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In the meantime, however, I had developed 

 another race of fragrant verbenas, which was in- 

 troduced in 1901. These are the two stocks from 

 which a large number, at any rate, of the fragrant 

 verbenas now under cultivation have been 

 developed. 



My first fragrant verbena, the Mayflower, was 

 developed after I had worked for many years 

 with this flower and had grown great quantities 

 of the seed for distribution. The plant from 

 which the fragrant race was developed was found 

 among many thousands, most of which, as is 

 usual with the cultivated varieties, have a rather 

 disagreeable odor, if any. 



I had noticed, however, that there were some- 

 times members of the verbena colony that had a 

 very slight fragrance, especially in the evening, 

 and so began a careful search among them to find 

 a plant the flowers of which had the most pro- 

 nounced perfume. 



After a long search among the thousands, 

 I found at last a plant that was distinctly 

 fragrant, surpassing in this regard any of its 

 associates. 



This individual was of course carefully iso- 

 lated and its seeds planted. In due course I had 

 a number of seedlings among which some were 

 found that produced flowers more fragrant than 



