84 



NEW PLANTS, ETC., 



rich soil composed of loam and sandy peat. It is easily increased 

 by cuttings of the young shoots, and requires to be kept rather 

 dry in a cool part of the stove during the winter, but should be 

 grown in a cool airy part of the greenhouse during summer, 

 where it will flower from August to October. 



Although undoubtedly a fine species, it is only fit for growing 

 where there is plenty of room for its tops to spread. It will not 

 flower in a pot, and must therefore be planted in the open 



S round - Sept. 13, 1849. 



6. Trop^olum Smithii. De Cand., Prodr., i. 684. Bo- 

 tanical Magazine, t. 4385. Tropa?olum peregrinum, Lin- 

 nceus, Sp. Plant., ed. 2, p. 668. 



From Messrs. Veitch and Son, whose collector, Mr. William 

 Lobb, sent it from Peru. 



[Tropaeolum Smithii.] 



A climbing annual, with smooth dark green five-lobed leaves, 

 glaucous on the under side. The flowers grow singly from the 



