. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. TIL AUGUST, 1873. No. 8. THE GOLDEN MORNING-GLOKT. (Aniseia Aurea.) — Kellogg. This new native golden dory, was found by Prof. George Davidson, of the United States Coast Survey, on his re- cent expedition to Lower California (at San Juan del Caho, twenty-five miles west of Cape San Lucas, latitude 23° 03') to establish or verify the former site of the ancient observatory of the transit of Venus. The genus Aniseia was formed from plants separated from the old Ipomcea and Calystegia spe
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. TIL AUGUST, 1873. No. 8. THE GOLDEN MORNING-GLOKT. (Aniseia Aurea.) — Kellogg. This new native golden dory, was found by Prof. George Davidson, of the United States Coast Survey, on his re- cent expedition to Lower California (at San Juan del Caho, twenty-five miles west of Cape San Lucas, latitude 23° 03') to establish or verify the former site of the ancient observatory of the transit of Venus. The genus Aniseia was formed from plants separated from the old Ipomcea and Calystegia species of Convolvulacece, owing to the unequal size of the scales of the green cup of the flower. This is therefore one of the many forms of Morning-glories, so well known to flor- ists. These twiners possess rare beau- ties and graces, as do all plants that prettily wind and festoon the shrubber- ies and lattice-work of rural retreats. "White and blue, pink and purple are the prevailing hues of this family of flow- ers, yellow being relatively a rare color. This has also the diversity of a deep dark purple eye and tube, together with unusual size, as seen in the figure. It has the appearance of being a perennial, which in our genial winter clime of the coast, would prove ornamental most of Vol. III.—30. the year round. These points, apart from the generous hand-shaped leaves it holds out to us, must commend it to the attention of florists. Trained with or in proximity to the common native Cloak - cup Morning - glory (Calystegia sepium), it would form a charming bow- er or screen of ceaseless glory, in gold and royal purple, pink and white flowers, exhibiting a rare combination of lasting beauty. Fewer specific details are required when a good figure enables one to seize at a glance the strong points that dis- criminate one speeies from another, even the rarest novelties. Still, some feat- ures are not always manifest; besides, a focal review ever aids and brightens, as
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