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latter are effective as edgings to beds, being neat 

 and compact and profuse bloomers, coming quickly 

 into flower, and keep up a display the whole 

 summer. The climbing kinds can be put to all 

 sorts of purposes, such as covering trellis work, or 

 verandah posts, or any ugly object that it is desired 

 to conceal. A temporary hedge, for instance, can 

 easily be made by giving them the support of a 

 row of pea- sticks to ramble over. All are natives 

 of S. America. 



T. adun'cum is the well-known Fringed Canary 

 Flower, Canary Creeper, or Canary -bird Flower. 

 As a rapid annual climber in sun or shade 

 it stands probably unrivalled, and can always 

 be depended upon to produce a constant 

 display of elegant pale yellow flowers through- 

 out the summer. Its exact habitat appears 

 uncertain, as it is found from Chili to 

 Mexico. 1810. Syns., T. peregri'num and 

 T. canarien'se. 



T. canarien f se. See T. aduncum. 



T. lobbidnum. This is another tall-growing 

 Nasturtium, having much larger flowers than 

 the former. It is easily distinguished by the 

 hairiness of the foliage which T. majus, though 

 very similar in other respects, is without. The 

 flowers are very varied, but are usually yellow 

 or orange, crimson or scarlet, or a mixture of 

 these. 1843. Golden Queen is a good strain 



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