. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. ny that now get certificates;but people soon tire of uncertain flowers ;and those which are more to be dependedupon, but infinitely worse in their best statethan some that are absolutely rejected, arepertinaciously retained. Let us take tworival flowers very much in point, EssexTriumph and Admiral Stopford : there is nocomparison between them in the excellence ofthe flowers when both are at their best ; butAlmiral Stopford, which is infinitely the bestflower, will scarcely yield one perfect to theothers twenty, a
. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. ny that now get certificates;but people soon tire of uncertain flowers ;and those which are more to be dependedupon, but infinitely worse in their best statethan some that are absolutely rejected, arepertinaciously retained. Let us take tworival flowers very much in point, EssexTriumph and Admiral Stopford : there is nocomparison between them in the excellence ofthe flowers when both are at their best ; butAlmiral Stopford, which is infinitely the bestflower, will scarcely yield one perfect to theothers twenty, and it will tire many, and hastired many, till it is fairly driven out ofnumerous collections. But really, growersought to be a little considerate before theythrow away a flower that is good now andthen ; we would almost grow a hedge row ofan uncertain but good variety of anything,rather than be without it in a show ; there is nodoubt but that fine blooms of many flowerslong since discarded would greatly aid a manwho is putting up twenty-four blooms. TKOPiEOUJM PECKEUTANUM. 193. TROP^EOLUM DECKERIANUM. Tropceolum Deckerianum, Karsten (DeckersIndian Cress).—Tropaeolaceae § Tropseolege. This very singular species of Indian cresshas been introduced to the gardens of Berlin,by Dr. Karsten, and is one of the subjectsrecently published in his elegant work on theplants of Venezuela, met with during histravels. We have not seen the plant, butfrom Dr. Karstens figure, executed in a waywhich would lead us to put faith in its details,it appears to be a very distinct species; itsflowers very singularly compounded of thecolours red, blue, and green. The slender, compressed, two-furrowedstems and branches of this elegant plant,creep along the surface of the ground, orclimb over the bushes and herbaceous plantsof a shrubby kind which are found at theoutskirts of the woods, and on the banks ofstreams and rivers, throwing out roots where-50. ever a damp soil is favourable to their nourish-men
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