No. 365. 
GONOLOBUS HIRSUTUS. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
A native of Carolina and the warmer 
parts of North America: we received it 
about two years since. Its flowers are sin- 
gular in their form and colour; they come 
out rather late in summer, and are of long 
continuance. 
This plant is an herbaceous climber; if 
supported, it will reach the height of three 
or four feet, and it usually begins to blos- 
som when it is a foot and a half from the 
ground. It is not quite hardy enough to 
bear our climate, but if planted in a pot, 
may be preserved in a frame during the 
winte 
Its soil should be loam and peat, and it 
may be increased by cuttings of the root, 
which may be taken off and planted in the 
spring. 
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