4o8 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 



or arrow-shaped. Flowers fragrant, 1 inch across, white or pink ; June 

 to September. Native perennial. 



C. CHiNENSis (Chinese). Stems twining, 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves 

 somewhat leathery, spear-shaped, greyish green. Flowers purplish 

 crimson with yellow rays ; July and August. Flowers expand very 

 early in the morning and close before noon. Hardy perennial. 



C. ERUBESCENS (blushing). Stem twining, 6 feet high. Leaves 

 spear-shaped, rather hairy. Flowers small, reddish pink; July to 

 September, Greenhouse biennial. 



C. MAURiTANicus (Native of Mauritanica). Plant covered with 

 soft white hairs. Stems prostrate, twining. Leaves egg-shaped. 

 Flowers, 1 inch across, blue with white throat and yellow anthers ; 

 July to September. Greenhouse perennial. Native of North Africa! 

 Hardy against a wall in the South. 



C. PANNiFOLius (cloth-leaved). Stems shrubby, twining, 15 feet 

 high. Leaves oblong-heart-shaped. Flowers pale violet-purple, the 

 tube white ; June to September. Greenhouse shrub. 



C. SCAMMONIA (Scammony). Stem angular, 2 feet high. Leaves 

 arrow-shaped, smooth. Flowers bell-shaped, cream-colour or faintly 

 red ; July. Hardy perennial. 



C. SEPiUM (hedge). Great Bindweed. Stems twining, 3 to 6 feet 

 high. Leaves large, heart-shaped. Flowers, 2 inches across, pure 

 white ; June to August. Native perennial. 



C. SoLDANELLA(Soldanella-like). Sea Convolvulus. Stems trailing, 

 rarely twmmg, 6 to 12 inches long. Leaves circular or kidney-shaped 

 thick. Flowers pale purple or pink, 1 to IJ inch across; June to 

 August. Native perennial. 



C. TRICOLOR (three-coloured). Minor or Dwarf Convolvulus 

 Stem first erect, then trailing, branched, 1 foot high. Leaves spoon- 

 shaped, downy, fringed. Flowers large, with yellow centre, blue 

 marginal band and an intermediate white region; July to September. 

 In cultivation there is considerable variation in the proportions and 

 arrangement of the three colours. Hardy annual. Plate 197. 



Cultivation "^^'^ ^P*^^^^^ ^^ G(ynvolvtdxi8 are among the simplest 



plants to grow. The hardy species do well in almost any 

 garden soil; the perennials requiring to be watched lest they increase 

 too rapidly. The seed of the annuals should be sown in the borders in 

 spring and thinned out; whilst the perennials are most quickly 

 propagated by taking up and dividing the creeping roots. Similar 

 treatment under glass should be accorded to the more tender species- 

 the greenhouse perennials being propagated by cuttings. A good 



