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apart; they will grow very rapidly. As 

 soon as the blooms appear, all that are not 

 satisfactory are pulled up. The richest pur- 

 ple, the purest white, the most intense crim- 

 son, the softest lavender, and the rosiest 

 pink will delight your eyes ; and there will 

 be no long, straggling stems or ugly patches 

 of burnt-up soil visible, but masses of col- 

 our and foliage, and material all summer 

 long for innumerable bouquets." 



I have been obliged to shorten the pretty 

 account, but this is it in substance. Both 

 these ways are new to me, — the first comes 

 from Massachusetts, the second from Ohio. 



Mr. Henderson, here in New York — or 

 rather in New Jersey — says, " Verbenas are 

 not at all particular about soil, provided it 

 is not water-soaked ; we have planted them 

 on soils varying from almost pure sand to 

 heavy clay, and, provided it was enriched 

 with manure, there was but little difference 

 in growth or bloom." But his verbenas, 

 "set out in May, by August will have 

 spread to a distance of three feet." 



