INDIAN CRESS, STERSION. 157 



To propagate this useful and ornamental running plant, 

 the seed should be sown early in the spring, and fastened to 

 a trellis. It is a great bloomer (provided the soil be not too 

 rich), and will continue to bloom until the frost destroys 

 it. The plant does not seed freely until the evenings be 

 gin to be cool. When the seeds are wanted for pickling, 

 they should be picked as soon as full grown and plump, 

 while tender, leaving some well formed berries for seed. 

 The flowers are frequently used in garnishing dishes for the 

 table, and make a very good appearance in a large bouquet 

 with other flowers, for the table or mantel piece, through 

 the summer. If grown by cuttings, and kept in pots through 

 the winter, they should have a rich sandy loam, and be wa- 

 tered sparingly in December and January, and in May be 

 planted in the open ground, where they will thrive in al- 

 most any soil ; s-andy loam is preferable to any other. 



IPOMCEA COCCINEA. 



" Who poured the richest hues, 



In varying radiance, o'er thine ample brow, 

 And like a mesh those tissued stamens laid 

 Upon thy crimson lip thou glorious flower 1 ? 



This, as well as all of the Ipomoeas, bears a great analo- 

 gy to the common Bind Weed (Convolvulus), the latter 

 being annual, while the Ipomcea is a perennial, and gene- 

 rally fusiform rooted. They are generally natives of the 

 West Indies, while seme few are natives of this country. 



