VERBE NA AUBLETIA. 
ROSE-FLOWERED VERVAIN. 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANG IOSPERMIA . 
Natural Order. 
VERBENACE JE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
15 inches. 
July, Oct. 1 
Perennial. 
in 1774. 
No. 205. 
Verbena is a term of which it is difficult to de- # 
termine the origin. The Romans employed it to 
distinguish an aromatic evergreen shrub, which was 
used in their religious ceremonies; consequently 
held sacred, and bearing the name Herba sacra, in 
common with some others so employed. Some have 
considered the Celtic Ferfaen, to have produced the 
English Vervain. Aubletia from Aublet, the name 
of the author of a History of Plants in Guiana. 
The Verbena Aubletia, is a species which has 
occupied a place in the English garden more than 
half a century ; but our present variety of it has been 
lately introduced from America, and to the herba- 
ceous border it is a great acquisition. 
Many plants which are perennial in their native 
soil, in more northerly regions can only be culti- 
vated as annuals, unless an artificial climate be 
afforded them. This is most probably the case 
with the Verbena Aubletia. With us the seeds 
t 
should be sown in pots of rich light earth in March, 
and be forwarded in a hotbed till the beginning of 
May, when the plants should be turned out into 
the borders to flower in autumn. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 4, 41. 
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