368 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
turtium, which are all beautiful and are very showy when 
trained together on a trellis or wall. The variety 7 
Scheuermani has straw-colored flowers with brown spots, 
and straw-colored flowers blotched and streaked with 
scarlet. TZ. coccinium, with scarlet flowers; Z. nigro pur- 
pureum, with dark blackish-purple flowers; and 7. atrosan- 
guineum, with dark-crimson flowers, are all fine. These 
are some of the more distinct varieties of this species, 
but almost every variety of shade of their colors may be 
found in plants from the seeds of these sorts, as they vary 
very much; oftentimes the flowers will be different on the 
same plant. . All are annual, and are propagated either by 
seeds, which are freely produced, or by cuttings of half- 
ripened wood, which will root freely in sand. 
T. Lobbiénum, was first collected by Mr. Lobb, in Co- 
lumbia; a rampant grower, and free-flowerer in the green- 
house, but does not succeed so well in the open ground; 
color of the flowers, bright orange-scarlet. It strikes 
freely from cuttings, but produces seed sparingly. 
T. minus.—Dwarf Nasturtium.—More than thirty va- 
rieties of this species are named in the European cata- 
logues, and possess various habits ; some very dwarf, others 
vigorous tall-growing plants, with every variety of color 
and shade of yellow, orange, sulphur, straw, creamy- 
white, scarlet, crimson, and dark-puce; shaded, blotched, 
and striped, most elegantly, with darker shades and 
colors. Carter’s Tom Thumb varieties are dwarf, suitable 
for bedding-plants, and are yellow, orange, and scarlet, 
very rich shades without stripes or spots. There is also 
Catell’s new Dwarf Crimson, very fine, and Dennett’s 
new Orange and Spotted. One of the finest new Scarlet 
varieties is Crystal Palace Gem. 
The following varieties, described by E. S. Rand, Esq., 
Chairman of the Flower-Committee of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society, were my seedlings: — 
