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with the colours of yellow and white. ’’I'lie 
fcarlet-llowerlng kind is dlllinguiflied for 
bearing a flower, of the colour from which 
it derives its name. But that which mod 
particularly charafterifes the convolvulus, In 
all Its three fpecies, is the flower, confifling 
of a Angle leaf, which is a remarkable in- 
ftance of the variety nature difplays in every 
part of the creation, when contrafled with 
the ranunculus, and other flow^ers that are 
compofed of fuch a multitude of leaves. 
The convolvulus blows from June until Au- 
gud ; and, as a pifture of humility, creeps 
upon the ground. 
ASPHODEL. 
T 
X HIS plant, from its appearance while 
blooming, being Amilar to a royal fpear, is 
called in Latin, hajiula regia, i. e. king’s 
fpear. The Hem of the afphodel is three 
feet high. In the middle of it grow, up to 
the top, a great number of Angle flowers, 
each divided into Ave parts. It thrives in 
every fort of foil ; is multiplied more by 
roots than feed ; and, if well watered; will 
afford mod beautiful flowers. The afphodel 
is conAdered as a great ornament to a bor- 
der, or any other part of a garden, where 
dwyarfs, or tall flowers, are railed. It flmuld 
be let three inches deep, and a fpan didance 
