CHAPTEK YIII. 



JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST. 

 Nasturtium to Parple-floivering Raspberry. 



Nasturtium or ^HE nasturtium is perliaps one of the 

 Indian Cress, most satisfactory of all the garden an- 

 ^ nuals ; it produces an immense num- 



ber of flowers with a small amount of attention from 

 the gardener, and it withstands 

 drought and the intense heat of 

 midsummer better than any other 

 denizen of the garden. The flower 

 comes to us from South America, 

 chiefly from Peru and Chili. No 

 wonder that it is well adapted to a 

 climate subject to hot waves and 

 drought. Although the fruit is 

 pickled, and finds its way to our 

 tables as an agreeable condiment, 

 the flowers oftener appear there as ^- ^''""^ ""°''^- 

 a midsummer decoration. What a glory of color it 

 brings us I — golden yellow, palest straw-color, the 



