CONVOLVULUS CREPIS DATURA. 177 



CONVOLVULUS. 

 Morning Glory. 



Convolvulus minor. Dwarf Convolvulus. A beautiful 

 hardy annual, easily cultivated, affording a large mass of 

 beauty from July to October. The plant spreads out much in 

 every direction from the centre, so that a bed of them, with 

 the plants two feet distant from each other, will interlock. 

 It is not exceeded in elegance by any plant, when profusely 

 covered with blue and yellow flowers, which open in the morn- 

 ing, and continue the greater part of the day, if the sun is not 

 powerfully hot, in which case they often fade by noon. The 

 seed should be sown in April. 



C. major. Morning Glory. A well-known annual, of 

 easy culture, and suitable for covering arbors or shading win- 

 dows, consisting of many varieties, as white, rose, purple, and 

 striped. 



CREPIS. 



Crepis barbata. Purple-eyed Crepis. The Purple-eyed 

 Crepis is an uncommonly hardy and beautiful annual, of the 

 easiest culture. Sown in masses, and the plants thinned out 

 to eighteen inches distance, it makes a splendid appearance. 

 It begins to flower the first of July, and continues, till October, 

 covered with beautiful flowers, the rays of a light yellow, finely 

 contrasted with the brilliant purple-brown of the centre. 



DATURA. 



Thorn Apple. Apple, of Peru. 



Datura, tatnla, ferox quercifolia. The first of these is the 

 common weed called the Apple of Peru ; ferox resembles it in 



