VII. LIST OF FLOWERS. 



from the seed, by proceeding in the same manner as 



for the hyacinth. The most common way, however, is 



to buy of the seedsmen such bulbs as are wanted j blow 



them the first year in pots or in glasses for the house, 



and, the next year, plant them out in the borders, or in 



beds by themselves - } this latter being the best way, be- 



cause then, by making use of the proper soil, which should 



be a good light hazel mould, mixed with a little perfectly 



rotten cow-dung, you preserve your bulbs from degene- 



rating so fast as they will if turned out into the borders. 



Take them up every third year, to take off the offsets, 



and bring these on in a bed composed of the same mix- 



ure as that recommended for the flowering bulb. In 



ots, use the same mixture, or put a little sand with it ; 



and, in glasses, do the very same as for the Hyacinth. 



There are common varieties sold by the florists for the 



ipen borders, which manage as you do the tulip and other 



lulbs so planted. 



500. NASTURTIUM, the tall.Lzt. Tr&pceolum majus. 

 Tr. Capucine des jardins. A plant from Peru which may 

 >e trained to the height of ten or twelve feet, and blows 

 an orange coloured flower during the summer and part of 

 the autumn. The single flowered sort is annual, and, 

 >eing sowed in the spring, in a light soil and exposed to 

 the sun, will afterwards sow itself. The double flowered is 

 perennial, propagated by cuttings, and kept in a house. 

 n the winter exposed to the sun as much as possible, 

 ind watered but little. There is a dwarf kind which 

 makes a pretty show in the front part of borders or in 





