PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 89 



Winter Culture. Varieties. THE TROP/EOLUM, OR NASTURTIUM : 

 Varieties. Soil. Culture. Varieties of the small Nasturtium. Win- 

 dow Culture. 



THE GERANIUM. 



, NDER this head, we propose to treat 

 of the plants usually known, in com- 

 mon parlance, as Geraniums, includ- 

 ing both those horticulturally and 

 botanically known as such, and Pelar- 

 goniums. Between these there are 

 many minute and fanciful distinc- 

 tions ; the principal seems to be, the 

 geranium has no nectary ; the pelar- 

 gonium has a nectary adhering to the 

 peduncle. For window gardening, their treatment must 

 be the same. 



For the pelargoniums, we are chiefly indebted to the 

 Cape of Good Hope ; the geranium is found, in some of its 

 varieties, in Asia, Europe, and America ; two of the family, 

 our " wild geraniums," being familiar to us all as among 

 the wild flowers of spring. 



The scarlet, or horse-shoe geranium, so called from the 

 color of its flowers, and the dark marking of its leaves, is 

 a very common and popular window plant. The rose, oak, 



