LAWN AND DOCKYARD 



race was developed was found among thousands 

 of companion seedlings, most of which, as is usual 

 with the cultivated varieties, had a rather dis- 

 agreeable odor. A large number of races of 

 fragrant verbenas have been developed from the 

 two that Mr. Burbank isolated in his garden. 



The explanation of the appearance now and 

 then of a verbena with a pleasing odor is found in 

 the fact that one of the original wild species the 

 strains of which have been blended to produce 

 the cultivated varieties has a rich jasmine fra- 

 grance. The early cultivators, giving heed to the 

 color and form of their hybrid plants, ignored the 

 matter of fragrance, so the verbena developed 

 wonderfully symmetrical clusters, and its flowers 

 took on the most gaudy hues, but these handsome 

 blossoms were of rather disagreeable odor until 

 the submerged quality of fragrance was brought 

 out the coveted qualities of form and color being 

 retained by selective line breeding. 



OENAMENTAL SHEUBS AND VINES 



It is not necessary to speak in detail of the 

 other familiar border and bed flowers salvias, 

 petunias, geraniums, roses, and the rest that are 

 everywhere available for the ornamentation of 

 lawn and dooryard. The selection and distribu- 

 tion of these are matters of individual taste. 

 There is no one of them that does not offer oppor- 

 tunities for interesting experiments and improve- 

 ment, but the details of these experiments are 



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