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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Tropeolum—continued. 
Fig. 110. PORTION OF FLOWERING STEM OF TROPZOLUM 
MAJUS. 
undulated or lobed. Peru, 1686. Hardy annual. The flowers 
and young leaves are frequently used in salads, and the former 
also for garnishing. If gathered when young and quite green, 
Fic. 111. TROPMOLUM MAJUS ATROPURPUREUM NANUM, showing 
Habit, detached Flower, and Leaf. 
the fruits make an agreeable pickle. In certain conditions of 
atmosphere, the flowers have the power of emitting electric 
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Tropzolum—continued. 
sparks in the evening. See Fig. 110. (B. M. 23.) There are very 
many varieties of this species, including atropurpureum nanum 
(see Fig. 111; F. d. S. 1286), a dwarf sort, known in gardens as 
Tom THUMB; atrosanguineum (B. M: 3375; P. M. B. i. 176; 
S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 204), a form with dark blood-coloured flowers ; 
and numerous double-fiowered forms of which, perhaps, GRANDI- 
FLORUM PLENISSIMUM, double yellow, with a deep maroon 
blotch at the base of each petal, and HERMINE GRASHOFF 
(Gn. xx. 398), with scarlet flowers, are two of the best. A few 
of the finest dwarf kinds are: EMPRESS OF INDIA, bright crim- 
son; GOLDEN KING, golden-yellow; KING or ToM THUMBs, 
scarlet ; KinG THEODORE, very dark; PEARL, creamy-white ; 
Rupy KING, rosy-scarlet. A Tom THUMB form, with golden 
leaves, is represented in Fig. 112. 
Fic. 113. TROPHOLUM TRICOLORUM, showing Habit and Portion 
of detached Flowering Stem. W 
T. minus (smallest). Small Indian Cress or Nasturtium. /. deep 
yellow, streaked with orange and red ; petals each ending in a 
bristle-like point. June tø October. l. somewhat repand. Peru, 
1596. Hardy annual. This resembles 7. majus, but is mùch 
smaller and weaker. The fruits, being smaller, are preferred to 
those of T. majus as a substitute for capers. (B. M. 98.) 
T. Moritzianum (Moritz). fl., spur dirty yellow, greenish towards 
the apex, straight; petals yellow, the upper ones margined and 
nerved with cinnabar-red, incised-ciliat July. 1. peltate, 
seven-lobed, transversely truncate at base, glabrous; lobes 
rounded, obsoletely mucronate. Caraccas, 1839. Greenhouse. 
(B. v. 221; B. M. 3844; P. M. B. viii. 199.) 
T. pendulum (pendulous). /. pendulous; calyx yellow, the spur 
straight; petals yellow, spathulate, the two upper ones marked 
with parallel, red lines and a dingy violet spot, the three lower 
ones self-coloured. July. Z. peltate, glaucous beneath, rounded- 
truncate at base ; lobes five, the middle one mucronate. Branches 
terete. Central America, 1852. Greenhouse. 
P, EATE rama (five-leaved). Five-fingered Indian Cress. 
Jl, calyx dull purple, lłin. long, the limb greenish, marked with 
deep purple within; petals bright vermilion, small, roundish, 
sub-unguiculate ; peduncles 4in. long, solitary, axillary. June 
and July. J, about 2in. across, digitate, of five oblong, entire, 
petiolulate, soft, glabrous, spreading leaflets; petioles purple, 
2in. long, twisted like tendrils. Stem purple, slender, greatly 
elongated, slightly twisted, branched. Root a large, oblong 
tuber. Buenos Ayres, 1829, Half-hardy. (B. M. 3190.) Syn. 
Chymocarpus pentaphyllus, 
T. peregrinum (exotic).* Canary-bird Flower; Canary Creeper. 
Jl., petals yellow, scarcely longer than the calyx, the two upper 
ones lobed, mucronate, the three lower ones smaller, fringed ; 
spur hooked, about the length of the upper petals. June to 
October. Z. peltate-nerved, somewhat kidney-shaped, five to 
seven-lobed ; lobes entire, mucronate. Peru and Mexico, 1810. 
Hardy annual or greenhouse perennial. (A. B. R. 597; B. M. 
1351; B. R. 718; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 134.) Syn. T. aduncum. 
T. pinnatum (pinnate-flowered). fl. pinnate; petals yellow, 
wedge-shaped, toothed at the apex. June to November. /. some- 
what peltate; lobes obtuse, unequal. Hybrid, raised in 1800. 
Greenhouse. (A. B. R. 535.) 
T. polyphyllum (many-leaved).* Yellow Rock Indian Cress. 
f., calyx with an attenuated spur; petals yellow, longer than the 
calyx, obcordate, the. upper ones obovate, sessile, the lateral 
lower ones emarginate, che “»June. l, leaflets ten to twelve, 
digitate, fleshy, oblong, entire, middle one trifid. Chili, 1827. 
Plant prostrate. Hardy. (B. M. 4042; F. d. S. 2066; G. C. n. s., 
Fig. 112. TROPÆOLUM MAJUS NANUM COCCINEUM FOLIIS-AUREIS. 
xx., p. 241; P. M. B. x. 175.) 
