CONVOLVL'Ll'S. 12^ 



CONVOLVULUS, or BLNDWEED. 



Natural Order CcanpanacefC. Convolculi, Juss. A 

 Gemis oH\\e Pcntandria Mono'^ynia Class. 



Convolvolus, expand thy cup-like flower, 

 Graceful in form, and beautiful in hue. 



Bartok- 

 Regardez : ce beau Liseroa 



Uessine sa legcre cloche 

 A travers cet epais bui^son 



Dont I'epine defend Tapproche'. 



This beautiful genus of plants is sufficiently nii-^- 

 merous to fill an entire volume with their descrip- 

 tion alone. INIartyn described no less than one 

 hundred and ten kinds, as long back as ISOT^ sincr? 

 which time several species have been added, as tlie 

 Hortus Kewensis then contained only thirty- three 

 species, which are now increased to forty-nine. 

 Europe claims only fourteen species, but three of 

 •which are natives of the British Islands, the rc- 

 mainder being indigenous to the Indies and Ame- 

 rica. 



The species most familiar to our gardens,. aL*e 

 the Trailing, Convolvulus Minor, or Trlcolav^ aiifl 

 the Convolvulus ivlajor, Purpureus. Both of thes2 



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