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VERBENA. 



Each year produces new varieties of this plant, so that it 

 is impossible to give a list of varieties which will prove of 

 permanent value. It would be impossible to find in any 

 collection of to-day the kinds described on page 102 ; yet 

 at the time that list was first printed, now about twelve 

 years ago, they were the popular varieties, and any prom- 

 inent florist could have furnished any of them by the thou- 

 sand. 



The kinds grown to-day are probably no better in any 

 respect. So many good verbenas have been raised that 

 improvement seems almost impossible. 



We give a short list for present use. 



Amides Gerard. Dwarf purple. 



Momtrosa. Large velvet-purple. 



White Beauty. Fine white. 



Silver Star. Crimson maroon. 



Splendor. Vermilion, crimson eye. 



Virginale. Large pure white. 



Surprise. Rosy pink, yellow eye. 



Austerlitz. Red, white eye. 



Emily. Fine pink. 



Scarlet Circle. Bright scarlet. 



Colossus. Crimson, violet eye. 

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