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

 all the trouble. It may be trained over an arch, or any other 

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

 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. 



J. 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. 



/. 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 odoratus 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 



