262 NATURAL HISPORY, | | 
difpiays 2 flower of a delicate hue, between a fy and 
2 marazine blue: This fpecies is fometimes variegat- 
ed with the colours of yellow andwhite. The {carler 
owering kind is diftinguifhed for bearing a flower, 
ot the colour from which ‘it derives its name. But 
that which moft particularly characterifes the convol- 
Vulus, in all its three fpecies, is the fower, confifting 
of a fingle leaf, which is a remarkab'e inftance of the — 
variety nature difplays in every part of the creation, — 
when contrafted- with the ranunculus, and other — 
flowers, that are compofed of fuch a multitude of 
leaves. The convolvulus blows-from June until Au- | 
guft ; and, as a picture of humility, creeps upon the © 
ground. ' mer ey | 
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ASPHODEL, 
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'T is plant, from its appearance while blooming, 
being fimilar toa royal fpear, is called in Latin, halt ; 
la regia, 1. e. king’s {pear. The ftem of the afpho- — 
del is three feet high. inthe middle of it grow, up — 
to the top, a great number of fingle flowers, each di- 
vided into five parts. It thrives in every fort of foil ; 
is multiplied more by roots than feed ; and, if well | 
watered, will afford moft beautiful flowers. The 
afphodel is confidered as a great ornament to a bor-_ 
der, or any other part of a garden, where dwarfs, or 
tall flowers, are raifed. It thould be fet three inches 
deep, and a fpan diftance from each other, or from — 
whatever flowers may be in the fame compartments. 

