NASTURTIUM (DWARF) 



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NASTURTIUM (DWARF) 



Trop(Eolu7n minus^ L. Tropceolacece. 



French^ Capucine petite. German^ Kleine Indianische Kresse. Italian, Nasturzio 

 caramindo minora. Spanish, Capuchina pequena. 



Native of Peru. — Annual. — A smaller plant than the preceding 

 kind ; the stem not so slender and not requiring support ; leaves 

 nearly round ; flowers yellow, with five petals, the three lower ones 

 especially marked with a purple spot ; seeds of the same shape as 



that of the Tall Nasturtium, but usually 

 smaller, more wrinkled, and browner. 

 Their germinating power lasts for five 

 years. Sometimes dwarf varieties of 

 the Tall Nasturtiums are confounded 

 with this species. 



The culture of Nasturtiums is of 

 the simplest. If sown during spring 

 and summer in the open ground where 

 the plants are to stand, they flower and 

 seed profusely in about two or three 

 months after sowing. The flowers are 

 used for garnishing salads. The flower- 

 buds and the seeds, while young and 

 tender, are pickled in vinegar and used 

 for seasoning, like Capers. For this 

 latter purpose the Dwarf Nasturtium is to be preferred, as it 

 flowers more abundantly than the Tall kind, and does not require 

 stakes or any other kind of support. 



Nasturtium (Dwarf) (j^ natural 

 size ; detached flower, \ natural 

 size). 



NASTURTIUM (TUBEROUS-ROOTED) 



TropcBolum tuberosum^ R. and P. Tropceolacece, 



French, Capucine tubereuse. German, Peruanische Knollen-Kresse. Flef?tishy 

 Knoll-kapucien. Spanish, Capuchina tuberculosa. 



Native of South America. — Perennial. — Roots tuberous, conical, 

 as large as a hen's egg, with scale-like swellings, yellow in 

 colour, striped with red, and pleasing in appearance ; stems 

 very branching, weak, about 3 ft. long ; leaves peltate, divided 

 into three or five blunt lobes ; leaf-stalks red ; flowers medium- 

 sized, with a long spur and rather small petals of a yellow 

 colour shaded with orange. The seeds seldom ripen in the 

 climate of Paris, and the plant is propagated from the tubers. 



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