. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 254 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. it is a climber, growing 6ft. high, and is very suitable for growing over arches, over the sides of flower-boxes, &c. It is also known as 1\ peregrinum and T. aduncum. T. Lobbianum is a superb climber, flowering more freely on a poor dry soil. There are several named, varieties, differing only in the colour of their flowers; all are graceful climbers, bearing a great profusion of blossom, in rich and brilliant colours. They are suitable for cover- ing arbours, rustic fences, trellis-wor
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 254 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. it is a climber, growing 6ft. high, and is very suitable for growing over arches, over the sides of flower-boxes, &c. It is also known as 1\ peregrinum and T. aduncum. T. Lobbianum is a superb climber, flowering more freely on a poor dry soil. There are several named, varieties, differing only in the colour of their flowers; all are graceful climbers, bearing a great profusion of blossom, in rich and brilliant colours. They are suitable for cover- ing arbours, rustic fences, trellis-work, &c. T. majus (Indian Cress) (Fig. 143) is the species from which the numerous forms of Tom Thumb Nasturtiums have originated. Few plants are so useful or rich in colour as these Nasturtiums, for in dry soils they surpass the Geranium and Cal- ceolaria in brilliancy of colour and profusion of flower. Seeds may be had either in named varieties or in mixed colours. All the annual Tropaeolums may be easily raised from seed sown, in the open ground in April, or in pots under glass, the young plants being gradually hardened off and planted out about the beginning of June, when they will soon commence to flower and will keep on until October. Waitzia atjrea (Fig. 144) is a very showy everlasting, producing its bright yellow flowers in loose corymbs during the summer. It grows about 1 ft. in height, and is sometimes called Morna nitida. Fig. 144—WAiTziA aurea. Zinnias are exceed- ingly handsome autumn- flowering annuals, producing richly-coloured flowers in great pro- fusion ; for filling flower-beds and borders, and for cutting, few flowers are more useful. The seed should be sown in a gentle hotbed in March' or April, pricking out the seedlings into frames,. W V. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original w
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