liant mass of flower, and the flowers stand well up above the 
foliage. In colour it is brighter than Eclipse, or any sort 
already out, for comparisons have been made for that purpose.” 
While the Tropaeolum is valuable as a bedding plant, it has 
also other advantages. Cuttings struck early in the summer 
make very nice plants for pot-culture, growing rapidly, and 
blooming freely during the winter months. We have some 
plants of Eclipse , which, although struck late, are now, during 
the dull v r eather of December, daily opening their brilliant 
scarlet blossoms. When planted out they grow very freely, 
requiring a light hut rich soil, and the bed or ribbon (for they 
are used for both) should be carefully gone over every few 
days, removing superfluous shoots, and training the larger 
ones; the dwarf habit, however, of Eclipse and Ball of Fire 
render this a less needful matter than with some of the older 
varieties. 
The very correct drawing of Mr. Andrews renders any further 
description unnecessary. He has endeavoured to give an idea 
of its free-blooming character, but it is impossible to correctly 
portray its great brilliancy of colour; we are convinced, how¬ 
ever, that it will prove as great a favourite next season as 
Eclipse has been during the present one. 
