HARDY PERENNIALS. 39 



sweet-williams, double rockets, double scarlet lych- 

 nis, &c., should be placed in sheltered situations in 

 October, to weather out .the storms of winter. 

 Double flowers are very handsome, and deserve a 

 little care. 



The most charming little perennial flower which 

 can adorn a lady's garden, is the scarlet verbena, 

 but it is very difficult to preserve through the winter. 

 Its beauty, however, repays the care which may be 

 bestowed upon it. This tender plant the only 

 really tender root which I admit into my work is 

 not only desirable from its fine, full scarlet blos- 

 soms, but it blooms from April to November. The 

 scarlet verbena loves a rich, light, dry border or 

 bed, in a sunny situation ; they delight also in rock- 

 work, where they have been known to exist through 

 the winter. Plant the roots about six inches apart 

 in the middle of April, and keep pegging down the 

 shoots as they throw themselves along the bed. A 

 profusion of flowers and plants are produced by this 

 means. A bed or border sloping to the south is 

 the best situation for the scarlet verbena. 



