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Leaf Canary-Bird Vine. 



major is a splendid variety for climbing over fences, 

 and so forth, and its foliage is of 

 ranker growth. Of these three 

 varieties- the dwarf seems most 

 satisfactory, as it requires the 

 least attention, takes the least 

 amount of space, and insures the 

 largest returns ; with a hundred 

 plants, carefully set out, one 

 should be able to gather a thou- 

 sand blossoms a day at the height of the season ; 

 this would not be possible with either of the other 

 varieties. 



TropoBolum peregrinum is a very near relative of 

 the nasturtium, and is a beautiful-leafed vine, with 

 rather small, pure yellow flowers ; from a fancied re- 

 .semblance of the blossom to the canary, it is some- 

 times called canary-bird flower. The vine climbs by 

 means of the leaf stem, which develops a sort of 

 kink in the effort to catch on something and draw 

 itself upward. The leaf is deeply lobed, white-veined, 

 and of a soft, light-green color. The flower has five 

 petals, with the three lower ones fringed. The vine 

 is in bloom all summer. The water-c;-ess (Nastur- 

 tiimi officinale), whose botanical name is somewhat 

 misleading, is a member of the Mustard family, and 

 is therefore unrelated to our garden nasturtium. 



