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Leaf Canary- Bird Vine. 



major is a splendid variety for c]iinl)ing over fences, 

 and so forth, and its foliage is of 

 ranker growth. Of these three 

 varieties the dwarf seems most 

 satisfactory, as it requires the 

 least attention, takes the least 

 amount of space, and insures the 

 largest returns; with a hundi-ed 

 plants, carefully set out, one 

 should be able to gather a thou- 

 sand blossoms a day at the height of the season ; 

 this would not be possible with either of the other 

 varieties. 



TropCBohmi peregrin iim is a very near relative of 

 the nasturtium, and is a beautiful-leafed vine, with 

 rather small, pure yellow flowers ; from a fancied re- 

 semblance of the blossom to the canary, it is some- 

 times called canary-bird flower. The vine clim1)s by 

 means of the leaf stem, which develops a sort of 

 kink in the effort to catch on something and draw 

 itself upward. The leaf is deeply lobed, white- veined, 

 and of a soft, light-green color. The flower has five 

 petals, with the three lower ones fringed. The vine 

 is in bloom all summer. The water-cress {JVastur- 

 tiuw ofpeinale), whose botanical name is somewhat 

 misleading, is a member of the Mustard family, and 

 is therefore unrelated to our garden nasturtium. 



