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where they will continue to grow and bloom in aU. their former 

 beauty. In the course of three or four years they wiU become 

 too large to be easily handled, when smaU plants can be again 

 had by striking soft wood cuttings in a gentle bottom heat. 

 New varieties are raised from seed. 



The following names are given as some of the most desirable 

 now in cultivation, and by examining it our readers will be able 

 to form some idea of the coloring of the flowers.- 



Alha Lutea Grandiflora. — White and yellow, dwarf habit 



Aurantiaca. — ^Varying from deep yellow to bright orange. 



Clotilda. — Pink flowers, the centre yellow. 



Eugenie. — Flowers rose and white. 



Gustave Thomas. — Eose and orange flowers. 



Monsieur Rougier. — Crimson, scarlet, and yeUow. 



Raphael. — Purple, orange, and rose. 



Solfaterre. — Golden yellow, margined straw color. 



Schlegelii. — YeUow, orange, and purple. 



Victoria. — Pure white, with lemon eye. 



The Lemon-scented Verbena. — This favorite green-house 

 shrub is grown for the delicous fragrance of its leaves. The 

 flowers are small and unattractive, but a few sprigs of the leaves 

 give a delightful fragrance to any bouquet, and they retain their 

 freshness for a long time when placed in water. It may be 

 planted in the open ground as soon as freezing nights are passed, 

 when it will grow rapidly in rich sod, and form a handsome 

 shrub. In the autumn, before the frosty nights return, it should 

 be taken up with the earth adhering to the roots, set in a box or 

 pot, and kept over winter in the cellar where it does not freeze. 

 On the return of spring it should be pruned into shape, if 

 needed, and again planted out. During the winter it should not 

 be watered. It can be grown in a pot, and while in a gro\ving 

 state requires to be watered freely. It is propagated by cuttings 

 of the growing shoots, which root freely in sand with a little 

 iottom heat. 



Geraniums. — These beautiful showy bedding plants are too 



