CONVOLVULUS — CRASSULA. 



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Sprays of C. Major, gathered from the garden 

 may be used for house decoration in summer. 

 Placed in a vase of water the buds will open day 

 after day for a week or more and remain open most 

 of the day. 



VARIETIES. 



Convolvulus Mauritanicus^ trailing, the flowers, borne freelv, are 

 bright blue, two inches in diameter. Perfectly hardy, of more slen- 

 der habit than the other varieties, and continues a long time in 

 bloom. 



C. Minor, a garden annual, lies nearly prostrate, and projects 

 just above its foliage masses of blue, white, and many colored 

 flowers, fine for growing in vases or hanging baskets. Its blossoms 

 are about two-thirds the size of the common Morning Glory. 



CRASSULA. 



This name is a diminutive of Crassus, thick ; in 

 reference to its fleshy leaves. The plant is a native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. The Crassula produces 

 from ten to twenty spikes, each containing hun- 

 dreds of delicate, white, starry-shaped flowers. The 

 succulent nature of the plant enables it to thrive in 

 the dry and variable heat of the living-room, and as 

 it can always be relied upon to bloom in mid-winter, 

 when flowers are desirable, it is a valuable window- 

 plant. 



SOIL, PROPAGATION AND GENERAL CARE. 



The Crassula likes a sandy loam and brick-rub- 

 bish soil, to which may be added some leaf-mold or 

 rotted manure. 



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