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varieties of Tropceolum majus ; so constantly do they 

 change, that each year, as newer seedlings are produced, 

 the older are forgotten and lost. All are well worthy of 

 cultivation, and some of the varieties should be in every 

 garden. We have seen a double variety, but it was evi- 

 dently a mere sport, which was only propagated and pre- 

 served as a curiosity in a collection ; the colors were con- 

 fused, and the blossom destitute of beauty. 



We pass now to the varieties of Tropceolum minus, being 

 those comprised in our last class, and seemingly only 

 reduced specimens of Tropceolum majus. We have seen it 

 stated that this variety was introduced before Tropceolum 

 majus, but we believe the best authorities agree on the 

 latter being the oldest known variety. Be this as it may, 

 both were known in Europe at a very early period. The 

 plants of Tropceolum minus, and its varieties, may always 

 be distinguished from those of Tropceolum majus, and its 

 varieties, by the leaves ; in the former, the nerves of the 

 leaves always end in a point, which is never the case with 

 those of the latter. 



Teopjeolum Lobbianttm, sometimes called T. peltopho- 

 rum. One of the very finest ; first collected by Mr. Lobb, 

 in Columbia. A rampant grower, and free flowerer in the 



