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Ornamental Annual Climbing Flowei'S^ 



than that usually hestowed upon the morning glory or scar- 

 let runner. It is a desirable and pretty climber. 



L. vulgaris va?: albijfora. Synonyms : Ldblab bcnga- 

 lensis G. Don Dolichos bengalensis Jac. Differing only 

 in the color of the flowers from L. vulgaris. The two look 

 well trained up together. 



TropaS^olumjieregrinum, (Canary-bird flower.) Curious 

 as well as beautiful, this species of theTropac'olum, {Jig. 12,) 

 though introduced to England 

 as long since as 1775, is yet 

 scarcely known out of rare and 

 choice colleciions of plants. It 

 a native of Peru, and is called 

 Malla by the Indians, and Pax- 

 aritos Amarillos^ that is, yellow- 

 birds, by the Spaniards, proba- 

 bly from the slight resemblance 

 of the form of tlie flower to the 

 canary. It has been cultivated 

 from time immemorial, as an or- 

 namental climber, in the gar- 

 dens of Lima and other cities 

 of Peru. The habit of the 

 plant is slender, somewhat re- 

 sembling the common nasturti- 

 um, though far more delicate, 

 and the flowers are deep yellow, 

 of the singular form represented 

 in the engraving; these are pro- 

 duced in unusual abundance, 

 and as the plant catches here 

 and there on the trellis, its gold- 

 Tropccoiumpcregrinum. (,„ blossoms depend iu graceful 

 and copious wreaths. It is figured in Mrs. Loudon's Fl. 

 Gard. of Ornamental Annuals^ pi. 21. 



The management of this species is by no means diflicult. 

 The seeds rise freely if planted in a pot and placed in a 

 slight bottom heat. It is not, however, very sate to expose 

 them in the open ground, unless late in May, and then not 

 without some fear of failure. Wlien an inch or two high, 

 they should be potted elf singly, still keeping them in the 

 hotbed or l>ame till they are well rooted, Avhen they may 

 be hardened off by gradual exposure to the air, and may 



