246 VERBASCUM 



VERBAS'CUM continued. 



V. olym'pivum continued. 



rosette near the ground. July to August. 

 Levant, 1883. 



V. panno'sum is another species, 7 ft. high, with 

 large downy silvery-green foliage and bright 

 yellow flowers, but not as good as the next 

 mentioned one. July to August. S. Bulgaria. 



V. phlomoi'des is one of the great Mulleins, attain- 

 ing to 10 ft. in good soil. The flowers are 

 yellow, coming out one after the other in quick 

 succession throughout the summer. July to 

 August. S. Europe. 



V. pyramida'tum, the Pyramid Mullein is a hand- 

 some plant with tall bright yellow flower 

 spikes, much branched, 3 ft. high, and 

 distinctive crimped foliage. Caucasus, 

 1804. 



Sow the seeds -J- in. deep in an open sunny spot 

 outdoors in the reserve garden in August, and 

 transplant the seedlings to their flowering quarters 

 about October. Or sow where required and thin 

 out. V. Boerhaavi being an annual may be sown 

 outdoors in March, and will flower the same year. 

 Verbascums are not fastidious as to soil, but prefer 

 it well dug and manured. 



VERBE'NA Vervain (L. verbena, a green-bough). Nat. 

 Ord. Verbenacece. 



The charming garden Verbenas, so much prized 

 for bedding- out, are a hybrid cross between several 



