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THE SCHOOL GARDEN BOOK 



commonly said to form the perianth. As a rule, in the lily 

 family there is little distinction between the parts which are 

 commonly called the perianth segments, although for popular 

 garden use it would seem to be justifiable to call them petals. 

 The parts of the flower are. clearly seen in any lily in which 

 two of the segments have been removed to show the stamens 

 and pistil in the centre of the blossom. 



NASTURTIUMS 



The nasturtiums are justly favorites with many flower 

 lovers. They are especially notable for the richness and 

 beauty of their colors, and are so easily grown that any one 

 with the smallest bit of ground available can easily have a 

 beautiful display of blossoms. Mr. Schuyler Mathews says 

 there is always some influence of yellow in the nasturtium 

 blossom, but it requires the experienced eye of the artist to 

 see it in many of the wonderful reds the flower displays. 

 Scarlet, salmon, lilac, pink, bronze, brown, gold, orange, 

 yellow all these and many bewildering modifications of 

 these do the nasturtiums give us in glowing tones which are 

 a delight to the color-loving eye. They give their blossoms 

 with a profusion that can only be realized by one who will 

 patiently count the flowers as they appear from day to day. 

 A bed six by twenty feet filled with the dwarf varieties will 

 yield a thousand blossoms a day. 



The nasturtiums belong to the genus Tropceolum, of 

 which more than a dozen species are known. Only three 

 or four of these, however, are commonly cultivated. The 

 Dwarf, or Tom Thumb Nasturtiums, belong to the species 

 called Tropceolum minus. The Tall, or Climbing Nastur- 



