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l(enaissaiice  of  tl|e  Yerbena. 
ITH  affectionate  reminiscences  for 
what,  more  particularly  in  the 
thirties,  forties,  and  fifties,  was  con¬ 
sidered  to  be  the  queen  of  bedding 
plants,  it  is  with  unfeigned  plea¬ 
sure  that  I  observe  there  is  a  growing 
revival  of  the  Verbena.  My  initia¬ 
tory  acquaintance  with  the  then  leading 
varieties  was  upwards  of  half  a  century 
ago,  and  there  was  no  greater  favourite  of  the 
parterre  with  me  than  the  Verbena.  Change  is 
the  fashion  of  the  day,  but  the  decadence  of  the 
Verbena,  whether  as  a  flower  garden  plant,  pot 
plant,  or  as  a  florists’  flower,  can  hardly  he 
ascribed  to  that  fickle  jade,  but  rather  to  a 
deterioration  of  its  co  stitution  through  over- 
propagation,  and  thus  rendered  it  more  amenable 
to  disease,  similar  in  effect  to  that  of  the  Holly¬ 
hock.  Thanks,  however,  to  the  hybridist,  and  to 
a  careful  selection  of  the  seedling  plants,  combined 
with  a  generous  cultivation,  the  Verbena  has  not 
yet  bicome  alienated  from  our  gardens. 
Where  it  is  not  competent  to  perpetuate  named 
varieties  for  bedding-out  purposes,  seedling  plants 
from  carefully  produced  seed  afford  a  pleasing 
feature  by  their  multiform  coloration  and  the  soft 
fragrance  with  which  they  are  sure  to  be  more 
or  less  endowed.  There  is  no  other  habitue  of  the 
flower  garden  that  possesses  so  many  attributes  as 
the  Verbena;  it  has  a  most  accommodating  habit 
of  growth  and  multiform  shades  of  coloration, 
eclipsing  its  compeer,  the  “  bedding  ”  Pelargoniums, 
and  which  is,  perhaps,  a  venturous  assertion  to 
make,  considering  the  manifold  attributes  of  the 
latter,  and  no  bedding  plant  has  withstood  the  test 
of  time  longer  than  the  good  old  Purple  King,  for 
instance.  Years  ago,  too,  the  Verbena  was  largely 
cultivated  in  pots  for  the  decoration  of  the  green¬ 
house  and  exhibition,  and  by  a  judicious  selection 
of  strong  and  healthy  young  plants,  liberal  treat¬ 
ment  at  the  roots,  and  due  attention  to  stopping 
and  training  the  shoots,  very  fine  specimens  may 
be  secured.  To  see  a  greenhouse  from  50  to  100 
feet  long  staged  full  of  specimen  plants  flowering 
No.  2696.— VoL.  CII.,  Old  Series. 
No.  1010.— VoL.  XL.,  Third  Serihs. 
