ANNUAL VINES 63 
the best of this really large family, when the 
beauty of the individual flower is looked at. 
The breeding of this plant amounted to a popular 
craze in Japan almost a century ago. Books 
were written on the subject and as much as 
eighteen dollars was paid for a single seed. The 
Japanese morning glory (Ipom@a hederacea) 
differs from the common morning glory in that 
the foliage is deeply lobed instead of heart-shaped, 
the flowers are larger, and the colours more diver- 
sified and brighter, the growth is a little more 
dwarf, and the plant branches more freely. 
There is one good reason why this plant is not 
as popular as the common morning glory — 
poor seeds. It is hard to get a good strain of the 
Japanese morning glory. Once you get a good 
strain of this selection, it is wonderful, and the 
best way to keep it is to save your own seed each 
season. This vine requires the same treatment 
as the common morning glory. 
VINES FOR RED FLOWERS 
The most effective red-flowered annual vine 
is the cypress vine (Ipomea Quamoclit). Under- 
stand, I did not say the most gorgeous, but the 
most effective. This plant, with its delicate, 
fern-like, feathery foliage and its little, tubular, 
