CONVOLVULUS TRICOLOR. 
THREE-COLOURED BINDWEED. 
Class. 
pentandria. 
A 7 a t ura l Order . 
CONVOLVULACEiE. 
Order. 
MONOGVNIA. 
Native of 
S. Europe. 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration . 
3 feet. 
July, Aug. 
Annual. 
Introduced 
in 1629. 
No. 1175. 
Fiom the Latin convolvo, to entwine, is derived 
Convolvulus. Three-coloured, is, in a general sense, 
correct, hut varieties sometimes occur in which its 
colours are diffused into two ; and, moreover, a white 
variety is not uncommon. 
This is one amongst the prettiest old-fashioned an- 
nuals, and which still holds a place in the affections 
of many new-fashioned florists. There are certain 
old annuals, and perennials too, which are indis- 
pensable to our gardens, whatever other novelties 
may be introduced to gratify the fastidiousness of our 
novel-seeking nature. Meaner subjects, merely as 
novelties, sometimes flash many a joy across the 
mind, and life is the happier for the excitement ; 
the triumph, however, is transitory, and then stern 
reason again assumes her sway. Shakspeare may 
here be allowed to throw in a gem of thought — 
“ These violent delights have violent ends, 
And in their triumph die j like fire and powder, 
Which, as they kiss, consume.” 
Annuals have their cycles of favour, like colours in 
fashionable costume. Douglas’s discoveries in North 
America, between the years 1824 and 1834 gave an 
