ENCYCLOPADIA OF GARDENING. 
March 55° to 65°, Water freely April to Sept., moderately afterwards. 
Prune straggly growths into shape, Feb- Sow three seeds of the annual 
species } in. deep in a 24 in. pot in temp. 65° in March. Transfer 
snes when 2 in, high into 5 in. pots. Train shoots to trellis or 
CULTURE OF HALF-HARDY ANNUALS: Soil, light rich. Sow 
seeds 4 in. deep in pots in temp. 65° in March. Transfer seedlings to 
cold frame in May. Plant, June. Position, sunny walls or borders, 
shoots trained to trellis or to stocks. 
_CULTURE OF HARDY ANNUAL SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Posi- 
tion, sunny borders; shoots trained to trellis or sticks. Sow seed 4 in. 
deep where plants are to grow, in April. 
CULTURE OF HARDY PERENNIAL SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. 
Position, sunny walls, fences, or arbours. Plant, Oct, or Nov. Pro- 
pagate annual species by seeds as above; perennials by cuttings of side 
shoots inserted in sandy peat under bell-glass in temp. 75° to 85°, 
March to Aug., or grafting in March. 
CULTURE OF SWEET POTATO: Compost, two parts loam & one 
part decayed manure. Plant tubers singly in 6 in. pots in Feb-, in 
temp. 65°, or 6 in. deep & 8 in, apart in prepared border in greenhouse. 
Water moderately Feb. to May; freely May to Sept., then give none, 
keeping tubers dry. Tubers are edible. Propagate by division of 
tubers in Feb.; cuttings of young shoots in April. 
STOVE SPECIES : I. Bona-Nox, white, summer, 10 ft., Trop. America; Horsfallie, 
rose, winter, 10 to 15 ft., W. Indies; Learii, blue, summer, 10 ft., Trop. America; 
Quamoclit, red, summer, 6 ft., Tropics, annual; ternata (Syn. Thomsonii), white, 
summer, 10 ft., W. Indies; rubra corulea, red, Mexico. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: I. batatus (Sweet Potato), white, summer, tubers 
edible, 2 to 4 ft., Tropics. 
HARDY AND HALF-HARDY ANNUAL SPECIES: I. hederacea and its varieties 
grandiflora (blue), superba (blue and white), atro-violacea (violet and white), and 
Huberi variegata (variegated leaved), 5 to 10 ft., Tropics, half-hardy; purpurea 
(Syn. Convolvulus major), purple, summer, 8 to 10 ft., Tropical America; and its 
varieties atropurpurea (purple), Burridgei (scarlet), Dicksonii quineds alba (white), 
tricolor (red, white, and blue), and flore-pleno (double); versicolor (Syn. Mina 
lobata), rosy crimson and yellow, summer, 6 to 8 ft., Trop. America. 
PERENNIAL SPECIES: I. pandurata (Syn. Convolvulus pandurata), white and 
purple, summer, climber, N. America. 
Ipsea.—Ord. Orchidacez. Stove terrestrial orchid. Flowers fra- 
rant. First introduced 1840. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts leaf-mould, peat, sphagnum moss, 
& small crocks. Position, light part of stove. Pot, Feb. or March, in 
well-drained pots. Water freely March to Aug., moderately Aug. to 
Oct., very little afterwards. Temp., March to Sept. 60° to 65°; Sept: 
to March 50° to 55°. Propagate by division of pseudo-bulbs after 
flowering. : . F 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: I. speciosa, yellow, spring, 1 ft., Ceylon. 
Iresine (Blood-leaf).—Ord. Amarantaceew. Stove & half-hardy 
orn, foliaged plants. First introduced 1864. Leaves, heart & lance-. 
shaped ; dee lood-red, carmine, green, golden, crimson. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, loam, leaf-mould, & 
sand. Position, sunny part of stove. Pot, Feb, or March. Water 
freely March to Sept., moderately other times. Temp., March to Oct. 
65° to 75°; Oct. to March 55° to 65°. of . 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, edgings to sunny 
beds or borders. Plant, June. Lift, repot, & remove to stove in Sept. 
Pinch off points of shoots frequently to induce bushy growth. Propa- 
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