132 IONOPSIDIUM 



IONOPSI'DIUM continued. 

 I. acau'le continued. 



flowers, of course, are useless for cutting, but 



they are borne in such profusion and so soon 



after sowing too (about two months) that it is 



quite an acquisition for filling up spots here 



and there that have been forgotten and left 



bare. On the rockery, for instance, or near 



the margin of a border, there are always little 



places that can be found for it. It will even 



grow in a hard gravel path, so little does it 



care where it rears its tiny lilac-blue flowers, 



so bright and simple. Its life is short, but the 



self-sown seeds quickly germinate and a second 



crop quickly follows. A native of Portugal, 



1845. Syn., Cochlea! ria acau'lis. 



I. acau'le al'bum is a form of the above with white 



flowers, but probably more uncommon. 



Sow the seeds where they are to grow in April 



and May for blooming in June and July, or in 



September for early spring flowering. Only just 



cover them with fine soil and thin out to 1 in. 



apart. Water frequently. 



IPOM^EA, also written IPOMEA Morning Glory or Star 

 Glory (from Gr. ips, a worm, and homoios, like). 

 Nat. Ord. Convolvulacece. 



This is a very large family of the Convolvulus 

 order, comparatively few being in cultivation. 

 These are very slender and rapid climbers, often 

 growing 6 or 10 ft. in a season, with beautiful, 

 fragile, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming from 



