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These indications are, we confess, of a very slight texture ; 

 but they will suffice as a guide to purchasers, which is all 

 that they are intended for. — {^Gard. Cliro?i.) 



New Hybrid IpoMiE^A (/. Kilhami.^—A few weeks ago, 

 W. Kilham, Esq., of Boston, exhibited at the Hall of the 

 Mass. Hort. Society, a new and very splendid Ipomse^a, re- 

 sembling the I. Quamoclit, (Cypress Vine,) but with flowers 

 one half larger, and of the most dazzling vermilion scarlet. 

 It was so beautiful that it was awarded a premium, and 

 named by the Flower Committee, Ipomte^a Kilhami. We 

 were just about writing a description of it, when the follow- 

 ing met our eye, which is so accurate an account of it, that 

 we concluded to copy it, merely remarking, that the produc- 

 tion of two hybrids, precisely alike, just at the same time, 

 and in the extremest portions of the country, is a singular co- 

 incidence. The Cypress Vine is one of our most common 

 summer twining plants, and has, probably, been grown with 

 the Morning Glory, thousands of times ; yet we are not 

 aware of the production of a hybrid between them, bearing 

 any resemblance to that now under notice. 



" E. B. Bishop, Esq., of our city, has just shown us the 

 leaves and the flowers of a vine, partaking of the nature of 

 the Cypress and the Morning Glory. A year ago, the seed 

 of the Morning Glory and Cypress were planted together, so 

 as to entwine each other. This year, three vines came up, 

 and produced, each, a different leaf and flower ; the Morning 

 Glory has a natural shaped leaf, with a deep orange-colored 

 flower, small, and round shaped ; the Cypress producing 

 leaves and flowers perfectly natural ; and the amalgamation 

 producing leaves as large as the Morning Glory, with half 

 their size divided out in small spangles, like the Cypress, 

 producing a flower of beautiful vermilion red, and half-way 

 between the other two in size." — {Van Buren {Ark.') Intelli- 

 gencer.) 



Mr. Kilham has not yet been able to procure any seeds, 

 and, probably; it can only be perpetuated by cuttings. — Ed. 

 Ipom^\ ficifolia. — This beautiful species, though not very 

 new, is more ornamental, when turned out into the border, 

 than the I. Learii, as the foliage is smaller, and the flowers, 

 which are produced in greater profusion, show to better ad- 

 vantage. — Ed. 



