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Ornamental Annual Clhnbing Flowers^ 



adapted for covering arbors, and along with the common 

 morning glory makes a showy appearance. It is generally 

 called the scarlet morning glory. 



Convolvtilus purpureus, the well known and always ad- 

 mired morning glory, needs no description, nor any recom- 

 mendation of ours, to extend its cultivation. With its 

 varieties of rosy, purple, violet, azure-blue, white, striped 

 and other tinted blossoms, it forms the most desirable 

 climber for general cultivation, especially for covering ar- 

 bors, unsightly fences, «Jcc. 



T/iunbergidi alcUa, (Winged Thunbergia). All the species 

 of Thunbergia are beautiful plants, some of them requir- 

 ing the heat of the stove, and others flourishing well in the 

 open air. Among the latter are the alata {fig. 0.) and its 

 varieties. In England, the ex- 

 traordinary beauty of this spe- 

 cies has rendered it so general a 

 favorite, that it has acquired the 

 pet name of Black-eyed Susan. 

 The flowers are extremely beau- 

 tiful : the throat of the corolla 

 being of the deepest and richest 

 purj)le, and the limb of the most 

 delicate bulf, forming an elegant 

 and harmonions contrast of col- 

 ors. It is a native of the East 

 Indies, and was first introduced 

 into England in 1823, where it 

 flowered in the garden of Mr. 

 Barclay, of Bury Hill, in whose 

 extensive collection many of the 

 finest plants were first intro- 

 duced to Britain. A few years 

 since it was one of the most 

 popular flowers shown at the provincial societies, and ob- 

 tained a great number of premiums. It is figured in Mrs. 

 Loudon's Fl. Gard. of Ornamental Aimiials, p. 47. 



It is of easy cultivation : the seeds should be sown in 

 April or May, in a hotbed or frame, and when the young 

 plants are an inch high, they may be potted ofl, or, if the 

 weather is favorable, transplanted at once to the situation 

 Avhere they are intended to grow during the summer. The 

 soil should be light and rich, and the situation rather shel- 

 tered. The aldta, a. ^Iba and a. aurantiaca, planted out 



Thunbirgidi alata. 



