A Good Hint About Verbenas

Last sumrner I rnised about a thoueand seedlings, and I venture to say tlmt Illinois never witnessed such h gruud diorama of floral m::giiii!conce Dfcfor. I had uii'ing them ome thirty varieties vory (Vagra ut. 3ome of tbeno had tliat d-ilicious fragrauce that belongs to the 8weet Muy Fknvcr, the Traiüng Arbutiis of .New England. - I need i o', say th-it our oonrtty fi:ir honorcd iny cdleetioti with the highest premiums. They wefe tha duliglit and admiration of all. I 6ow the seed in the hot bed, in March, transplant ïnta a coU frame vhen tbe planta are a' out two inches high to raulM them Umirh and rugged, then removo them by May, to their final quarters. Tliis labor is done with the ease and facihty of setting s- niany cabbage8. Kuep the beds clean and the fabor is ïccomp'ished. Tho seed I gather mys.-lf, and oí course it gurminatts as q liukly ns grass seed. Tlie plants spring up by thoueands, aid grow with a vengeunce. Most lovers oí flowera are deterred froni obtaining an assortmont of Verbenas bccause our green houses impose Ftich a inoiif-trous tariff. These plaats can be grown (br fifty cents a dozen, while the usual fee i f rom twelvo and a half to twenty-five cen's piece. I will rot be troubled with the care of keeping over theso planta to propágate from euttings, hen I eau obtain such a brilliant outtit every vear fro:n choice seed8. I proposo another yoar, to excel in new and cboice variaties, every iloiiwt ij tho State. 1 discover that Verbenas grow best and show the finest co'ora on highly manured bordere. The rieher the ground the thicker the blossome. And what maguificeut bouquets you can iuuke from a good plantation of them. After my Tulip beds have done flowering, I pull off the leaves and set out Verbenas thus these spaces are covered the entire season. A few choice Phloses aud Gladiolis placed in your borders, do not interfere with vour planta and rather lieightens Jílidjipn Jrps.