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vine. They are scarlet, with a _ yellowish 
throat. The foliage is attractive, the leaves 
being very long and pointed at the lower 
end. 
There are several other plants of the ipomcea 
family, but they are of lesser importance. In 
the changeable ipomcea (J. versicolor, also 
known as Mina lobata,) the flowers, opening 
rich crimson, fade to a pale yellow. The maxi- 
mum height is twenty feet. The stems are of a 
purplish colour, the leaves smaller than those 
of most of the family, and the flowers, which are 
about four inches across, are either blotched 
and shaded with rose and white or entirely rose 
colour. It is a free bloomer, and its flowers are 
quite different from those of any other member 
of the family, being bag-shaped and _ pro- 
duced several on a stalk, recalling, very roughly, 
it is true, the inflorescence of some of the 
beans. 
All the ipomoeas, being twiners, are right at 
home on fences of every kind, and will also ascend 
strings; but any ordinary trellis will answer the 
purpose as a support. A good strain of seed of 
the different varieties is hard to secure, so the 
gardener should be careful to save his own, if 
he finds a good one. This is a_ perfectly 
