Plate 506 . 
TROPSEOLUM — MINNIE WARREN. 
The value of the Tropseolum has long been recognised, and 
its usefulness appreciated in various circumstances. Some of 
the species are admirably adapted for running over trellises, 
others form excellent beds ; their freedom of growth, the vivid 
green of their foliage, the brightness of their scarlet flowers 
produced in great profusion, all tending to make them popular. 
Again, they are admirably suited for ribbon borders, whether 
scarlet or yellow ; in fact there are few flowers which are more 
generally useful, while the greenhouse species, especially tricolor 
and Jarratii, are invariably appreciated. 
Amidst the infinite variety to which plants are subject, that 
of foliage is not the least remarkable, and the Tropseolum has 
also exhibited this tendency. Mr. Charles Turner, of the Royal 
Nursery, Slough, last season distributed a very pleasing variety 
called Ockreleuca, the foliage of which is of a pleasing yellow 
colour ; we have seen it employed this season in various ways, 
but especially as a yellow ribbon border, and it was one of the 
most effective plants we have seen this summer. The plant 
which we now figure is of an entirely different character ; it is, 
as will be seen, exceedingly dwarf of character, the ground colour 
is green, blotched, and broadly edged with pale cream, very 
constant in its variegation, and never produces blossoms ; and 
