VerbenasThis, the prince of bedders, everybody who has a garden
should have. Of endless variety, of almost all shades of color,
many strongly fragrant, they are universally grown in the old
world and the new. An ordinary soil will grow them. The only
favor they ask is fresh, new ground. In this, if allowed plenty
of room, they will flower from the first planting out until
early winter frosts. Among the hundreds now named in catalogues
at home and abroad, there are not twenty sorts notable for
perfection of habit, flower, color and profusion of bloom. Small
plants of a few inches in height are most certain to grow close
to the ground than large plants. The following are choice
standard varieties and most serviceable: White - Snowflake and
White Perfection; Blue - Turquoise and Azurea; Striped - Mœnitta
Coccinea and Madame Janvier; Scarlet - Fox Hunter, Mrs. Woodruff
and Illuminator; Crimsons - Crimson Perfection, Giant of the
Battle, and Brilliant de Valse; Rose and Pink - Celestial,
Pompadour, and Rosy Morn;