of the Day last year, and it 

 was much admired. 



Recently a new one has been raised called HendersomV ; a 

 pure white-flowered one, of the scarlet class. It is described 

 as " extremely novel in its way, gives very handsome trusses 

 of elegant white flowers, forming a grand contrast to the 

 splendid rich scarlet flowers of the parent class, which must 

 render it a great acquisition." This is very rare, and has not 

 yet, we believe, been introduced. 



Verbenas. — In addition to our own seedlings, which we 

 have before noticed, and of which we shall give a descrip- 

 tion in our next, several new English and French varieties 

 have been imported. The following we find in Mr. G. C. 

 Thorburn's new catalogue for 1852 : — 



Beauty of Corbeille, (Chauvier,) rosy lilac, fine eye. 



British Queen, (Smith,) pearly white, rosy purple centre, 



Eliza, (Smith,) bluish lilac, purple centre, pink eye. 



Enchantress, (Smith,) rosy pink, lemon eye. 



Exquisita, (Smith,) rosy lilap, centte white, lemon eye. 



