Plate 86. 
INDIAN CRESS “ECLIPSE.” 
Tropceolum Lobbianum , var . 
The modern style of gardening has led to the introduction 
and extended use of many flowers which a few years ago we 
should hardly have considered ever likely to occupy a promi¬ 
nent position in the flower-garden: amongst these are the vari¬ 
eties of Tropceolum or Indian Cress, the species called Lob¬ 
bianum having afforded three or four distinct strains , the dwarf 
varieties of which are exceedingly useful for long borders, or in¬ 
deed for beds, as the frequenters of the Crystal Palace and 
Loyal Horticultural Society’s gardens last summer must have 
witnessed. 
The variety which we have now the pleasure of placing be¬ 
fore our friends is one of an exceedingly interesting character, 
and was raised by that veteran florist, Richard deadly, Esq., of 
Stapleford, near Cambridge, one who has for many years held 
a very high position as a raiser of seedling florists’ flowers; 
many of his Auriculas, Carnations, Picotees, and Tulips, ranking 
amongst the very best of their race, and we believe in the pre¬ 
sent instance he has raised another which will still further add 
to his fame as a skilful and judicious hybridizer. We are in¬ 
debted to him for the following information:— “Eclipse was raised 
from Elegans , fertilized by pollen from Brilliant. I raised a 
large number of seedlings, but this flower was so superior to all 
the others, although many were fine, that I destroyed them, 
only retaining this, which was the ornament and pride of my 
garden last autumn, being more brilliant than the best scarlet 
Geraniums. The eye rested upon it as soon as you entered my 
garden.* As a bedding Tropceolum , it is far beyond all others; 
it is as dwarf in growth as any we have, and is a mass of bloom 
* This we can certify to be always a blaze of brilliancy and beauty. 
