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top of the pole, making a splendid show, more than paying 1 t 

 all the trouble. It may be trained over an arch, or any oth.-r 

 way fancy may direct. This beautiful vine is a native of tne 

 Southern States. 



I. coccinea. Scarlet Morning Glory. A handsome species 

 flowering in great profusion towards the close of the season, 

 growing ten feet high ; a native of the West Indies. The 

 flowers are bright scarlet in one variety, arid, in another, yellow 

 and quite small ; from July to the first hard frost. The seed 

 may be sown from the 1st to the 10th of May, or treated like 

 the Cypress Vine. 



/. lacunosa. Starry Ipomea. This is also a handsome 

 species; a North American plant; culture the same as cocci- 

 nea; with delicate blue flowers, from July to September ; ten feet 

 high. There is also a variety with white flowers. 



I. nil is a highly beautiful plant, with the corollas of a clear 

 blue color, whence its name anil, or nil, (indigo) ; treatment 

 same as the last, and flowering the same time, attaining the 

 same height ; a North American plant. 



LATHYRUS. 

 Sweet Pea. 



" Peas of all kinds diffuse their odorous powers 

 Where Nature pencils butterflies on flowers." 



Lathyrus od&ratus is one of the most beautiful, and also one 

 of the most fragrant, of the species, and is deservedly one of 

 the most popular annuals which enrich the flower-garden. The 

 varieties are, white, rose, scarlet, purple, black, and variegated. 

 Each variety should be sown by itself, in circles about a foot 

 .in diameter, three or four feet from any other plant. When the 

 young plants require support, a light, neat stake, or rod, should 

 be stuck into the centre of the circle, to which they should be 

 slightly fastened as they advance in height. Some are in the 



