See also:

• NASTURTIUM, or INDIAN CRESS

NASTURTIUM, or See also:

• INDIAN

INDIAN See also:

• CRESS

CRESS  , Tropaeolum majus, a perennial climber, native of See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru, but in cultivation treated as a See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy See also:

• ANNUAL

annual . It climbs by means of the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long stalk of the peltate See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf which is sensitive to contact like a tendril . The irregular See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers have five sepals See also:

• UNITED

united at the See also:

• BASE

base, the dorsal one produced into a spurred development of the See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis; of the five petals the two upper are slightly different and stand rather apart from the See also:

• LOWER

lower three; the eight stamens are unequal and the See also:

• PISTIL

pistil consists of three carpels which See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a fleshy See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit separating into three one-seeded portions . The flowers are sometimes eaten in salads, and the leaves and See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green fruits are pickled in See also:

• VINEGAR

vinegar as a substitute for See also:

• CAPERS

capers . The pungency of the See also:

• NASTURTIUM, or INDIAN CRESS

nasturtium officinale, the See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• CRESS

cress, gave it its name See also:

• NASI, JOSEPH (16th century)

nasi-tortium, that which twists the See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose . The plant should have a warm situation, and the See also:

• SOIL

soil should be See also:

• LIGHT

light and well enriched; sow thinly See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in See also:

• APRIL

April, either near a fence or See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, or in an open spot, where it will require stakes 6 to 8 ft. high . The See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf form known as Tom Thumb (T. m. nanum), is an excellent bedding or border See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower, growing about a See also:

• FOOT

foot high . Sow in April in the beds or See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders; and again in May for a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession . Other See also:

• FINE

fine annual Tropaeolums are T . Lobbianum with long spurred See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange flowers and numerous varieties; and T. minus, a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature T. majus with yellow, See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet and See also:

• CRIMSON

crimson varieties . The genus Tropaeolum, native of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America and See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, includes about 35 See also:

• SPECIES

species of generally climbing annual and perennial herbs with orange, yellow, rarely See also:

• PURPLE

purple or See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue, irregular flowers, T. peregrinum is the well-known See also:

• CANARY
• CANARY (Serinus canarius)

canary creeper . The See also:

• FLAME (Lat. flamma; the root flag- appears in flagrare, to burn, blaze, and Gr. d, XEryew)

flame nasturtium with brilliant scarlet blossoms is T. speciosum from See also:

• CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile; it has tuberous roots, as have also such well-known perennials as T. polyphyllum, T. pentaphyllum .

Of these T. speciosum should be grown in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in positions facing See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north; it flourishes in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland .