258 GREEN -HOUSE REPOTTING. 



WHITES. RED. 



Americana, 

 White Perfection. 



St. Marguirette, 

 Gen. Courtigies. 



BLUSH WHITE, 



With Red or Rose Eye. 



Benoist de Lisle. 



Emma, 



Eva, 



Mrs. W. W. Keen, 



Pauline, 



Reine de Jour. 



ROSE. 



Etiole de Venus, 

 Gen. Changarnier, 

 Republic, 

 Magnificent. 



Mottled and Striped. 

 Iphogene, 

 Eclipse, 

 La Gracious. 



SCARLET CRIMSON. 



Defiance,- 

 Chauverii, 

 Montonii, 

 Phenomenon. 



BLUE. 



Andrew, 

 Heroine, 

 Richard Fetters. 



PURPLE. 



Melvina, 



Model of Perfection 



LILAC 



Perfection, 

 Fanny. 



These are principally new varieties of perfect formation ; 

 the flowers in some are as large as a quarter-dollar, far out- 

 vying those cultivated a few years ago. It is only fifteen 

 years since I grew the first white, pink, and crimson verbena, 

 from seed received from Buenos Ayres. They created a very 

 great excitement in the floral world, both in this country and 

 Europe. Now there are thousands produced from seed an- 

 nually. In England, they bear the titled names of Ladies, 

 Marquesses and Queens, commanding a very high price ; but 

 with all their titles, none of them excel a few of those named 

 above. They require very little water during winter, and 

 should be kept on a dry airy shelf till February, when the 

 pots may be enlarged, except those intended for the garden, 

 which can be planted out about the middle of April. Cut- 

 tings of the young shoot, placed in sandy soil r/nd covered 



