Part II. CON VOL VUL US— CORNUS. 1 7 3 



CONVOLVULTJS MAUEITANICUS.— 5/«^ Rock Bindweed. 



A BEAUTIFULLY coloured and graceful plant, without the 

 rampant tendencies of many of its race, but withal throwing 

 up a number of elegant shoots, which bear numbers of clear light- 

 blue flowers, about one inch across, and with a white centre. It 

 is quite distinct from any other Convolvulus in cultivation, and, 

 happily, is hardy in sunny chinks of rockwork, and also on 

 raised borders. It is seen to the best advantage in a somewhat 

 raised position, so that its free-flowering shoots may fall freely 

 down, though it may also be used with good effect on the level 

 ground in the flower-garden, or as a vase plant. A native of the 

 North of Africa ; readily increased by cuttings. 



CONVOLVULUS SOLDANELLA.— i'lJa Bindweed. 



This is at once recognised from its fellows by its leathery, round, 

 or kidney-shaped leaves, and by its stems being short, heavy, 

 and without the twining tendency so common in the family. 

 The flowers are large, handsome, of a light pink colour, and 

 freely produced. I have observed it thrive and flower freely in 

 ordinary soil far away from the seaside, and therefore recommend 

 it with confidence as worthy of a place among the trailers of the 

 rock-garden. A native of maritime sands, in many parts of the 

 world ; not uncommon on our own coasts, and flowering in 

 summer. 



COENUS CANADENSIS.— i?Wflr/" Cornel. 



A VERY pretty but neglected miniature shrub, of which each 

 little shoot is tipped with white bracts, pointed with a tint of rose. 

 I know nothing prettier than this Cornus when well established, 

 and it is not at all fastidious, but, being very dwarf, rarely comes 

 in for a proper situation. It is lost among coarse herbaceous 

 plants, and totally obscured by ordinary shrubs, and should 

 therefore be planted among alpines on a rockwork, or round or 

 near the edge of a bed of very dwarf Heaths or American plants. 

 Many know and appreciate the singular beauty of the Musscenda 

 frondosa of the hothouse, with its white bracts tipping the clear 

 green leaves ; this little Cornus may be described to those who 

 do not know it as a diminutive hardy plant of equal beauty. It 

 grows about the size of the Partridge Berry, or somewhat larger. 



