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TROP^EOLUM azureum 



Blue Nasturtium. 





OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Balsaminaceje, § Tropj 

 TROPMOLUM. Supra vol. 9.fol 



* 



* _, fo^q^epartiUs : ^ *£%££*%£ £& 



integemmis 



^J*^. 7W/, in Chile. Appendix. LindL in Bot. Register, 



Miers 



sub t. 1547. 



Here is at last produced the bine Nasturtium, first men- 



tioned by Mr Miers, iu his travels iu Chili, the existence of 

 & S. been doubted, but which was met with ma„y vcars 

 aeo bv Mr Bridges on the mountain range, called the Cam- 

 ptna le .QofflotJf at a height gWg**"" X ha" 

 obtained alive by Messrs. Veitch ***** STStafflS 

 received for it the large silver medal of the Horticultural 



Society. 



It is a most remarkable plant, «■£**£«*££ X 

 wild state than it has yet been in cultivation, and a very 



able acquisition for Gardens. 



A few years since a Blue Nasturtium was classed in the 



same class of impossibilities as a H.ppognff or a Un>corn lor 



was expelled. It is true tha t^ th a 

 seemed to offer some difficulty in the way ^ o £ i 



tions. but it was alleged that the so-called yellow ) 



December 



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