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very poor, in others very good ; a damp peaty soil has flowered it in per- 

 fection, while in a dry or sandy place the trusses have been small, the 

 growth weak, and the flowers inclined to change to pink. In the green- 

 house, for winter flowering, it is very superior, being a constant bloomer ; 

 a well-grown plant will give more bloom than two of any other variety ; 

 superior. 



Imperatrice Elizabeth. A pretty little striped variety, which should be 

 in every collection ; truss flat and small ; foliage cut and fine ; habit creep- 

 ing ; very pretty for a specimen plant, and a free grower in the garden. 



Dedham Belle. A good pink, free-flowering variety. 



Iphigene. Purple, with dark eye ; a superior old variety. 



St. Margaret. An old popular variety ; color crimson scarlet ; truss and 

 flower good ; always a free bloomer, and well worthy of cultivation. 



Glory of America. A first-class verbena for the garden ; always a mass 

 of bloom ; crimson. 



Lord Raglan, (Banks'.) Dark crimson, with dark eye; a fine flower; 

 but the plant is of slow growth, and a poor bloomer. 



Lord Raglan, (De Fosse's.) Light pearl color ; peculiar, good for spring 

 blooming. 



Madeline Parfume. Like the last; fine for the garden, but useless in 

 the greenhouse. 



Mrs. Archer Clive. A first-class variety ; color rich carmine, shading to 

 dark eye ; equally fine for greenhouse or open culture. 



Mrs. Holford. A fine white ; growth strong ; very fine for garden 

 blooming, but very late in the greenhouse ; superior. 



Striped Eclipse. An old variety, of very rambling habit, very good, but 

 now little cultivated. 



Mrs. Woodruffe. Like Robinson's Defiance, a larger flower, but shades 

 not well defined. 



Metropolitan. Fine purple, large truss, vigorous growth, foliage pe- 

 culiar ; good bloomer in the house, but usually poor in the garden. 



Lady Kerreson. Blush white, yellow eye, with rosy spot on upper petal. 



Wonderful. Habit strong and good ; color rich plum purple, with large 

 white eye, which in open culture is inclined to be ill-defined ; good in the 

 house. 



Mrs. H. Williams. White, weak growth ; worth cultivation, on account 

 of its color. 



Mad. Lemounier. Striped ; foliage coarse ; the best large striped va- 

 riety. 



Eva Corinne. Light pink, shaded to crimson. 



Cerulean Orb. Purple ; growth good. 



Rubens. Color rosy scarlet ; growth superior ; fine for garden or green- 

 house. 



Hiawatha. Growth vigorous, truss large ; color dark ; a good variety. 



Rand's Blue. More properly a purple ; very fine for bedding, but poor 

 in the house ; difficult to propagate, and hard to keep through the winter. 

 One of the prettiest floral eflfects we ever remember to have seen was 



