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Art. III. Some observations on the general treatment of Yer- 

 bena, Ticeedie-dna^ chamcEdnfoUa^ venosa, and other species, 

 with a few hints on their cultivation in thefloicer border. By 

 the Editor. 



[Continued from p. 173.] 



In our last we gave ihe mode of treating the Ferb^na chamae- 

 drifolia and Tweedieana, and these two with one lately figured, 

 called the incisa, we stated constituted the more elegant spe- 

 cies of the genus. Within the short period which has elapsed 

 since our article appeared, we have learnt that Mr. Hogg, of 

 New York, has raised some very beautiful species or varieties 

 from seeds which he received from iNIr. Tueedie, now resident 

 collector in South America. 



These seedling plants are not yet named by Mr. Hogg, but 

 one of them is offered for sale by Mr. Buist, under the name of 

 V. araniana. The habit of the plant is very good; the cluster 

 large, and the color dark purple, inclining to a bluish tint. It 

 flowers freely, and we are informed by those who possess it that 

 it is a very desirable species. 



One other is a scarlet one, very brilliant, and otherwise in habit 

 and character somewhat like the Tweedieana. It is a very 

 handsome species, but is not yet named. Of its treatment we 

 know nothing, but if we find it different from the other species, 

 we shall continue this notice of the family, until our observations 

 embrace all that are worthy of cultivation. 



We now come to the more hardy species. In our I., p. 132, 

 when speaking of the treatment of several of the most beautiful 

 annuals, we have given some hints on the mode of treating the 

 V. AubJetra, one of the oldest of the species worthy of growing. 

 Since that period, many others have become known to cultiva- 

 tors, in this country, by the representations of them in the various 

 floricultural and botanical periodicals. One of the most desirable 

 of them is the V. venosa. 



Verbena venosa. — The first knowledge which we had of this 

 plant, was from observing several which were raised from seeds, 

 brought from Liverpool, by Mr. McCullough, in the spring of 

 1336. We were much pleased with it, and in the succeeding 

 season (1837) we raised an abundance of plants. The seeds 

 were sown in a pot early in May, or perhaps the latter part of 

 April, in light, loamy, rich soil, and were transplanted into the 

 border the latter part of the month, or early in June. They 

 grew vigorously, throwing out stiff horizontal shoots, and beneath 



