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called Mouse-ear, because the leaves resembled in 



form a mouse's ear. It is not surprising to learn 



that this flower is a relative of the sandwort (which 



grows on Mount Washington), and a comparison of 



my sketches of the two plants will show the close 



resemblance. 



Common Common chickweed is very common 



Chickweed. and troublesome in every garden ; it 



Stdlaria media. jjj^^^ ^^^^ ground best, aud Spreads 



its weakly stems, covered with fine foliage, all over 

 the garden beds. The tiny white flowers are very 

 insignificant; they bloom through spring and sum- 

 mer. S. longifolia is another variety with long leaves 

 widely spreading, and numerous flowers. S. hore- 

 alis is a variety common northward in all wet, grassy 

 places, and bears its inconspicuous flowers in the 

 forks of the leafy branches. It may be found border- 

 ing the springs among the hills of New Hampshire. 



Verbena. Our charming garden verbenas are. 



Verbena AMetia. ^any of them, indigenous to this 

 country, and may be seen growing wild in Illinois, 

 the Carolinas, and southward. As a rule the flow- 

 ers are purple. Other garden varieties — pink, red, 

 and white — come from South America, generally the 

 Argentine Republic ; one of these ( V. teucroides) 

 is exceedingly sweet, vanilla-scented. The verbenas 

 flower all summer. 



