Plate 199 
LAPAGEBXA ALBA, 
Many years have not elapsed since the Messrs. Veitch, of 
Chelsea and Exeter, received from their collector in Chili, Mr. 
Pearce, the beautiful climber Lap ag evict rosea , which, to the 
character of being one of the most exquisite climbers known, 
added the most desirable requisite of being a greenhouse plant, 
and hence has soon established itself in all the best collections 
in the country. Nothing can exceed the beauty of its lovely, 
soft, rosy-coloured bells, as they hang in profusion from the 
roof, while, as we have seen it exhibited as a pot plant, trailed 
on a trellis, it was almost equally beautiful. 
About two years since, on the same day that Mr.Veitch exhi¬ 
bited the magnificent Lilium auratum , the splendid plant which 
we now figure was also shown, under the name of Lapag evict 
rosea , var. albifiova. It had been also discovered by Mr. Pearce 
in the same country, and sent home by him. The name has since 
been altered to Lctpagevia alba , and we do not doubt that it will 
ere long be as largely cultivated and as widely grown as the 
rose-coloured variety. 
There are some few things necessary for the successful cul¬ 
ture of both these plants. They are impatient of bad drainage, 
and therefore ought to have extra good drainage, while some 
lumps of charcoal in the soil, about the size of a walnut, tend 
to secure this. This soil should consist of loam and peat in 
about equal proportions, and some leaf mould and silver sand 
may be added, but no manure. They should have plenty of 
space for the roots, and therefore succeed best when planted out, 
although for three or four years they will succeed very well as 
pot plants. They also rejoice in a light house, although they do 
not like the scorching rays of the sun. Although impatient of 
