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tiful perennial from Yirginia, with large white flowers, 

 with purple centre ; in bloom from June to September. 

 It is a climbing plant, and grows about twelve, feet high. 

 It has large tuberous fleshy roots, similar to the Sweet 

 Potato. There is a variety with double flowers, but it is 

 not so handsome as the sinle. 





I. lacunosa. Starry Morning-Glory. A handsome 

 North American species, with delicate blue flowers, ap- 

 pearing from July to September ; grows ten feet high. 

 There is a variety with white flowers. The seed should 

 be scalded before sowing, or not be put into the ground 

 until it is thoroughly warmed. 



I. Nil. Indigo Morning-Glory. This highly beautiful 

 species which is found growing wild in the Southern 

 States, but it is supposed to have been introduced from 

 Tropical America. It attains the same height as the last, 

 flowers at the same time, and the seeds require the same 

 treatment. The flowers are usually of a clear blue color, 

 and its name is said to be from Anil, one of the names 

 for the Indigo-plant. 



I. hederacea. Ivy-leaved Morning-Glory. Of this 

 species there are a number of splendid varieties. I. gran- 

 diflora superba, superba alba, atro-violacea, lilacea, and 

 others. The flowers of all these varieties are much larger 

 than other Morning-Glories, with flowers of the most del- 

 icate light-blue, blue with a white edge, blue with a pur- 

 ple center, white with pink center, and those with blue 

 and white flowers, shaded with purplish-red. It must be 

 treated in the same way as I. lacunosa, to produce satis- 

 factory effects ; but, when well established, they will af- 

 ford a fund of pleasure through the season. I. violacea 

 vera, I. rubro ccerula, I. limbata elegantissama, with beau- 

 tiful blue and white flowers, and many other varieties and 

 hybrids, are splendid ; eight to ten feet high. 



