July ii, 1894.] 



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there is little doubt but that it is the same plant which was 

 cultivated under glass in England sixty years ago, and it 

 probably reached southern California by the way of Mex- 

 ico. Mr. E. D. Sturtevant writes that in his opinion it is 

 the most beautiful annual climber in cultivation. It is 

 entirely distinct from the common Morning Glory and pro- 



Jersey for two seasons, where it climbs to a height of some 

 twenty-five feet, and though coming into bloom late it 

 amply repays cultivation there as it will elsewhere. 



Amorpha canescens. — We have more than once called 

 attention to the Lead Plant of our western prairies, one of 

 the best of the leguminous shrubs which bloom at this sea- 



Fig. 46. — A Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) in Chester County, Pennsylvania, — See page 



duces flowers sometimes three and three-quarter inches 

 across. Last summer, in California, it covered a fence on 

 Mr. Sturtevant's grounds sixty feet long on both sides, and 

 at one time the fence and foliage were both nearly hidden 

 by the mass of flowers. It has also been grown in New 



son. It has bright blue flowers, which appear in a termi- 

 nal panicle of slender racemes, and last a long time, and 

 their beauty is increased by the soft gray color of the foli- 

 age. The plant looks much better when it is cut back after 

 flowering, as it assumes a more compact growth and the 



