176 TROPEOLUM TRICOLORUM. 
a 
May. Cole. Pamplin. ° 
Feet. Feet. Feet. 
Eriostemon buxifolium A Tae oo = #4 at 
cuspidatum . .« 5 
myoporoides . .| 24 
2 
2 
neriifolium . . aes ie — a 
2 
1 
2 
Euphorbia splendens . . . — — 5 2 
Franciscea augusta. . + . | *4% 4 — -- 
Gompholobium polymorphum , | *2 *2i 2h — 
barbigerum ss. 24 = a 
Genista racemosa . . . . — — 5 3 
Hovea Cela oe tie hacl at tole ite —— — 
Ixora coccinea. . . . . — *42 2 — 
CrOcatan jf wet we eh eee — *3 2. —- 
Leschenaultia formosa. . . Didier iD — — 
Baxteri major. 2 2 _— == 
Pimelea spectabilis. . . . | *83 3823 | *8 4 — 
laatawee ets ei eae — = ¥*32 22 
decussata. OL = 3 2 24° 2 
Hendersonii . . . —- — 1 1 
diosmefolia . . . 33 08h =~ — 
linitoliatme euiy Stier's — 2 2 —_— 
Polygala oppositifolia . .  . -- 3 2 34 24 
dalmaisianas ..) 3 22. — — 
acuminata, . . | *42 3 — — 
Stephanotis floribunda (trellis) F — — ay 14 
Tetratheca verticillata . . . —- ¥*3h 22 -- 
Tremandra verticillata. . . -- — eee 
Vinea rosea. . pets -- —- 2% 24 
Zichya villosa (trellis) « Ske _ —- 4 2 
TROPAZOLUM TRICOLORUM. 
BY A PRACTITIONER AND LONDON EXHIBITOR, 
Tris very pleasing to notice that this most lovely-flowering plant is now 
grown in a far more luxuriant condition than it was four or five years 
back. ‘The fine vigorous specimens shown at the London Exhibitions 
confirm this fact. This has been brought about principally by the 
following means: the plant has been considered very remarkable for 
its very slender, weakly stems, and in proportion to the vigour was the 
size and quantity of flowers. ‘This being ascertained, attempts were 
made to induce the stems to grow stronger and larger, by increasing 
the size and strength of the bulb. This has been effected as follows: 
instead of placing the bulbs, as usual, an inch or more within the soil, 
they are now placed so that the surface of each is bare, fully exposed 
to the light. By this means the bulbs swell and increase in an aston- 
ishing manner. During this rapid extension of the bulb, the plant does 
