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TROP^OLUM VERBENA. 



small, delicate, regularly formed flowers, and a 



climbing, rather than trailing habit, such as T. 

 Lobbianitm, named from M. Lobb, who first collect- 

 ed it in Columbia in 1843. The latter is the vari- 

 ety suitable for house culture, and whose treatment 

 only is given, It may be grown in pots or baskets, 

 but requires much soil and room for its roots. 



TREATMENT AND VARIETIES OF TROP^OLUM 

 LOBBIANUM. 



They thrive best in a mixture of sandy loam and 

 leaf-mold. In too rich, soil grow an excess of 

 foliage. 



Give them plenty of water with good drainage, 

 and a temperature of about 50 to 70 degrees. 



They produce seed sparingly, but are easily in- 

 creased by cuttings in sand, or soil under glass. 



Keep them a little pot-bound to prevent them 

 from producing leaves so abundantly as to hide 

 their flowers, and apply liquid manure occasionally. 

 They are troubled but little w T ith insects. 



Caroline Smith, spotted. 



Litti Smith, orange-scarlet. 



Giant of Battles, brilliant carmine. 



Napoleon III., yellow, striped with vermilion 



Queen Victoria, vermilion, scarlet striped. 



VERBENA. 



The English name vervain and the Latin verbena 

 are supposed to be derived from the Celtic ferfaen. 



