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OTHER SPECIES OF VERBENA. 
V. INCISA, Hook., Bot. Mag., t. 3628. 
This very pretty species has an upright habit of growth, pale pink flowers, and deeply cut leaves. It is a 
native of Santa Fe, whence it was introduced in 1838. It is very nearly hardy, and it will flower in the open 
ground from June till it is destroyed by frost. 
V. TWEEDIANA, Hook., Swt. Brit. Card., 2nd ser., t. 391 ; and our fig. 3, in Plate 91. 
This is also an upright-growing species, which is very nearly hardy, and will live all the year in the open ground 
without protection, except in case of very severe frosts. It is a native of South America, whence it was 
introduced about 1830 ; and as it hybridises freely with both Melindres and the purple kinds, it has been the 
parent of many beautiful kinds of Verbena. The flowers are crimson, and they are disposed in a dense spike, 
which elongates as it becomes old. No plant can strike more readily from cuttings ; and, notwithstanding the 
upright habit of growth which is natural to it, no plant can better bear pegging down. It is a most valuable 
species for town gardens, as it can bear the smoke without injury ; and it is very useful to those who like to 
raise new plants, as it bears abundance of seed. 
V. HASTATA, Spring. 
This species is little known in British gardens, though it is said to have been introduced in 1710, from 
Canada, of which country it is a native. The flowers are purple, and the leaves halberd-shaped. 
V. SCABRA, Spring. 
A species with rough leaves and violet-coloured flowers ; a native of Mexico, whence it was introduced in 
1822. It is, however, very seldom grown. 
V. ALATA, Sw(., Brit. Flow. Card., 2nd ser., t. 41. 
This species has winged stalks, and small purple flowers. It is a native of Monte Video, whence it was 
introduced in 1827. It has no beauty to recommend it. 
V. SORORIA, H. Don. 
A native of Nepaul, with lilac flowers, intx’oduced in 1823. It is quite hardy in British flower-gardens, 
and soon covers a bed when pegged down. The mode of doing this is to spread the stalks of the plant over 
the bed, and cover all the joints with earth, fastening the stalk of the plant down to the ground on both sides of 
the joints with a little bit of forked stick. The joints thus covered will soon throw out roots, which will strike 
into the ground, while a shoot will rise upwards from the joint bearing a flower. When plants are to be 
pegged, they should be put into the ground above eighteen inches or two feet apart, or else they will grow erect, 
with long, naked, straggling stems, instead of becoming bushy and spreading. 
V. SPURIA, Spring. 
The flowers are lilac, and the leaves jagged. The species is a native of North America, whence it was 
introduced in 1731. It is generally considered a biennial, but it will sometimes live three or four years in the 
open ground. 
