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employed, while the brightness of the blossoms makes 

 a very attractive whole. 



The tall varieties make effective beds when pegged 

 down, as the plants root wherever they touch the 

 ground and send up flower shoots. Usually, however, 

 they are grown on strings or trellises. The latter is 

 a troublesome method, as they must be fastened to 

 their support with strings. They are not climbers, 

 but trailers, and have no tendrils or other means of 

 attaching themselves to their support. 



The finest bed of Nasturtiums I have seen is an 

 elevated one built around a pipe which brings water 

 from a distance. Some of the water not much 

 reaches them, and they are given little, if any, atten- 

 tion, but in their elevated bed they grow luxuriantly, 

 trailing over the sides of the ground and showing 

 a brilliant mass of flowers until cut down by frost. 

 Usually the Nasturtium receives too much water, and 

 produces quantities of rank, lush foliage instead of 

 flowers. 



The new Nasturtium, Sunlight, is one of the finest 

 varieties brought out in years a pure, clear, golden 

 yellow without any markings and of fine size. Its 

 companion, Moonlight, is a pale cream, almost white, 

 showing wine-coloured markings in the throat. For 

 mixed varieties the hybrids of Madame Gunther are 

 the most desirable, and the new Chameleon shows a 

 variety of different coloured flowers on the same stem. 



