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TBOP^OLUM continued. 



T, lobbia'num continued. 



with bright golden flowers. Lilliput has dls* 

 tinctly smaller flowers, and vary, some being 

 spotted. Elegans, or Crystal Palace Scarlet, 

 is orange-scarlet. Ful'gens has scarlet flowers 

 and very dark leaves. Napoleon III. is yellow 

 with brown spots. Spitfire has vermilion 

 flowers and purplish-green leaves. 



There is a new form called hedercefolium or 

 Ivy-leaved, the foliage of which resembles the 

 Ivy in shape, the scarlet or orange flowers 

 being rather small, but graceful. Introduced 

 1843. 



T. ma! jus, the typical Nasturtium or Indian Cress, 

 is the smooth foliaged variety. In other respects 

 it is like T. Lobbianum, and of equally vigorous 

 growth, attaining 6 to 8 ins. in the season. 

 The colours vary in the same way from deep 

 crimson, scarlet, orange, and yellow to almost 

 white, some with markings on them, others 

 whole coloured. Peru, 1686. 



T. mi'nus or na'num and Tom Thumb forms are 

 dwarf little bushes, which come into flower 

 very soon after planting, and are consequently 

 very popular. The colours vary greatly, as in 

 the tall-growing kinds, and are given separate 

 names in seedsmen's catalogues ; one of the best 

 known is Coccin'eumfo'lius au'reus, which has 

 scarlet flowers and golden-green foliage ; while 



