from time to time, as they are very subject to the attack of 
thrip and greenfly. The lights should be kept off in all fine 
weather but put on during rain, giving, however, air at the 
same time. In this state they will flourish very well, and 
blooms can always be depended upon. This is not the case 
when grown in the open air, as one shower of rain will com¬ 
pletely destroy the hopes of an exhibitor. 
The varieties now figured are, Thackeray (fig. 1), a shaded 
rosy purple, with large white eye and broad purple ring round 
the eye, very distinct and showy; Decorator (fig. 2), a brilliant 
crimson with white eye, a fine blossom, and good in most 
points; and Blue Beauty , (fig. 3) a very deep blue, several shades 
deeper than Mrs. Moore , with large pure white eye, and very 
beautiful. They are in the hands of Mr. W. Bull, of Chelsea, 
who proposes letting them out this spring, together with Anni- 
hilator , Countess of Bradford , Countess of Aylesford , Cheerful , 
Loveliness , Queen of Prussia , Bapliael , Spark , The Palace , and 
Unique , all these being of Mr. Perry’s raising. 
While writing on new Verbenas, we cannot forbear alluding 
to another variety, Foxhunter , a magnificent scarlet flower, 
raised by our friend Mr. Millar, of Upway, near Dorchester, 
which all regard as the finest Verbena of the year, and which 
Mr. Low, of Clapton, intends introducing to the public next 
May. 
