they will give riel) profusion of bloom 
tliiougliout the entire summer and until 
very severe frosts in autumn. The Ver¬ 
bena also makes one vT the finest of green- 
house or window-garden plants. 
Petunias are another class of plants 
which will grow anywhere the seed may 
chance to drop and prod me a profusion of 
bloom which is simply wonderful. The 
Petunia does not produce flowers of so 
many colors as some of its rivals; but for 
massing in beds on the lawn, or where it is 
desired to produce a general show of “an 
ocean of flowers,*'’ scarcely anything can 
rival them. The double varieties are more 
rare and are chiefly used as pot-plants, fre¬ 
quent ly continuing in bloom throughout 
the winter. 
♦ 
Phlox. —If we had not already said that 
some of the above were unsurpassed m> 
brilliancy and duration of bloom we should 
surely make that claim for the Drummond' 
Phlox. They include the greatest imagi¬ 
nable variety of colors and the greatest pro¬ 
fusion of bloom. The seeds may be sown, 
under glass in April or in the open ground 
in May, and will in either case produce a 
magnificent display throughout the whole 
summer until late in autumn. The single 
colors are used to good advantage in bed¬ 
ding, as almost any design may be wrought 
by making a combination of them. But 
for most uses a selection of the fine mixed, 
varieties will give greater satisfaction. 
Ten Weeks Stock.— The annual or Ten 
Weeks Stock prest nts nearly or quite all 
the requisites of a perfect flowering plant: 
good habit, fine foliage, beautiful flowers 
of almost every desirable tint. The seeds 
may be sown (fiber in ihe open ground or 
