ANNUAL FLOWERS 



Annual flowers are very satisfactory garden crops. 

 The seed costs but little and the yield in beautiful blos- 

 soms follows soon after planting. Most of them can 

 be grown in such Kmited space that no one need lack 

 them even if a garden is not available. A box or a 

 barrel may be made to produce a host of blossoms. 

 There is space here to discuss only a few of the most 

 popular of these flowers. 



Nasturtiums 



Three common types of Nasturtiums are grown in 

 our gardens. The most popular of these, perhaps, is 

 the Dwarf Nasturtium, which has smooth, shiny leaves 

 and beautiful irregular flowers. 



The next in popularity is probably the Tall or 

 CHmbing Nasturtium, which differs from the Dwarf 

 chiefly in its climbing stems and larger habit. 



The third type is the Lobb's Nasturtium, which is 

 known at once by its hairy leaves and stems : it is also 

 a cHmbing sort. 



These Nasturtiums are aU natives of South America 

 and belong to the genus Tropoeolum. They are tender 

 annuals of the easiest culture and yield a profusion of 

 beautiful flowers, colored in tones of yellow, orange, 

 and red. 



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