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oured flowers, and thus forming a most beautiful bush.” 
Loudon speaks of a gardener who, by transplanting only 
from three to four times from No. 48 pots to those of 
eight inches in diameter, produced Balsams four feet high, 
and fifteen feet in circumference, with strong thick stems, 
furnished with side branches from bottom to top, and 
these covered with large double flowers.” This is a pretty 
large story, to those who have only seen the Balsam as it 
is generally cultivated, huddled together in a bunch with- 
out any space for enlargement. It must be remembered, 
however, that in England they are raised in pots upon 
bottom heat, and cultivated with great care. I think, if 
Balsams can be started in February, and shifted from time 
to time into pots of the richest mould, then transplanted 
into the garden in equally rich soil by the middle of June, 
four feet apart, astonishing results would be attained, 
even if not so extraordinary as those mentioned, 
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IPOMZA.—Mornine-Guory. 
{The name said to indicate its resemblance to Bindweed.] 
Ipom#éa _ purptirea. — Morning-Glory.— This popular 
flower is too well known to need any description, it being- 
found in almost every garden. It is a native of Tropical 
America, and has sported into a number of beautiful va- 
rieties, viz.: indigo-blue, crimson, rose, white, pale-blue, 
striped, ete. This plant is highly ornamental when trained 
to a trellis, or supported on poles. Nothing is more de- 
lightfal in the morning walk than the sight of these showy 
flowers, which were seen curiously twisted in the bud the 
night previous ; 
“but with fair morning’s touch 
Rise on their stems, all open and upright.” 
I, pandurdta,—Virginian Convolvulus.—This is a beaw 
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