35° ALPINE FLOWERS. Part II. 



and the like, it forms a charming addition to the select spring 

 garden, and is equally useful for rockwork, borders, or edgings. 

 Triteleia {Leucocoryne) alliacea is a nearly allied plant, but 

 scarcely so ornamental ; it will thrive under similar circum- 

 stances. 



TROP^OLUM ^OJSrS^-ZUJOM..— Yellow Rock T. 



A VERY distinct-looking subject, whether in or out of flower ; 

 the- leaves glaucous, almost rue-like in tone, and orbicular in 

 outline, but cut into ten -or eleven divisions or leaflets, which 

 overlap each other. These leaves are densely crowded on a 

 stem a quarter of an inch thick, at least when the plant is well 

 grown ; and when planted on a warm sunny rockwork, the stems 

 creep about, snake-like, through the vegetation around, some to 

 three or four feet in length. The flowers are a deep yellow, and 

 produced as freely as the leaves. It is a tuberous-rooted kind, 

 quite hardy in dry situations on rockwork and sunny banks, 

 • where it should not be often disturbed ; springs up early, and 

 dies down at the end of summer. It is very well grown by 

 Mr. James Atkins, of Painswick. A native of the Cordilleras 

 of Chih. 



TE0P.a30LUM SB'EClOSUyL.— Brilliant Nasturtium. 



A SPLENDID creeping plant, with long amd elegant annual shoots, 

 gracefully clothed with six-lobed leaves, from the axils of which 

 spring such brilliant vermilion flowers that a long shoot of the 

 plant is startlingly effective, especially if seen wandering alone 

 among Ivy leaves, or among verdure of any kind. It has been 

 introduced a considerable time from South America, but, notwith- 

 standing its graceful beauty and perfect hardiness, is but very 

 little grown or known, especially in Southern England. It is 

 impossible to find anything more worthy of a position in which 

 its shoots may fall over or climb up the face of some high rock or 

 bank in the rock-garden — or some open spot in the hardy fernery, 

 or of any other position in which its peculiar beauty may be seen 

 to fuU advantage. I never saw it more beautiful than when 

 it was clambering through evergreen shrubs, nailed against terrace 

 walls in Scotland. It enjoys a deep, rich, and rather moist soil, 

 apparently flourishing best in cool moist places, or in those near 

 the sea, and not so well in a dry atmosphere. No pains should 

 be spared to establish this plant in a vigorous condition. When 



