What can be more beautiful in all of Flora’s realm 
than a bed of hybrid Verbenas ranging in color from 
the purest white to the brightest of scarlet and clear¬ 
est of blue? The trailing plants are thickly covered 
with clusters of flowers as shown in the above cut. 
If sown early and transplanted into beds as soon as 
hard frosts are past, they will give a rich profusion of 
bloom throughout the entire summer and until very 
severe frosts in autumn. The Verbena also makes 
one of the finest of green-house or window-garden 
plants. Everybody should raise a bed of them. 
TEN WEEKS STOCK. 
The Ten Weeks or Annual Stock possesses nearly 
all the qualities of a perfect dowering plant, having a 
good form, fine foliage, and producing an abundance 
of extremely fragrant flowers of various delicate tints. 
It is one of the most valuable for early, late, or winter 
blooming. The flowers are produced in splendid 
spikes, unsurpassed either for brilliancy, diversity of 
color, profusion or duration of bloom. It is alike val¬ 
uable for bedding, massing, edging, or for pot culture. 
The plants, when young, are sometimes attacked by 
the same striped flea-beetle that infests our cabbage 
plants and null require watching. 
clarkia. (see frontispiece.) 
The Clarkia is a well-known hardy annual usually 
producing beautiful rose or light purple flowers. It is 
a native of our own Northwest, having been first dis¬ 
covered by Captain Clarke on the shores of the Col¬ 
umbia River. The plant is of good form, as shown in 
the engraving above, growing usually from eight to 
twelve inches in height. It is perfectly hardy and may 
be sown in September and Avintered over with but lit¬ 
tle protection. However, it is usually soAvn in spring 
in a manner similar to other annuals and it will pro¬ 
duce a profusion of bloom from July to September. 
It requires a rather moist situation, and sometimes 
suffers during our hot, dry summers unless slightly 
shaded and watered. Since its first introduction, the 
Clarkia has greatly improved. The floAvers are iioav 
: AA'ice their original size. The greatest improvement 
in its varieties, however, was the production of the 
Dotjble Pure White which is shown on our first page. 
A packet of the seeds of this truly splendid flower 
Avill be presented to each of oar subscribers as a sup¬ 
plementary premium with the next (March) number 
of Seed-Time and Harvest. 
DWARF BRANCHING LARKSPUR. (DELPHINIUM.) 
DCUBLE CAMELLIA-FLOWERED BALSAM. 
