CATALOGUE 
VASE AND GARDEN CULTURE. 
The Verbena has justly become the most popular of all Florist’s 
complete without it. The brilliancy and great variety of color, the 
long continued season of bloom and its peculiar adaptedness to our 
climate, renders it decidedly the most valuable of all bedding 
plants. When planted in masses upon the lawn, it is particularly 
showy, as the brilliant colors contrast finely with the green grass. 
It is also very useful for ribbon planting, and quite ornamental 
when grown in this way in borders or long beds, using the three 
leading colors, Scarlet Purple and White. 
in vases or twelve inch pots and set about the yard or lawn upon 
little pedestals, will flower profusely most of the season, well re- 
paying the little care they may require. Where something of this 
kind on a much larger scale is desired, it may be had by taking 
a thoroughly hooped barrel, sawing it in'two, and boring a number 
of holes in the bottom of each half, throw in a quantity of pebbles , 
or broken brick, for drainage, fill the tubs to within one inch of tbe ; 
top with good rich compost, say two parts leaf mold, one of turfy 
loam, and one part silver sand, plant in each threo varieties of deci- : 
ded colors, scarlet, purple, and white, say Brilliant de Vaise, ; 
Mrs. Thorbcrn and Mrs. H. Williams. Paint the tubs ' 
green or any color to suit, and place them upon pedestals or rustic \ 
pillars Grown in this way they will flower profusely nearly the 
entire season, if placed where they are fully exposed to the sun. 
A splendid ornament for the lawn may be made after the follow- \ 
flowers ; no Flower Garden, however small, can be considered 
Many varieties are excellent for vase culture, and when grown 
