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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Does best in partial shade. The perennial species are four. 
T. pentaphyllum is a native of Buenos Ayres, has tuberous 
roots, purplish stems and crimson and purple flowers. T. 
polyphyllum (Yellow Indian Cress) is a trailing Chilian species 
with tuberous roots, glaucous foliage, and yellow flowers 
spotted with red. T. speciosum (Flame Flower) comes from 
Chili, has downy slender stems and brilliant scarlet flowers 
borne in late summer. This beautiful climber is seen to the 
best advantage clothing the walls of cottages, etc., in Scot- 
land and in many parts of Ireland. The other species is T. tube- 
rosum, a native of Peru, tuberous-rooted, and bearing lovely 
scarlet and yellow flowers in late summer. With regard to the 
culture of these beautiful climbers, the annual species may 
be raised from seeds sown in the open ground in April, or in 
heat in March, and the seedlings planted out in May. Re- 
member that T. majus (Tall Nasturtium) and T. lobbianum 
require a sunny position, and T. aduncum (Canary Creeper) 
a partially shaded one. Ordinary soil will suffice. In addition 
to growing the foregoing on walls and fences, they may also 
be grown at the base of evergreen shrubs, and allowed to 
scramble as they please among the branches, in this way 
producing a pretty effect when in blossom. The Tall Nastur- 
tium also looks very attractive when its shoots are allowed to 
trail over slopes or rocks. The perennial tuberous-rooted kinds 
especially T. pentaphyllum, which grows 8 to ioft. high, may 
be grown on a sunny trellis or pergola, and T. polyphyllum 
and T. tuberosum on a large sunny rockery or bank, where 
their shoots can ramble at will. The tubers of T. penta- 
phyllum and T. polyphyllum should be planted in loam and 
leaf-mould in April ; plant them 6in. deep. Those of T. tube- 
rosum should be planted at the same time, but in ordinary, not 
over rich soil. The latter should be lifted in October and 
stored in sand in a frost-proof place, but those of the other 
species may be left in the ground, merely protecting the soil 
with a mulch of littery manure in winter. T. speciosum is 
rather dainty about its requirements. In the first place, the 
site must be a cool one, such as the base of a north wall, or 
on the northern side of an evergreen hedge. The soil must 
also be moist and be composed of two parts good sandy loam 
and one part of equal proportions of peat, leaf-mould and sand. 
The fleshy roots should be planted 6in. deep in March. For 
the first year or so the growth will be very slow, but once the 
plants get established they will grow and flower most pro 
fusely. Great patience is needed in the culture of this plant. 
Each autumn mulch the bed with a thin layer of rotten manure. 
When grown against a wall a trellis should be provided for the 
shoots to twine round. This glorious climber is seen to the 
