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twine, for the plant will grow ten feet high, and in season be 

 covered with bloom ; it is, however, characteristic of the 

 plant to close its flowers during rains or in very cloudy- 

 weather, and at the approach of night. The varieties seed 

 freely ; but as the seeds soon shed after ripening, a good 

 look-out must be kept for the pods. They may also be sown 

 in pots in March, and kept in frames till May, and then 

 planted out. They like a light rich soil. The other annual 

 species require exactly the same management. A strong 

 growing, somewhat shrubby species, P. Learii, is too hand- 

 some to be here omitted, though it requires a stove or warm 

 greenhouse ; it is a plant which grows and flowers well, pro- 

 vided it has room to extend its branches, and nourishment 

 to support them. It likes a strong, rich, loamy compost. 



P. barbata (bearded) ; hardy twining annual ; 10 feet ; flow- 

 ers blue, in July; Virginia; 1729. P. diversifolia (various- 

 leaved) ; greenhouse twining annual ; 6 feet ; flowers blue, in 

 June; Mexico; 1836. P. hederacea (ivy-leaved); half-hardy 

 twining annual ; 10 feet ; flowers deep-blue, in July ; America ; 

 1729. P. hispida (rough) ; half-hardy twining annual ; 10 feet ; 

 flowers various, in June ; South America ; 1629. P. Learii 

 (Lear's) ; stove or greenhouse shrub ; 20 feet ; flowers blue and 

 purple, in July ; Buenos Ayres ; 1835. P. Nil (blue) ; half-hardy 

 twining annual ; 10 feet ; flowers blue, in July ; South America; 

 1597, /•. /'z^rj////( Morning-glory); hardy twining annual; 10 

 feet ; flowers pale-blue, in July; Virginia; 1597. 



Phaseolus. Kidney -bean. [Leguminosae.] Twining 

 plants, some annual and hardy, others requiring stove-heat. 

 F. 7mdtiJlorus, the well-known scarlet-runner bean, deserves 

 notice as a flower-garden plant, from its showy appearance 

 when in blossom. It is a plant well-adapted for covering 

 summer-houses and temporary trellises : and is more or less 

 ornamental from June to October. The seeds should be 

 sown where the plants are required, in the month of May. 



