266 Descriptions of New Verbenas. 



Art. YI. Descriptions of Eighteen New Verbenas. 

 By the Editor. 



This beautiful tribe of plants, now one of the most 

 popular in cultivation, is receiving great attention. The 

 production of seedlings is steadily on the increase, and the 

 improvement in the flowers even greater than could be read- 

 ily supposed. Any ordinary selection of seed will produce 

 hundreds of better varieties than our catalogues contained 

 five or six years ago. But as the standard of merit is raised, 

 it becomes the harder to come up to it ; and though so many 

 are annually produced, only a very small number will have 

 good properties enough to deserve a name. The French vari- 

 eties still maintain a high mark, especially the fancy ones ; 

 but in some colors our American seedlings surpass all others 

 that have yet been seen. We hope our amateurs will 

 maintain the position which they now can claim in the pro- 

 duction of new varieties. 



1. Macrantha, (Niverfs.) — Flowers large, fine rose, with 

 a dark centre ; petals large, fiat, and of good substance ; um- 

 bels large, circular, and handsome ; habit vigorous and good. 



2. Marianne, (Chauviere^s) — Flowers violet rose, mot- 

 tled with purple, and crimson eye ; petals large, handsome, 

 and of fine form ; umbels large and well shaped ; habit good. 



3. Fadette, [Miellez.) — Flowers medium size, blueish 

 white, mottled with lilac, and violet eye ; petals large, of good 

 substance ; umbels somewhat flattened, but of good shape ; 

 habit moderately strong. 



4. General Courtiges. — Flowers large, orange scarlet, 

 with large yellow eye and centre ; petals somewhat starry ; 

 umbels large, showy, and well shaped ; habit vigorous. 



5. Cornelia. — Flowers white, with large violet purple 

 centre ; petals large and well shaped ; umbels large and of 

 fine form ; foliage and habit good. 



6. Alboni, {Thibaufs.) — Flowers blush white, with 

 crimson centre ; petals medium size, of good form ; umbels 

 large, compact, and finely shaped ; habit and foliage excellent. 



