202 FLOIIA DOMESTICA. 



various and beautiful colours of its blossoms. It may be 

 sown early in April ; if in a pot six inches wide, only one ; 

 but they look better sown in a box, many together, about 

 six inches apart. They may stand abroad : in dry weather 

 they should be watered three times a week. They will 

 flower from July till the approach of frost ; if they are 

 then cut down, the root will generally put out new stalks, 

 and flower well the next year. 



IPOMQ^A. 



CONVOLVULACE^. FENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



This genus is very nearly allied to the Convolvulus, and the name 

 is derived from Greek words, expressive of its similarity to that flower. 



The Ipomcea is very beautiful, but unfortunately very 

 tender, being chiefly Indian. One species in particular 

 would be desirable. The Ipomcea Quamoclit — in French, 

 Jasmin rouge de V Inde [Red Indian Jasmine] ; Fleur de 

 Cardinal [Cardinal-flower]. — Italian, Quamoclito — which 

 is the most beautiful of them all, in colour and in form, in 

 leaf and in flower. " It is a beautiful climber," says Sir 

 W. Jones; " its blossoms are remarkably elegant and of a 

 rosy red." It has the scent of cloves. It is called by the 

 Indians Camalata, or Love's-creeper. 



There are two kinds which may be procured at a 

 nursery, and preserved through the summer in an in- 

 habited room : the Coccinea, or Scarlet-flowered Ipomcea, 

 and the Nightshade-leaved, the blossoms of which are of 

 a pale rose colour. The earth must be kept moderately 

 moist, but water must be given but in small quantities at 

 one time. The plant will require support. 



There is a species of the Ipomcea, which, from one root, 

 may be carried over an arbour three hundred feet in 



