ANNUALS 



petals and the upper side of the leaves. I use 

 the Tom Thumb variety for Dwarf plants and 

 the Lobb's Nasturtiums where I desire climbing 

 or trailing plants. My two principal Nasturtium 

 beds have been arranged around old stumps, in 

 which the centre has been hollowed out and 

 filled with earth. The earth has also been dug 

 up about two feet wide around the base of the 

 stumps, and both in the stump itself and in the 

 ground about, I plant the Lobb's Nasturtium. 

 I also use the same species in open spaces in the 

 shrubbery border and in unoccupied parts of the 

 rose beds. I plant in the spring about six inches 

 apart, and an inch in depth, thinning out later to 

 a foot apart. Nasturtiums are said to do well in 

 poor soil and in partial shade. I have found 

 them to do best in good soil, and they absolutely 

 refuse to develop satisfactorily if planted too 

 thickly or are too close to other plants. A 

 bright-colored climbing nasturtium is a most 

 beautiful ornament amongst the rosebushes, if 

 allowed to climb at will over the branches. It 

 does not attain a height sufficient to interfere with 

 the roses until their period of bloom is about over. 

 The Lobb's Nasturtium may be planted beside a 

 trellis or a wall, in the ledges of the rocks, or on 



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