THE LADIES' MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 203 
Melindres latifolia , and the crimson Verbena Tweediana. These two are 
the hardiest of all the Verbenas; and they and all the other plants jnst 
mentioned, if reared from cuttings made in June or July, the preceding 
year, and kept in a cold frame during winter, will come into flower 
the last week in April, or the first week in May, and will continue 
flowering till October. The pots in which they are kept should stand 
without saucers, and they should be well drained, by being filled nearly 
one-third of their depth with potsherds; they should be watered twice a 
day during hot weather, and once a day if the weather be cold ; and the 
flowers of the Verbenas should be pinched off as soon as they fade, but 
those of the Erysimum, the Iberis, and the Lobelia should be left. The 
flower-stalk of the Erysimum will continue to elongate itself during the 
whole summer, always having a cluster of bright orange flow T ers at its 
extremity, long after the lower flowers have fallen, and even after the 
lowest seed-pods have ripened. The plants should be set in the open air 
in May, and kept there till wanted. It may be here observed that the 
common Verbena Melin¬ 
dres , or chameedrifolia , is 
very tender, though its 
variety, V. M. latifolia , is 
the hardiest kind known ; 
and that the purple V. 
Arraniana and its varie¬ 
ties, and the pink V. in- 
cisa , are all rather tender. 
V. teucroides, which has 
white flowers, is tolerably 
hardy; but it has a coarse 
weedy habit, like V. veno- 
sa , and the other hardy 
purple or bluish kinds. 
The walks of the cir¬ 
cular garden shown in 
fig. 59 would look well, 
either of turf or gravel, 
if the edgings in the 
latter case were kept 
neatly trimmed and low; 
and the situation of the garden should be near the house, but below it, so 
that it may be looked down upon from the drawing-room windows; and 
if this cannot be managed, there should be some rising ground, or a 
terrace, near, where there should be a few seats, such as the Chinese porce- 
Fig. 60. 
THE CHINESE SEAT. 
